En 1915, Adrienne Monnier inaugure au 7, rue de l'Odéon une librairie-bibliothèque de prêt d'un genre nouveau, La Maison des Amis des Livres, appelée à devenir le rendez-vous favori du Tout-Paris littéraire, d'Aragon à Walter Benjamin, d'André Gide à Nathalie Sarraute. En 1921, Sylvia Beach installe en face, au n° 12, une boutique fondée deux ans plus tôt sur le même modèle, Shakespeare and Company, dont les habitués ont pour noms Gertrude Stein, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Marianne Moore, Ernest Hemingway, Djuna Barnes…
La multiplication du nombre d'organisations internationales témoigne à la fois d'une volonté de rapprochement chez les grands acteurs de la mondialisation et des différences qui subsistent entre eux. L'auteur analyse les trajectoires, les dynamiques contemporaines et les paradoxes de ces entités qui entendent oeuvrer au bien commun tout en servant des intérêts particuliers. …
Flamenco is no longer limited to cante, guitar and baile. Instrumental offers are making their way. And with them, encounters between genres and diverse musical trends. Camerata Flamenco Project joins this fourth way with ‘Entre corrientes’, an album on which three instruments meet — piano, cello and flute; as well as three genres — flamenco, classical and jazz. Pablo Suárez, José Luis López and Ramiro Obedman are the soul of this group which, although it has started off as a trio, has the flexibility to “end up becoming a symphony orchestra”. But for the time being, on stages the project is growing with double bass, percussion, Antonio Campos’ cante and Concha Jareño’s baile.
Rosa Passos made her recording debut as a leader in 1979, but this 2003 Chesky CD may be her first to be released outside of South America. The Brazilian singer is paired with veteran bassist Ron Carter, who provides a solid melodic foundation for her throughout the date; the delightful Brazilian guitarist Lula Galvao; percussionist Paulo Braga, and, on a few tracks, veteran session musician Billy Drewes on tenor sax or clarinet. While the focus is clearly on the soft, effective vocals of Passos, who is extremely effective in her interpretations of bossa nova classics such as "Insensatez," "Desafinado," "Caminhos Cruzados," and "O Grande Amor," Carter's solos are also subtly swinging.
On her new record Entre nous, Jill Barber reaches a new level of intimacy with the French language. An unabashed francophile, it all began at the Montreal Jazz Festival over a decade ago: she surprised her audience with a French translation of one of her songs, and the room exploded into applause and a chorus of bravos. Québec was charmed. In response, Jill was inspired to record her debut French album, interpretations of classics from Piaf to Gainsbourg on 2011's Chansons. Soon millions of listeners worldwide were discovering Jill's music through her french material, and she continues to earn spots on top french playlists with songs from Chansons across streaming platforms.
Nico Wayne Toussaint is a unique french blues artist. His album «Blues entre les dents», a personal creation largely inspired by blues music, as usually but, for the first time, with more french lyrics than english lyrics. Nico Wayne Toussaint is one of the rare artists to have created, starting from Chicago blues, a completely personal vocal and performance style. His current musical universe goes way beyond his earlier influences. Nico was born on august 1973 in Toulon, France and started playing harmonica since the age of 18. He ran into the blues when he was 15, through Muddy Waters¹record ³Hard again² featuring James Cotton on harp. Since then, the wildness high energy of James Cotton’s playing have always been his musical credo. With his explosive concerts and his exceptional charisma on stage, Nico has managed to build a solid reputation in France and around the world (he tours regularly all over USA and Canada).
Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gómez, known as Paco de Lucía, was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer and producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he helped legitimize flamenco among the establishment in Spain, and was one of the first flamenco guitarists to cross over successfully into other genres of music such as classical and jazz. Richard Chapman and Eric Clapton, authors of Guitar: Music, History, Players, describe de Lucía as a "titanic figure in the world of flamenco guitar", and Dennis Koster, author of Guitar Atlas, Flamenco, has referred to de Lucía as "one of history's greatest guitarists". Entre dos aguas is the first compilation album by the Spanish guitarist and composer Paco de Lucía.
On Entre Cuerdas, Castaneda employs a trio of unlikely parts: harp, trombone and percussion, and approaches his art with the heart and raw energy of a delta blues player combined with the unfettered passion and instrumental acumen of a flamenco guitarist. The music he creates is not of the cerebral sort but rather a mixture of gut and soul emotion and unfettered spiritual joy, aided and abetted by a huge technical proficiency. The set features guest appearances by guitarist John Scofield on the opener, "Sabroson," and vibraphonist Joe Locke on "Colbri" and "Song of Hope." Scofield adds a bluesy grit to Castaneda's passionate world music attack; and Locke, a jazz star finally getting some well-deserved recognition, slips a cool sustain under the harpist's fiery emotion. The smooth integration of the guest slots into the ensemble interplay is one key to the success of this project. There's no grandstanding, no pyrotechnic look-at-me soloing boasts.
Hace más de treinta años que estos dos músicos iniciaron un camino de investigación en aquella formación pionera que fue Dolores, eran los 70 y en este país, mas que ahora la música no lo tenía fácil. Conozco mucho mas la trayectoria de Jorge Pardo, nunca olvidaré una noche de jazz en que Ramón Cardó "Sebo" y él, podían haber "incendiado" un local que ahora son los cines Verdi, dos jóvenes saxos que recordaban lo que debió ser Gillespi y Parquer cuando juntos inventaron el bop. Después todo su trabajo con Paco de lucía y por supuesto toda su obra personal. Tomás San Miguel más centrado en el folk vasco, sus trabajos centrados en la txalaparta vasca, en fin dos mundos intensos. Este es su tercer trabajo juntos y desde el Tango en Ibiza que abre hasta un remix de su Jaleo mezclado con los ingredientes mas Chill del momento es un discazo a tener en cuenta.