Belmondo Quintet - Brotherhood (2021) [Official Digital Download]

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Belmondo Quintet - Brotherhood (2021) [Official Digital Download]

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When we are brothers, we can hardly speak of reunion. Especially since Lionel and Stéphane Belmondo have regularly met in the studio to engrave their conversations in wax, to give a snapshot of their life… Their Belmondo Quintet which they founded in 1993 is one of the most shining Rolls of the world. hexagonal jazz. A kind of endearing club that brings the tradition of cool jazz to life like that of post bop and hard bop with virtuosity, and nourishes it with a thousand influences. With the impeccable Éric Legnini on piano, Sylvain Romano on double bass and Tony Rabeson on drums, the trumpeter and saxophonist sign Brotherhood, the fifth opus recorded in January 2020, entirely made up of original compositions, some of which are dedicated to elder giants with influenced the philosophy of their group: Wayne's Words for Wayne Shorter, Yusef's Tree for Yusef Lateef, Letters to Evans for Bill Evans and Woody 'n Us for Woody Shaw. Two other compositions by Lionel celebrate the French tradition of the liturgical organ (Doxology and Sirius), thus emphasizing the breadth of the spectrum of influences that nourishes their art (in 2003, their Hymne to the Sun illuminated the music of Lili Boulanger with originality and by Maurice Duruflé). This superb velvet-sounding album closes with Song for Dad, a touching ballad dedicated to their father and first mentor Yvan, who died in 2019. The grace, simplicity, accuracy and quite simply the beauty of this theme are there. image of this disc that looks like them. Note that Brotherhood marks the resurgence of B Flat Recordings, the label that Stéphane and Lionel created in 2003 and which had been dormant since 2011 …