Edward Perraud

Fondateur du trio Européen Das Kapital déjà applaudi à la Maison, Edward Perraud joue depuis 25 ans avec les meilleurs musiciens (Tony Malaby, Bruno Chevillon, Olivier Benoit, Henri Texier, Thomas de Pourquery…). Après son album Espaces (devenu « Coup de Cœur » de l’Académie Charles Cros, gratifié « ffff » de Télérama, et « Disque de l’Année » pour Jazz magazine), Edward Perraud revient avec une nouvelle merveille fraîchement enregistrée à la Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Hors Temps.

Au beau milieu d’une nuit de juin 2016, je me réveille avec un flash lumineux et sonore, je viens de rêver de théorie musicale (fait rare !) et la phrase suivante tourne dans ma tête : « Chaque intervalle musical connaît son apogée à différents moments de l’histoire du langage tonal occidental.»

Here is an exceptional album, released on the occasion of the anniversary concert of 30 years of the label amiénois. To celebrate this date, the label offered a carte blanche to this musician faithful among all who recorded about twenty albums on Blue label, namely the bassist Henri Texier. For the occasion, he was accompanied by some friends of European jazz, old companions like Michel Portal, Bojan Z. but also improvisers who contributed more recently to the history of the label, as Xavier de Pourquery. Not to mention the talented Manu Codjia, Edward Perraud who contribute in their own way to renew, prolong the spirit of this original French label.

A kind of chamber jazz with voice, on texts by Agota Kristof adapted by Christine Roillet. The voice speaks of life in its happy or anguished forms: to love, to dream, to die. Geraldine Keller says, professes, speaks, sings and overflows to the limits of the vocal improvisation. Plurality of themes, sometimes recurring, between melancholic waltz and languorous vertigo, expressionist effects of progressive rock and atonal lines. Sometimes I dream that I hear an echo of "Cinq Hops", by Jacques Thollot, in 1978 (which is not to displease me!). The whole is deployed in the form of a suite where the soloists, in turn, are offered a field of expression. Many contrasts, often more nuanced than abrupt.

Mit "One Must Have Chaos Inside To Give Birth To A Dancing Star" präsentiert die seit 2002 international gefeierte Ausnahme Jazz-Formation um Daniel Erdmann, Hasse Poulsen und Edward Perraud nach fünf Jahren Pause ein poetisches Manifest zwischen Improvisation und raffinierten Harmonien! Erscheint als CD und LP auf dem legendären Label Bleu.

With "One Must Have Chaos Inside To Give Birth To A Dancing Star", the internationally acclaimed exceptional jazz formation around Daniel Erdmann, Hasse Poulsen and Edward Perraud presents a poetic manifesto between improvisation and refined harmonies after a five-year break in 2002!

With "One Must Have Chaos Inside To Give Birth To A Dancing Star", the internationally acclaimed exceptional jazz formation around Daniel Erdmann, Hasse Poulsen and Edward Perraud presents a poetic manifesto between improvisation and refined harmonies after a five-year break in 2002!

Mit "One Must Have Chaos Inside To Give Birth To A Dancing Star" präsentiert die seit 2002 international gefeierte Ausnahme Jazz-Formation um Daniel Erdmann, Hasse Poulsen und Edward Perraud nach fünf Jahren Pause ein poetisches Manifest zwischen Improvisation und raffinierten Harmonien! Erscheint als CD und LP auf dem legendären Label Bleu.

They say that Rock is dead. And that Jazz smells funny. Socialism is an old story. Liberty has been privatized. 68 has retired. We are supposed to make nice entertainment. And all must live in fear and distrust of our neighbours. Honestly, this is not really our style. Since the release of the CD Ballads & Barricades Das Kapital has become a household name on the European Jazz scene. Playing festivals such as Tampere Jazzhappening, Saalfelden, Europa Jazz, Jazz sous les Pommiers, Berlin Jazzfestival, Deutsches Jazzfestival… making tours in Kazakhstan, the Baltics, Morocco, Central America, all over Europe of course centered in Germany and France, the trio has become one of the most exciting grops of the moment.