Didier Dumotier

The French synth-pop band Space had international hits with their 1977 dance numbers "Carry on Turn Me On" and "Magic Fly," leading to a deal with Casablanca Records and gold records for the band's songwriter and leader Didier Marouani…

Waltz Club album by Didier Lockwood was released Mar 27, 2006 on the Universal Distribution label. Waltz Club CD music contains a single disc with 16 songs. The accordion and violin are the favorite instruments of jazz in French. Stephane Grappelli and Marcel Azzola are two of the pioneers of this tradition. I paid tribute to Stephane Grappelli in my "Tribute to Stephane Grappelli" and I could not forget the "Great" Marcel Azzola with beaded and poetic phrasing…

Synthesizer-playing composer Didier Marouani is the founding member of the French synth-pop band Space. He was classically trained as a pianist at the Paris Conservatoire, but recorded his first album as a singer in 1975. Space was formed by Marouani in 1977, after he decided to focus more on composition. The group's biggest international success came later that year with the singles "Magic Fly," which hit the U.K.'s Top Ten and, to a lesser extent, "Carry on Turn Me On," both of which appeared on charts in a number of countries. Space toured and recorded for the next few years and continued to make well-received records, although no singles duplicated the success of "Magic Fly." After several albums, a rift occurred in the band; 1980's Deeper Zone, recorded under the name of Space, was actually an album by band members Roland Romanelli and Jannick Top, who took over and kept the band name, but went relatively unnoticed…

Synthesizer-playing composer Didier Marouani is the founding member of the French synth-pop band Space. He was classically trained as a pianist at the Paris Conservatoire, but recorded his first album as a singer in 1975. Space was formed by Marouani in 1977, after he decided to focus more on composition. The group's biggest international success came later that year with the singles "Magic Fly," which hit the U.K.'s Top Ten and, to a lesser extent, "Carry on Turn Me On," both of which appeared on charts in a number of countries. Space toured and recorded for the next few years and continued to make well-received records, although no singles duplicated the success of "Magic Fly." After several albums, a rift occurred in the band; 1980's Deeper Zone, recorded under the name of Space, was actually an album by band members Roland Romanelli and Jannick Top, who took over and kept the band name, but went relatively unnoticed…

15 ans déjà depuis l'enregistrement de "Molène" dans l'église de mon île bien-aimée ; 15 ans de rencontres, de voyages, de bonheurs et de mélancolie aussi. En févier 2012, je me rends sur l'île en compagnie d'un ami qui me suggère, en découvrant le piano de mon studio, de réitérer l'expérience, l'idée fait son chemin, mais pas question de faire un "Molène II". L'audace en art, c'est de recommencer autrement disait Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Je vous propose, dans ce nouvel album, un voyage à travers le temps, l'Europe et les saisons. Bon voyage à tous !" Didier

Didier Squiban a souhaité retrouver l'ambiance intimiste et proche de ses albums en piano solo. Il revisite pour notre plus grand plaisir ses thèmes préférés avec son percussionniste Jérôme Kerihuel. Didier Squiban transforme depuis bientôt une vingtaine d'années des thèmes celtiques en pièces pour piano jazz. Hormis la difficulté certaine de l’exercice réalisé par ce musicologue, force est de reconnaître que le jazz et la musique classique prennent le pas sur les rythmes celtiques, bien difficiles à percevoir pour les non érudits.

Didier Squiban - Molène (1997) {L'Oz Production L'OZ17}
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Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Piano

Wonderful album adroitly mixing modern adaptations inspired by traditional folk melodies from Bretagne, the western-most region of France and ethereal, beautiful sounding original compositions. Any Piano lover will be enchanted Didier Squiban's piano solo albums, 'Molene', 'Rozbras', 'Porz Gwenn' and 'Ballades'. And no doubt many others will be.

Des vagues de jazz, de classique et de musique bretonne caressent « La plage » que le pianiste Didier Squiban parcourt en quartet. Didier Squiban avait d’abord pensé appeler son nouvel album « Da lec’h all » (« Autres directions» en breton) : « Ça aurait été symbolique de ce disque où je change de cap tout en me rapprochant de mes origines jazz avec la formule sax-contrebassebatterie-piano ». Finalement, il est resté fidèle à son principe de baptiser ses opus du nom du lieu où il les a enregistrés (« Molène », « Porz Gwenn », etc…). « La plage » dont il est question ici n’est pas une étendue de sable mais une guinguette située à Pléchâtel, sur la Vilaine.

Mathilde von Guise was one of Hummel’s best known operas, partly because the composer actually issued a printed piano score which was published in Leipzig in 1823. It was written for Vienna where it was premiered, in German, at the Kartnertortheater. As was the case with all German lyric drama at the time, it was in the form of a singspiel: with spoken dialogue. Hummel decided to perform the work again in 1821 at the Court Theatre in Weimar where he was working and made some minor revisions to the piece, along with changing the overture.