OLHA MARIA

Description

Olha Maria: timeless elegance, pure emotion, jazz in all its truth.With Olha Maria, his second album for For Musicians Only and Caramba Records, Hugo Lippi signs a true declaration of love to jazz guitar. This refined record pays homage to the warm and elegant sound of the 1960s-70s and to the spirit of the legendary CTI label by Creed Taylor.Recorded at the mythical Studio CBE in Paris - the historic haunt of Nino Ferrer, Françoise Hardy and Dalida - the album captures the magic of an era when music was lived as an art. Surrounded by an exceptional trio, Gael Rakotondrabe (piano), Laurent Vernerey (double bass) and Denis Benarrosh (drums), Lippi revisits his inspirations with emotion and elegance.From Kate Bush's "Babooshka" to Freddie Hubbard's "Little Sunflower", via "L'Hymne à l'Amour" with Stéphane Belmondo and Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years", each track blends grace, swing and nostalgia. Two original compositions - "Alley Cats" and "Spolète" - testify to his writing talent and refined taste.Winner of the Prix Django Reinhardt, Hugo Lippi establishes himself as one of the great stylists of contemporary jazz.