Lionel Belmondo - European Standards (2012) [Official Digital Download]

Those who, a few years ago, detected in Lionel Belmondo a coltranien pure stock are for their expenses. The man is passionate, loving music as one falls in religion. His credo is not Coltrane, nor Rollins, which one could understand for a jazz tenor saxophonist, but the music simply, all the music. In his latest album, Lionel Belmondo Plays European Standards recorded in Rollins' trio in Vanguard (saxophone - double bass - drums) with Sylvain Romano on bass and Laurent Robin on drums, the saxophonist continues his work dedicated to classical musicians (Brahms, Fauré, Schubert, Bach, Wagner, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Schubert). With his orchestra, Hymne au soleil, and since 2003, Lionel regularly connects jazz and classical music. It is naturally in this vein that he has made his repertoire for this record where Lionel highlights his ability to improvise. Rather than the "tubes" - which may seem contradictory to the idea of ​​standards, mostly from the successes of "musicals" Broadway - the trio travel with joy, inventiveness, in both genres.

Tracklist:

01. Passionate
02. Cercle Mineur
03. The Love Of A Dead Man
04. Elégie
05. Désillusion
06. Sérénade
07. Come Sweet Death
08. Prélude
09. Assimilation
10. Song To The Evening Star
11. In the bleak midwinter
12. Désillusion: Alternative Version (Bonus Track)



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