Double Life Veronique

Ivan began conventional piano lessons at the age of 10, made his first attempts at improvisation on trumpet a little later, and discovered jazz when he was 17. A masterclass with Michel Herr (then pianist with Toots Thielemans) convinced him to pursue jazz full-time and, in 1988, after six months at Antwerp’s jazz studio, and one year at Rotterdam’s Royal Conservatory (where he studied with Rob Van Kreeveld), he joined the groups of American guitarist John Thomas, Italian trumpet player Gino Lattuca and Belgian trombone player Phil Abraham.

2007 digitally remastered double CD featuring CSN' Stephen Stills' three mid-'70s studio albums. Stills was released in 1975, followed one year later by Illegal Stills. Fans had to wait another two years until the release of Thoroughfare Gap (1978). This two disc set comes in a slimline double jewelbox housed in a slip case featuring extensive liner notes.

Listeners like an album that tells a story, and Amel Brahim-Djelloul likes to tell stories when she sings. This story is beautiful because it describes an almost perfect life curve.

Xavier Richardeau is the French Jazz saxophonist and composer.
The loop is closed. One hundred years after the birth of the New York composer, the two stories fit into one faith. The session marks a climax in the musical life of Xavier Richardeau, a pivotal step, keystone on which arises the future and the future. Always listening to his teachers, the saxophonist from Charentes-Maritime takes a personal flight here. Direct and frank lines, just and bold emanate from this recording, guarantor of knowledge that swing and melodiously agrees to the present. Paradoxically, this stubborn reminder of tradition and the fundamentals of jazz expresses exile and renewal.