L'amico Ritrovato Fred Uhlman

Agé de seize ans, Hans Schwarz, fils unique d’un médecin juif, fréquente le lycée le plus renommé de Stuttgart. Il est encore seul et sans ami véritable lorsque l’arrivée dans sa classe d’un garçon d’une famille protestante d’illustre ascendance lui permet de réaliser son exigeant idéal de l’amitié, tel que le lui fait concevoir l’exaltation romantique qui est souvent le propre de l’adolescence. …

Âgé de seize ans, Hans Schwartz, fils unique d'un médecin juif, fréquente le lycée le plus renommé de Stuttgart. Il est encore seul et sans ami véritable lorsque l'arrivée dans sa classe d'un garçon d'une famille protestante d'illustre ascendance lui permet de réaliser son exigeant idéal de l'amitié, tel que le lui fait concevoir l'exaltation romantique qui est souvent le propre de l'adolescence. …

“This very special period made me think and put a lot of things into perspective. I said to myself, finished the superfluous, if this is to be my last album, I do not want to put anything unnecessary, the watchword is therefore: Straight to the essential! Hence the title of this album ”.

Chapellier’s own tribute to the legendary Fleetwood Mac guitar player (BB King used to say that he gave him chills) concentrated on his 1967-1970 period. Fred brings his own personal touch to the master works, staying as close as possible to the sound of the times and to the spirit of the original versions. Total success! Fred Chapellier has been playing music for more than 20 years and has now joined the ranks of the top French blues rock guitarists. Semi-finalist at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis (the largest gathering of blues musicians in the world) he has toured with some of the best French vocalists and many american artists as Tom Principato or Billy Price. He has recorded eight solo albums and contributed to innumerable discs by some of the best artists in the field.

Double CD celebrating 25 first years of Fred Chapellier's career. One CD made of studio recordings including one unreleased track and one CD made of live recordings including one unreleased track. CD cover from illustrator Carlos Olmo.

Winner of the 2016 Prix Django Reinhardt from the Académie du Jazz and nominated for the Victoires de la Musique Jazz award in 2018, the pianist Fred Nardin, who plays with, among others, the Amazing Keystone Big Band and Cécile McLorin Salvant, is one of the great revelations of French Jazz in recent years. The trio’s new album, released in March 2019 on the label Naïve, with Or Bareket and Leon Parker, is proof that high-quality jazz can reach a wide audience, from simple amateurs to the most expert connoisseurs.