On Bordeaux

Recording of the July 6, 2016 solo concert at L'Auditorium in Bordeaux.
The Budapest Concert was recorded at the beginning of Jarrett's last European tour. The conclusion of that tour had already been recorded the year before on an album entitled Munich 2016. Now ECM is preparing to release Bordeaux Concert in addition to these two albums. It was recorded a few days after Budapest on July 6, 2016.

En six ans seulement, les Girondins de Bordeaux sont passés du haut du tableau de la Ligue 1 au monde amateur… Une enquête d'investigation sur les coulisses de la dégringolade du club de football de Bordeaux. Des révélations, des témoignages, un constat accablant.

This should have happened a long time ago. Veteran jazz icons Martial Solal and Dave Liebman had never played together before the the Paris jazz club dates that served as a warm-up of sorts for this set, Masters In Bordeaux, recorded at the Jazz And Wine Festival in Bordeaux, France. Paris-based pianist Solal, ninety years old now, began his career in the 1950s, in small groups, big bands, and as a crafter of soundtracks. His style is a freewheeling brew of form and freedom, often stretching the familiar close to the borders of unfamiliarity, with a wit, grace and humor almost unmatched in jazz.