Stephane Belmondo

À l’instar des coffrets Nova, TSF, sa filiale jazz, propose un ensemble de 10 CD classés chronologiquement de 1999 à 2008. Il s’agit de représenter la « playlist » de la radio jazz, dernier enfant de la galaxie Frank Ténot.
Cette playlist fait la part belle aux musiciens français et on s’en réjouit.

Drummer/composers are a relatively rare breed in jazz, but Aldo Romano is one of the most gifted on the scene. With a baker's dozen musicians (including himself) and thoughtful arrangements by Lionel Belmondo, Romano creates a powerful sound with reeds, brass, and rhythm section, often emphasizing the ensemble more so than than soloists, starting with the lovely bittersweet "Silenzio," which sounds like it could have been written for a film soundtrack. Trumpeter Stefane Belmondo and pianist Eric Legnini are showcased in the driving bossa nova "Pasolini." The elegant, lyrical waltz "For Michel" and the graceful "Touch of a Woman" (the latter with Belmondo on flügelhorn) are also obvious highlights. Romano plays guitar, sings, and co-composed an Italian lyric with Yves Simon for his upbeat "Jazz Messengers." This is yet another rewarding date by Aldo Romano.

Pioneer of jazz and electronic music, the virtuoso drummer Philippe Pipon Garcia (Truffaz, Don Cherry, Cosmic Connections, Paolo Fesu …) offers us a new musical journey between timeless swing and resolutely avant-garde arrangements tinged with electronics. For this new album Back to the Future, Pipon Garcia is surrounded by bass player Thibaud Soulas and performer Sir Jean whose legendary flow has marked the main groups of dub and afro-electro of the last twenty years, Meï Teï Shô to the Grass People, from Ezekiel to Zenzile via Brain Damage.