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Enrico Rava Special edition 80th Brithday Enrico Rava - trumpet & bugle Gianluca Petrella - trombone Francesco Diodati - guitar Giovanni Guidi - piano Gabriele Evangelista - bass guitar Enrico Morello - drums Famed trumpeter Enrico Rava first appeared in the Italian and international jazz scenes over 50 years ago, working with Gato Barbieri and Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Carla Bley, John Abercrombie and Cecil Taylor. Throughout his extensive career, he has played alongside notable musicians such as Lee Konitz, Richard Galliano, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Dave Douglas, Geri Allen, Miroslav Vitous, Philip Caterine, Tomasz Stanko, Michel Petrucciani, John Abercrombie, Joe Lovano... Rava was famously inclined to work with young musicians too. Giovanni Guidi is a revered pianist among the young Italian generation of jazz musicians. He won Top Jazz 2007 as best new national talent. Gianluca Petrella is hailed as one of the most significant jazz trombonists in the world. Gabriele Evangelista is a praised Italian bass player with extraordinary precise skills combined with wild creativity and distinctive interplay. Enrico Morello emerged from a strong academic background, widely known for his refined drumming style and remarkable swing. Recorded on May 16, 2019 at the Grand Auditoire, Dudelange, Luxembourg. TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Antonio Zambujo - Rua da Emenda Antonio Zambujo (voice, Classical guitar) Bernardo Couto (portugese guitar) Ricardo Cruz (double bass) Joao Moreira (trumpet) Jose Conde (clarinette) Antonio Zambujo, a singer with a sensual and warm voice who delivers with his quintet an interpretation of fado between cool jazz and bossa nova. Recroded on January 23, 2015 at La Cigale (Paris) TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Hindi Zahra et Fatoumata Diawara Olympic Café Tour Banlieues Bleues Festival Hindi Zahra, voice Fatoumata Diawara, voice, guitar Yacouba Kone, guitar, keyboards, Sekou Bah, bass Zé Luis Nascimento, drums This new production celebrates a friendship born ten years ago far from the limelight, when these two singers first shared the stage. That was in the early 2000's, before success came. At the time, Hindi Zahra and Fatoumata Diawara often appeared at the Olympic Café, a classic venue for new music, in the Paris district of 'La Goutte d'Or'. The two singers soon made a name for themselves, building bridges between cultures and making modern Africa shine in the world. Today, they revisit their early days, their friendship bringing together inventive folk music and soul. Recorded on 2017 19th March at the Pôle musical d'Orgemont, Epinay-sur-Seine , as part of the 'Banlieues Bleues' Festival TV Director, Laurent Hasse

Pedrito Martinez Live at the Banlieues Bleues 2017 Pedrito Martinez, voice, percussions Edgar Pantoja-Aleman, voice, keyboards Alvaro Benavides, voice, bass Jhair Sala, voice, bongos The most popular Cuban percussionist in New York brings a fresh new take on latin jazz. For a long time, this drummer-and-singer, brought up on Batá drums and the Santeria cult in Havana, was an ardent sideman with Bruce Springsteen, Meshell Ndegeocello and Sting. The following years in residence at a Manhattan restaurant made him the charismatic leader of a fusion quartet. Deeply attached to the Afro-cuban dance and Yoruba prayers of his youth, Pedrito Martinez fuses them with the soul, pop and rock sounds of New York. A heady Afro-cuban mix. Recorded on 2017, march 15th as part of the 'Banlieues Bleues' , Clichy-sous-bois TV Director, Stéphane Sinde

Roberto Fonseca Roberto Fonseca piano, claviers Joe Lovano saxophone Yandy Martinez contrebasse, basse Ruly Herrera batterie Andres Coayo Batista percussions Omara Portuondo voix Mayra Andrade voix Rossio Jimenez Blanco chœur Like all musicians born in Cuba and having grown-up in Havana, Roberto Fonseca came out of school ready for work. This multi-disciplinary aptitude enabled numerous projects and encounters. His contribution to Latin music was to have extended his roots into contemporary expression, often with instrumentation closer to that of modern jazz, and this, whilst not losing one ounce of poetry. Because it really is this capacity to make his public dream which characterises this composer/singer/arranger that his female admirers recognise from afar because of the hat which never leaves him and close up by the harmonious lines of his face. Adding on successes in Marciac like so many pearls on his musical necklace, Roberto Fonseca could almost stake claim to having the status of an event organiser. Using ingredients which guarantee his artistic longevity in the domain of Afrocubanism, he put on stage a new group of which the guests are Omara Portuondo, Mayra Andrade, Joe Lovano and an orchestra of pupils from the conservatoires of the Occitanie Region, conducted by Jean-Pierre Peyrebelle. Enregistré le 06 août 2019 à Jazz in Marciac Réalisateur,

Trio Earl Hines, Roland Haynes & Wallace Bishop With Earl Hines (piano) Roland Haynes (bass) Wallace Bishop (Drums) Playlist - 'I've got the world on a string ' - ' I'm a little brown bird looking for a blue bird ' - ' Portrait of Fats Waller ' - ' Black coffee ' - ' Boogie woogie on St. Louis blues Recorded on 1966 at Comblain-la-Tour

Al di Meola Al di Meola, guitar Fausto Beccalossi, accordEon Kemuel Roig, piano Gabor Csonka, violIn Lazlo Nyari, vioLIn Gyula Benko, viola Andras Sturcz , Cello Play list Azzurra | Al di Meola Milonga Noctiva | Al di Meola Mawazine | Al di Meola Brave New World | Al di Meola Frozen in Time | Al di Meola Turquoise | Al di Meola Mediterranean Sundance | Al di Meola Recorded on March 28, 2019 at the Burghausen Jazz Festival TV Director, Susanne Sammet

Presidential Symphony Orchestra, Cemi'i Can Deliorman (conductor) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Güher & Süher Pekinel (piano) State Choir Turkey Ferit Tüzün (1929 - 1977) Turkish Capriccio (Türk Kapriçiyosu) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto for two pianos No.10 in E-flat major, K.365/316a Özkan Manav (né en 1967) Pluriel (new work, commission by the President of the Republic) Georg Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) Rinaldo | Lascia ch'io pianga Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950) Adriana Lecouvreur | Del sultano amurate... Ecco respiro appena Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) Carmen | Overture Habanera Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) La Vida breve | Danza española Ernesto de Curtis (1875 - 1937) Non ti scordar di me Agustín Lara (1897 - 1970) Granada Recorded at the CSO Grand Hall, Ankara, 4 December 2020 TV Director, Presidential Symphony Orchestra, Cemi'i Can Deliorman (direction) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Güher & Süher Pekinel (piano) State Choir Turkey Ferit Tüzün (1929 - 1977) Capriccio Turc (Türk Kapriçiyosu) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto pour deux pianos et orchestre en Mi bémol majeur, K.365/316a Özkan Manav (né en 1967) Pluriel (œuvre commandée par la Présidence de la République) Georg Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) Rinaldo | Lascia ch'io pianga Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950) Adriana Lecouvreur | Del sultano amurate... Ecco respiro appena Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) Carmen | Prélude Habanera Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) La Vida breve | Danse espagnole Ernesto de Curtis (1875 - 1937) Non ti scordar di me Agustín Lara (1897 - 1970) Granada Enregistré au CSO Grand Hall, Ankara, 4 décembre 2020 Réalisation, TV Director, Mustafa Odabaşı Presidential Symphony Orchestra, Cemi'i Can Deliorman (conductor) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Güher & Süher Pekinel (piano) State Choir Turkey Ferit Tüzün (1929 - 1977) Turkish Capriccio (Türk Kapriçiyosu) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto for two pianos No.10 in E-flat major, K.365/316a Özkan Manav (né en 1967) Pluriel (new work, commission by the President of the Republic) Georg Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) Rinaldo | Lascia ch'io pianga Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950) Adriana Lecouvreur | Del sultano amurate... Ecco respiro appena Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) Carmen | Overture Habanera Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) La Vida breve | Danza española Ernesto de Curtis (1875 - 1937) Non ti scordar di me Agustín Lara (1897 - 1970) Granada Recorded at the CSO Grand Hall, Ankara, December 4, 2020 TV Director, TV Director, Mustafa Odabaşı

Ä°dil Biret (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Piano Sonata no 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein' Piano Sonata no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata' Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Pour le Piano Adnan Saygun (1907 - 1991) 4 Preludes Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Piano Sonata no 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Recorded at the CSO Grand Hall, Ankara, 5 December 2020

Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada (conductor) Francesco Piemontesi (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Serenade No.13 in G major K 525 'A little night music' Piano Concerto No.12 in A major K414/385p Arnold Schonberg (1874-1951) Transfigured Night, Op.4 (1943 version) Recorded on 2 August 2020 in the Court of Honour of the Prince's Palace, Monaco Directed by Julien Faustino

Kammerorchester Basel, Anne Katharina Schreiber (Conductor) Sandrine Piau (Soprano) Giuseppe Torelli (1658 - 1709) Concerto grosso in G minor op. 8 no 5 Leonardo Leo (1694 - 1744) Rendimi il figlio mio (from Ciro riconosciuto) Nicola Porpora (1686 - 1768) Mentre rendo a te la vita (from Angelica) Johann Adolph Hasse (1699 - 1783) Cleofide, Overture Farò ben io fra poco (from Ruggiero) Nicola Porpora La Festa d'Imeneo, Sinfonia (Parte II) Smanie d´affanno (from Poliferno) Giuseppe Torelli Concerto grosso in D major op. 8 no 12 Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685 - 1759) Sen vola lo sparvier (from Admeto) Ah ! crudel (from Rinaldo) Recorded at the Eglise de Saanen, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, 25 January 2019 TV Director Olivier Simonnet

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth (Conductor) Renaud Capuçon (violin), Adrien La Marca (viola) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Le Nozze di Figaro, Overture K. 492 Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola in E flat major K. 364/320d Symphony no 41 in C major K. 551 'Jupiter' Recorded 26 Januery 2019 at the Saanen Church, as part of the 19th festival edition of the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad TV Director, Olivier Simonnet

Modern Jazz Quartet II Avec John Lewis (piano) Kilt Jackson (vibraphone) Percy Heath (basse) Connie Kay (batterie) Playlist - 'Lonely woman' d'Ornette Coleman - 'Animal dance final' de John Lewis - 'Columbine' de John Lewis - 'Concorde' de John Levis - 'Bags groove' de Milt Jackson Recorded on1963 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels TV Director, Serge Leroy

Lucky Peterson, tribute to Jimmy Smith Lucky Peterson (organ, lyric) Nicolas Fomer (trumpet) Kekyn Crapp (guitar) Ahmad Compaoré (drums) Twelve years after the death of Jimmy Smith, Lucky Peterson, pays a tribute to the master of the Hammond organ.' My father brought me up on blues before I could even walk, and I played the organ before having learnt to speak.'Lucky Peterson, The precocious, classy little baby's bottle was thrown into music as soon as he was born.To this die-hard blues man, who is the guardian of the flame, he was able to add a well-chosen dose of groove. There is no doubt that it was a suitable way to honour Jimmy Smith, who was a reference in the realm of jazz soul and with whom he had exchanged in his youth. Finally this dive into history reminds us how much the hymns of the 1950's and 1960's remain incredibly sensual, enough to encourage the choir of a church to dance... Recorded on March 31st 2018 at the 'Espace Paul Eluard, Stains, Banlieues bleues festival TV Director, Guillaume Dero

Lucky Peterson and the Organization Lucky Peterson | vocal, Hammond organ B3, keyboard & guitar Timothy Waites | bass Raul Valdes | drums Shawn Kellerman | guitar, vocal Rachid Guissous | keyboard Play list Love Of Mine | Shawn Kellerman Funky Broadway | Lucky Peterson Love Me | Lucky Peterson I Pity The Fool | Lucky Peterson It Ain't Safe | S. Carter/G. Jackson Locked Out Of Love/Cold Shot/Mary Had A Little Lamp | Lucky Peterson Johnny B. Goode | Charles Edward 'Chuck' Berry Voodoo Chile | Jimi Hendrix I Believe I'll Dust My Broom | Elmore James Them changes | Buddy Miles Superstition | Stevie Wonder Zugabe: Proud Mary/ Boogie-Woogie Blues Joint Party Recorded on March 30, 2019 at the Burghausen Jazz Festival TV Director, Susanne Sammet

Lucky Peterson and the Organization Lucky Peterson | vocal, Hammond organ B3, keyboard & guitar Timothy Waites | bass Raul Valdes | drums Shawn Kellerman | guitar, vocal Rachid Guissous | keyboard Play list Love Of Mine | Shawn Kellerman Funky Broadway | Lucky Peterson Love Me | Lucky Peterson I Pity The Fool | Lucky Peterson It Ain't Safe | S. Carter/G. Jackson Locked Out Of Love/Cold Shot/Mary Had A Little Lamp | Lucky Peterson Johnny B. Goode | Charles Edward 'Chuck' Berry Voodoo Chile | Jimi Hendrix I Believe I'll Dust My Broom | Elmore James Them changes | Buddy Miles Superstition | Stevie Wonder Zugabe: Proud Mary/ Boogie-Woogie Blues Joint Party Recorded on March 30, 2019 at the Burghausen Jazz Festival TV Director, Susanne Sammet

LBT - LEO BETZL TRIO Leo Betzl | Piano Maximilian Hirning | Bass Sebastian Wolfgruber | drums Play list Circadian Dysrhythmia | Maximilian Hirning Arpeggione | Maximilian Hirning Way up in the blue |Maximilian Hirning Tacete | Maximilian Hirning Sober | Maximilian Hirning So Mellow | Maximilian Hirning The Riff | Maximilian Hirning Plectral Comfort Zone | Maximilian Hirning This is not the way to Vernazza | Maximilian Hirning Zappa | Maximilian Hirning Recorded on March 27, 2019 at the Burghausen Jazz Festival TV Director, Susanne Sammet

Naïssam Jalal Live at Banlieues Bleues 2017 Naïssam Jalal feat. Hamid Drake, Quest of invisible F. Naïssam Jalal, compositions, flute, nay Leonardo Montant, piano Claude Tchamitchian, bass Harmid Drake, battery, drums The flautist continues her search for meaning with a dream quartet to approach the mystical and spiritual side of jazz. From her early days, Naissam Jalal has been oscillating between the West, symbolized by the traverso she studied at the Conservatory, and the East, represented by the ney, which she studied with great masters in Damascus and Cairo. In residence at the Dynamo, she sets a new objective: to integrate improvised modal jazz with non-western traditions, like the Arab dhikr, the Indian raga, and Gnawa trance. A specialist of the genre, drummer and percussionist Hamid Drake immediately recognized in her the ability he himself acquired alongside Don Cherry and Pharoah Sanders. He is now part of the adventure. Recorded on 2017, March 28th at the Dynamo of Banlieues Bleues, Pantin, as part of the 'Banlieues Bleues' Festival TV Director, Gilles Le Mao

Hindi Zahra et Fatoumata Diawara Olympic Café Tour Banlieues Bleues Festival Hindi Zahra, voice Fatoumata Diawara, voice, guitar Yacouba Kone, guitar, keyboards, Sekou Bah, bass Zé Luis Nascimento, drums This new production celebrates a friendship born ten years ago far from the limelight, when these two singers first shared the stage. That was in the early 2000's, before success came. At the time, Hindi Zahra and Fatoumata Diawara often appeared at the Olympic Café, a classic venue for new music, in the Paris district of 'La Goutte d'Or'. The two singers soon made a name for themselves, building bridges between cultures and making modern Africa shine in the world. Today, they revisit their early days, their friendship bringing together inventive folk music and soul. Recorded on 2017 19th March at the Pôle musical d'Orgemont, Epinay-sur-Seine , as part of the 'Banlieues Bleues' Festival TV Director, Laurent Hasse

After soul sister Macy Gray, with whom he recorded an album, the ever-inventive saxophonist brings us a brand new body of work inspired by the slam poetry of Saul Williams. DAVID MURRAY tenor saxophone, bass clarinett, ORIN EVANS piano, JARIBU SHAHID bass, NASHEET WAITS drums, SAUL WILLIAMS voice He appears with the Infinity Quartet, named after his early years at the Infinity loft-studio in New York, and with Saul Williams himself. A great choice: over the past fifteen years, the star of the independent film 'Slam' has been standing out among rappers and slam poets with the quality of his writing and the intensity of his performances. His punch lines make him a unique performer - a remarkable poet with a powerful rap-soul voice. In David Murray, who previously worked with writers Amiri Baraka and Ishmael Reed, Williams has found an ideal partner. A match made in heaven.

Arthur Possing Quartet Pierre Cocq-Amann, saxophones Arthur Possing, piano, compositions Sebastian 'Schlapbe' Flach, double bass Pit Huberty, drums Arthur Possing is a young Luxembourgish pianist, born in 1996 into a family in which music has always played a significant role. He started classical percussion at the age of 6 and classical piano at the age of 10, later in the class of well-known pianist Jean Muller. In 2009, he began studying jazz piano with Marc Mangen and vibraphone in 2011 with Guy Cabay. In 2016, he began further studies in jazz piano at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Eric Legnini. The Arthur Possing Quartet was originally formed in 2013. Its members met in high school and soon started playing together regularly. Since 2017, the musicians are originally from Germany, France and Luxembourg and have studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, the Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood near Paris and the Musikhochschule Mannheim. Their repertoire consists both of own compositions and tunes of appreciated jazzmen. In 2017, the quartet released their first album 'Four Years', which was released in March'18 on the Belgian label Hypnote Records. It was well acclaimed by the audience and press and won 'Hits' at Couleurs Jazz in France. Recode on May 16, 2019 at the Grand Auditoire, Dudelange, Luxembourg. TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Samson et Dalila, opera in three acts by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. First performance in Weimar, Grossherzogliches Theater, 2 December 1877 Mariinski Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev (Conductor) Andrei Petrenko (Chorus Master) Yannis Kokkos (Stage Director, Sets) Yannis Kokkos, Paola Mariani (Costumes), Anne Blancard (Dramaturgy), Michael Bauer (Lighting), Maxim Petrov (Choreography), Eric Duranteau (Video) Ekaterina Semenchuk (Dalila) Gregory Kunde (Samson) Roman Burdenko (Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon) Mikhail Petrenko (Abimélech) Recorded on 25 Mai & 2 June 2016 at the Mariinsky (Saint Petersburg) Directed by Louise Narboni

Beethoven Projec John Neumeier (Choreography, lighting et costume) Heinrich Tröger (set) Ludwig van Beethoven (composer), Eroica variations, piano sonata in D major, string quartet N°15 in A minor, Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern (Orchestra) Simon Hewett (conductor) Michał Białk (piano) Ermir Abeshi (violin) Teodor Ruzu (cello) Xiangzi Cao-Staemmlern, Helmut Winkel, Benjamin Rivinius et Mario Blaumer (string quartet) With Aleix Martínez (Ludwig wan Beethoven) | Anna Laudere (Beethoven's distant beloved) | Edvin Revazov (Beethoven's Ideal) | Patricia Friza (Beethoven's mother) | Borja Bermudez (Bethoven's nevew). Soloists : Christopher Evans, Marc Jubete, Emilie Mazon, Yun-su Park, Madoka Sugai, Alexandr Trusch, Lizhong Wang, Mayo Arii. The Hamburg Ballett Recorded on 2019 at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden TV Director, Myriam Hoyer

Alexandre Kantorow (piano) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Rhapsody no 1, op.79 Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Chasse Neige (Douze études d'exécution transcendante) Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) Rhapsody for Piano op.1 Johannes Brahms Piano Sonata no 2, Op. 2 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Nocturne no 6, op. 63 Enregistré le 23 septembre 2019 à la Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris

Gilberto Gil Gilberto Gil guitar, voice Thiagô Queiroz saxophone, flute Diogo Gomes trumpet, bugle Bem Gil musical director , guitar, voice Danilo Andrade keyboard, piano Bruno Di Lullo bass Jose Gil batterie, percussion Domenico Lancellotti drums, percussion Nara Gil voice, chorus Guitarist, singer and composer, emblematic figure of Brazilian music, Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, known as Gilberto Gil, began as a bossa nova singer, but above all made a name for himself by composing and performing with his friend Caetano Veloso, songs focusing on politics and social engagement. Made famous by his participation in the 1960's, in the Tropicalist Movement, he was imprisoned, and forced into exile by the military regime established in 1964. Once back in Brazil, he went into politics whilst continuing his artistic career. Municipal Councilor in Salvador de Bahia he then became Minister of culture for the government of Lula da Silva. His return to Marciac where he presented his latest album marked the apotheosis of an evening entirely devoted to popular Brazilian music. From muted sambas to classy bossas, they are part of popular Brazilian music that the musician in his seventies has always stood up for. An accessible, captivating, natural music which from the first notes already appears to be familiar to us. Recorded on August 05, 2019 at Jazz in Marciac TV Director,

Al di Meola Al di Meola, guitar Fausto Beccalossi, accordEon Kemuel Roig, piano Gabor Csonka, violIn Lazlo Nyari, vioLIn Gyula Benko, viola Andras Sturcz , Cello Play list Azzurra | Al di Meola Milonga Noctiva | Al di Meola Mawazine | Al di Meola Brave New World | Al di Meola Frozen in Time | Al di Meola Turquoise | Al di Meola Mediterranean Sundance | Al di Meola Recorded on March 28, 2019 at the Burghausen Jazz Festival TV Director, Susanne Sammet

Hindi Zahra et Fatoumata Diawara Olympic Café Tour Banlieues Bleues Festival Hindi Zahra, voice Fatoumata Diawara, voice, guitar Yacouba Kone, guitar, keyboards, Sekou Bah, bass Zé Luis Nascimento, drums This new production celebrates a friendship born ten years ago far from the limelight, when these two singers first shared the stage. That was in the early 2000's, before success came. At the time, Hindi Zahra and Fatoumata Diawara often appeared at the Olympic Café, a classic venue for new music, in the Paris district of 'La Goutte d'Or'. The two singers soon made a name for themselves, building bridges between cultures and making modern Africa shine in the world. Today, they revisit their early days, their friendship bringing together inventive folk music and soul. Recorded on 2017 19th March at the Pôle musical d'Orgemont, Epinay-sur-Seine , as part of the 'Banlieues Bleues' Festival TV Director, Laurent Hasse

Arthur Possing Quartet Pierre Cocq-Amann, saxophones Arthur Possing, piano, compositions Sebastian 'Schlapbe' Flach, double bass Pit Huberty, drums Arthur Possing is a young Luxembourgish pianist, born in 1996 into a family in which music has always played a significant role. He started classical percussion at the age of 6 and classical piano at the age of 10, later in the class of well-known pianist Jean Muller. In 2009, he began studying jazz piano with Marc Mangen and vibraphone in 2011 with Guy Cabay. In 2016, he began further studies in jazz piano at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Eric Legnini. The Arthur Possing Quartet was originally formed in 2013. Its members met in high school and soon started playing together regularly. Since 2017, the musicians are originally from Germany, France and Luxembourg and have studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, the Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood near Paris and the Musikhochschule Mannheim. Their repertoire consists both of own compositions and tunes of appreciated jazzmen. In 2017, the quartet released their first album 'Four Years', which was released in March'18 on the Belgian label Hypnote Records. It was well acclaimed by the audience and press and won 'Hits' at Couleurs Jazz in France. Recode on May 16, 2019 at the Grand Auditoire, Dudelange, Luxembourg. TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Bojan Z Bojan Z, piano, fender rhodes Thomas Bramerie, bass Martijn Vink, drums Pantelis Stoikos, trumpet Claudio Puntin, clarinet Paolo Fresu, trumpet Multiple prize awarded jazz pianist, Bojan Z started working with the French bassist Henri Texier, later followed by the famous clarinetist Michel Portal. With his special language consisting of a mature jazz vocabulary with subtly dosed folkloric influences from the Balkans, Bojan leaves an indelible imprint on contemporary jazz. In 2002 he receives the Prix Django Reinhardt for Musician of the Year. In 2005 he was awarded the 'European Jazz Prize' ( Hans Koller Prize) as the best European jazz artist. Bojan adds Fender Rhodes to his acoustic piano play in which be-bop lines fit in seamlessly with dance rhythms, funky backbeats and folk-tinged improvisations. For his unusual new quartet based on winds, his creation in residence, he works once again with his musician friend, the celebrated Italian trumpet player Paolo Fresu. The public will discover Pantelis Stoikos known as one of the best trumpeters of the Balkans as well as Carlo Puntin an inventive clarinetist acclaimed by John Zorn. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Enrico Rava Special edition 80th Brithday Enrico Rava - trumpet & bugle Gianluca Petrella - trombone Francesco Diodati - guitar Giovanni Guidi - piano Gabriele Evangelista - bass guitar Enrico Morello - drums Famed trumpeter Enrico Rava first appeared in the Italian and international jazz scenes over 50 years ago, working with Gato Barbieri and Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Carla Bley, John Abercrombie and Cecil Taylor. Throughout his extensive career, he has played alongside notable musicians such as Lee Konitz, Richard Galliano, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Dave Douglas, Geri Allen, Miroslav Vitous, Philip Caterine, Tomasz Stanko, Michel Petrucciani, John Abercrombie, Joe Lovano... Rava was famously inclined to work with young musicians too. Giovanni Guidi is a revered pianist among the young Italian generation of jazz musicians. He won Top Jazz 2007 as best new national talent. Gianluca Petrella is hailed as one of the most significant jazz trombonists in the world. Gabriele Evangelista is a praised Italian bass player with extraordinary precise skills combined with wild creativity and distinctive interplay. Enrico Morello emerged from a strong academic background, widely known for his refined drumming style and remarkable swing. Recorded on May 16, 2019 at the Grand Auditoire, Dudelange, Luxembourg. TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

The comet is coming Shabaka Hutchings, saxophone ténor Dan Leavers, synthétiseur Max Hallet, batterie Sixty years after Sun Ra released his debut album, the influence of the late avant garde jazz musician and 'cosmic philosopher' persists. Sun Ra is a clear touchstone for futurists band The Comet is coming. They're formed of saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings (aka King Shabaka), and the two members of Soccer96: synths guy Dan Leavers (aka Danalogue The Conqueror) and drums man Maxwell Hallett (aka Betamax Killer). Formed in 2013 after saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings spontaneously joined funk duo Soccer96 on stage, the trio combines Sun Ra's mythological themes and love of the experimental, whipping up a fusion of jazz, Afrobeat and electronica in an improvisational, intergalactic mash-upstyle, starting with an orthodox jazz sensibility and taking it to the dancefloor. For millennia, humankind has viewed comets as harbingers of doom, portents of change and destruction. The Comet Is Coming are here to recognize these world-altering prophecies and to help us dance like it's the end of the world. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (Conductor) Daniil Trifonov (piano), Denis Matsuev (piano), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Yusif Eyvazov (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) Modest Mussorgsky Prelude to Khovantchina Pictures of an exhibition Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Tsar's Bride, Air of Marfa Piotr Tchaikovsky Iolanta, duo and final Sergei Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Paganini Modest Mussorgsky Boris Godounov, air of Boris Sergei Prokofiev Concerto for piano and orchestra n ° 2 Rodion Shchedrin Solemn Overture Recorded at the Zaryadye Hall, Moscow, 8 September 2018 TV Director, François-René Martin

The Tsar's Bride, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908) Libretto by Ilia Tyumenev based on the drama of the same name by Lev Mey. First performance 3 November 1899, Solodovnikov Theatre, Moscow Orchestra & Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre, Tugan Sokhiev (musical direction) Valery Borisov (Chorus Master) Julia Pevzner (Stage Direction) Alyona Pikalova (Sets), Elena Zaitseva (Costumes), Damir Ismagilov (Lighting), Ekaterina Mironova (Choreography) Stanislav Trofimov (Vasily Stepanovich Sobakin) Olga Seliverstova (Marfa) Elchin Azizov (Grigory Grigorevich Gryaznoy) Vyacheslav Pochapsky (Grigory Lukiyanovich Malyuta Skuratov) Ilya Selivanov (Ivan Sergeyevich Lykov) Agunda Kulaeva (Lyubasha) Roman Muravitsky (Yelisey Bomelius) Irina Rubtsova (Domna Ivanovna Saburova) Anna Bondarevskaya (Dunyasha) Anna Matsey (Petrovna) Recorded 15 November 2018, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow TV Director, Jean-Pierre Loisil

La Bayadère Choreography by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa Ballet in three acts Music by Ludwig Minkus Conductor, Pavel Sorokin Stage Designer, Costume Designer, Angelina Atlagić Lighting Design, Brad Fields With (Nikiya) Angelina Vorontsova (Solor) Victor Lebedev (Gamzatti) Andrea Laššáková and the Mikhailovsky Ballet and Orchestra Filmed on 16 November 2019 at the Mikhailovsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg TV Director,Andy Sommer

Yaroslavana Vladimir Varnava, choreographer Boris Tishchenko, Music Vladimir Varnava and Konstantin Fyodorov, Libretto Konstantin Fyodorov , script Galya Solodovnikova , Set and Costume Designer Igor Fomin, Lighting Designer Ilya Starilov, Video Graphics Designer Mariinsky Theater orchestra Valery Gergiev, conductor Mariinsky Theater ballet Recorded on June 30th and July 1st, 2017 at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg TV Director, Louise Narboni

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Joshua Weilerstein (conductor) Nelson Freire (Piano) Christopher Rouse (b. 1949) Iscariot Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Arnold Schönberg (1874 - 1951) Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1943) Recorded on October 30th 2017 at the Salle Métropole of Lausanne Directed by Andy Sommer

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (Conductor) Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Don Giovanni, overture Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Piano Concerto no 3 in C minor, op. 37 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Symphony no 9 in E flat major, op. 70 Recorded 20 September 2017, Halle aux Grains, Toulouse

Hamlet Opéra in five acts by Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896) Libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier after William Shakespeare First performance in Paris, Opéra, 9 March 1868 Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Louis Langrée (Conductor) Les Eléments, Joël Suhubiette (Chorus Master) Cyril Teste (Stage Direction) Ramy Fischler (Sets), Isabelle Deffin (Costumes), Leila Adham (Dramaturgy), Julien Boizard (Lighting), Nicolas Dorémus, Mehdi Toutain-Lopez (Video) Stéphane Degout (Hamlet) Sabine Devieilhe (Ophélie) Laurent Alvaro (Claudius) Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo (Gertrude) Julien Behr (Laërte) Jérôme Varnier (Le Spectre) Kevin Amiel (Marcellus, 2ème Fossoyeur) Yoann Dubruque (Horatio, 1er Fossoyeur) Nicolas Legoux (Polonius) Recorded 19 and 21 December 2018 at the Opéra-Comique, Paris Directed by François Roussillon

Al di Meola Al di Meola, guitar Fausto Beccalossi, accordEon Kemuel Roig, piano Gabor Csonka, violIn Lazlo Nyari, vioLIn Gyula Benko, viola Andras Sturcz , Cello Play list Azzurra | Al di Meola Milonga Noctiva | Al di Meola Mawazine | Al di Meola Brave New World | Al di Meola Frozen in Time | Al di Meola Turquoise | Al di Meola Mediterranean Sundance | Al di Meola Recorded on March 28, 2019 at the Burghausen Jazz Festival TV Director, Susanne Sammet

Extended Hanoi Duo Nguyên Lê, electric and accoustic guitar Ngo Hong Quang, traditional instruments, voice Mieko Miyazaki, koto Paolo Fresu, trumpet Edouard Prabhu, tabals Alex Tran, percussions Hao Nhiem Pham, flute The celebrated French-Vietnamese guitarist Nguyên Lê is a masterful, inventive player who has cultivated a wholly unique voice on the instrument, ranking right up there with Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Mike Stern and Allan Holdsworth in the post-Hendrix world of jazz guitar. He has developed a distinctive sound that draws upon rock, funk and jazz as well as traditional Algerian, Indian and Vietnamese styles. His ethereal and colourful music acts like a powerful detonator which every time creates new and unheard soundscapes. On his latest album he teams up with young traditionalist singer Ngo Hong Quang, on lute, Vietnamese fiddle, Jew's harp, to portray 'the soul of Vietnam' and its quickening evolution. There are jaunty folkish tunes, temple bells and ethereal melodies, and a storm of electric guitars. Nguyên's life-long friend, the famous Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu adds elegant Miles Davis-like peaks to a powerful, fauvism-coloured fusion of ancient and modern. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Roberto Fonseca Roberto Fonseca piano, claviers Joe Lovano saxophone Yandy Martinez contrebasse, basse Ruly Herrera batterie Andres Coayo Batista percussions Omara Portuondo voix Mayra Andrade voix Rossio Jimenez Blanco chœur Like all musicians born in Cuba and having grown-up in Havana, Roberto Fonseca came out of school ready for work. This multi-disciplinary aptitude enabled numerous projects and encounters. His contribution to Latin music was to have extended his roots into contemporary expression, often with instrumentation closer to that of modern jazz, and this, whilst not losing one ounce of poetry. Because it really is this capacity to make his public dream which characterises this composer/singer/arranger that his female admirers recognise from afar because of the hat which never leaves him and close up by the harmonious lines of his face. Adding on successes in Marciac like so many pearls on his musical necklace, Roberto Fonseca could almost stake claim to having the status of an event organiser. Using ingredients which guarantee his artistic longevity in the domain of Afrocubanism, he put on stage a new group of which the guests are Omara Portuondo, Mayra Andrade, Joe Lovano and an orchestra of pupils from the conservatoires of the Occitanie Region, conducted by Jean-Pierre Peyrebelle. Enregistré le 06 août 2019 à Jazz in Marciac Réalisateur,

Modern Jazz Quartet II Avec John Lewis (piano) Kilt Jackson (vibraphone) Percy Heath (basse) Connie Kay (batterie) Playlist - 'Ralph's Nero blues' - 'Fugato from original sin' - 'Horo high the moon' - 'Pierrot' - 'Django' Recorded on1962 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels TV Director, Serge Leroy

Naïssam Jalal Live at Banlieues Bleues 2017 Naïssam Jalal feat. Hamid Drake, Quest of invisible F. Naïssam Jalal, compositions, flute, nay Leonardo Montant, piano Claude Tchamitchian, bass Harmid Drake, battery, drums The flautist continues her search for meaning with a dream quartet to approach the mystical and spiritual side of jazz. From her early days, Naissam Jalal has been oscillating between the West, symbolized by the traverso she studied at the Conservatory, and the East, represented by the ney, which she studied with great masters in Damascus and Cairo. In residence at the Dynamo, she sets a new objective: to integrate improvised modal jazz with non-western traditions, like the Arab dhikr, the Indian raga, and Gnawa trance. A specialist of the genre, drummer and percussionist Hamid Drake immediately recognized in her the ability he himself acquired alongside Don Cherry and Pharoah Sanders. He is now part of the adventure. Recorded on 2017, March 28th at the Dynamo of Banlieues Bleues, Pantin, as part of the 'Banlieues Bleues' Festival TV Director, Gilles Le Mao

Pedrito Martinez Live at the Banlieues Bleues 2017 Pedrito Martinez, voice, percussions Edgar Pantoja-Aleman, voice, keyboards Alvaro Benavides, voice, bass Jhair Sala, voice, bongos The most popular Cuban percussionist in New York brings a fresh new take on latin jazz. For a long time, this drummer-and-singer, brought up on Batá drums and the Santeria cult in Havana, was an ardent sideman with Bruce Springsteen, Meshell Ndegeocello and Sting. The following years in residence at a Manhattan restaurant made him the charismatic leader of a fusion quartet. Deeply attached to the Afro-cuban dance and Yoruba prayers of his youth, Pedrito Martinez fuses them with the soul, pop and rock sounds of New York. A heady Afro-cuban mix. Recorded on 2017, march 15th as part of the 'Banlieues Bleues' , Clichy-sous-bois TV Director, Stéphane Sinde

Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy With Charles Mingus (double bass) Eric Dolphy (Alto Sax , Flute, Bass Clarinet) Clifford Jordan (Tenor Sax) Jaki Byard (Piano) Dannie Richmond (Drums) Playlist - 'Farewell' - 'Carlye Goodbye' - 'Meditations Recorded on1965 at the Palais des congrès de Liège TV Director, Serge Leroy

Trio Jimmy Mc Griff, Earl Hines & His all stars With Earl Hines (piano) Roy Eldridge (trumpette) Ben Webster(Tenor Sax) Bon Byas (Tenor Sax) Stuff SMITH (violin) Jimmy WOODE (bass) Kenny CLARKE (drums) Playlist - 'Boogie Woogie on Saint Louis Blues' -' Rosetta ' - ' Sweet Lorraine ' - ' Tenderly ' - ' Timme's Blues ' Recorded on 1967 at Comblain-la-tour Festival, Belgium TV Director, Pierre Badel

Presidential Symphony Orchestra, Cemi'i Can Deliorman (conductor) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Güher & Süher Pekinel (piano) State Choir Turkey Ferit Tüzün (1929 - 1977) Turkish Capriccio (Türk Kapriçiyosu) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto for two pianos No.10 in E-flat major, K.365/316a Özkan Manav (né en 1967) Pluriel (new work, commission by the President of the Republic) Georg Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) Rinaldo | Lascia ch'io pianga Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950) Adriana Lecouvreur | Del sultano amurate... Ecco respiro appena Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) Carmen | Overture Habanera Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) La Vida breve | Danza española Ernesto de Curtis (1875 - 1937) Non ti scordar di me Agustín Lara (1897 - 1970) Granada Recorded at the CSO Grand Hall, Ankara, 4 December 2020 TV Director, Presidential Symphony Orchestra, Cemi'i Can Deliorman (direction) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Güher & Süher Pekinel (piano) State Choir Turkey Ferit Tüzün (1929 - 1977) Capriccio Turc (Türk Kapriçiyosu) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto pour deux pianos et orchestre en Mi bémol majeur, K.365/316a Özkan Manav (né en 1967) Pluriel (œuvre commandée par la Présidence de la République) Georg Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) Rinaldo | Lascia ch'io pianga Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950) Adriana Lecouvreur | Del sultano amurate... Ecco respiro appena Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) Carmen | Prélude Habanera Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) La Vida breve | Danse espagnole Ernesto de Curtis (1875 - 1937) Non ti scordar di me Agustín Lara (1897 - 1970) Granada Enregistré au CSO Grand Hall, Ankara, 4 décembre 2020 Réalisation, TV Director, Mustafa Odabaşı Presidential Symphony Orchestra, Cemi'i Can Deliorman (conductor) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Güher & Süher Pekinel (piano) State Choir Turkey Ferit Tüzün (1929 - 1977) Turkish Capriccio (Türk Kapriçiyosu) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto for two pianos No.10 in E-flat major, K.365/316a Özkan Manav (né en 1967) Pluriel (new work, commission by the President of the Republic) Georg Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) Rinaldo | Lascia ch'io pianga Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950) Adriana Lecouvreur | Del sultano amurate... Ecco respiro appena Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) Carmen | Overture Habanera Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) La Vida breve | Danza española Ernesto de Curtis (1875 - 1937) Non ti scordar di me Agustín Lara (1897 - 1970) Granada Recorded at the CSO Grand Hall, Ankara, December 4, 2020 TV Director, TV Director, Mustafa Odabaşı

Ä°dil Biret (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Piano Sonata no 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein' Piano Sonata no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata' Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Pour le Piano Adnan Saygun (1907 - 1991) 4 Preludes Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Piano Sonata no 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Recorded at the CSO Grand Hall, Ankara, 5 December 2020

The comet is coming Shabaka Hutchings, saxophone ténor Dan Leavers, synthétiseur Max Hallet, batterie Sixty years after Sun Ra released his debut album, the influence of the late avant garde jazz musician and 'cosmic philosopher' persists. Sun Ra is a clear touchstone for futurists band The Comet is coming. They're formed of saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings (aka King Shabaka), and the two members of Soccer96: synths guy Dan Leavers (aka Danalogue The Conqueror) and drums man Maxwell Hallett (aka Betamax Killer). Formed in 2013 after saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings spontaneously joined funk duo Soccer96 on stage, the trio combines Sun Ra's mythological themes and love of the experimental, whipping up a fusion of jazz, Afrobeat and electronica in an improvisational, intergalactic mash-upstyle, starting with an orthodox jazz sensibility and taking it to the dancefloor. For millennia, humankind has viewed comets as harbingers of doom, portents of change and destruction. The Comet Is Coming are here to recognize these world-altering prophecies and to help us dance like it's the end of the world. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

After soul sister Macy Gray, with whom he recorded an album, the ever-inventive saxophonist brings us a brand new body of work inspired by the slam poetry of Saul Williams. DAVID MURRAY tenor saxophone, bass clarinett, ORIN EVANS piano, JARIBU SHAHID bass, NASHEET WAITS drums, SAUL WILLIAMS voice He appears with the Infinity Quartet, named after his early years at the Infinity loft-studio in New York, and with Saul Williams himself. A great choice: over the past fifteen years, the star of the independent film 'Slam' has been standing out among rappers and slam poets with the quality of his writing and the intensity of his performances. His punch lines make him a unique performer - a remarkable poet with a powerful rap-soul voice. In David Murray, who previously worked with writers Amiri Baraka and Ishmael Reed, Williams has found an ideal partner. A match made in heaven.

Samson et Dalila, opera in three acts by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. First performance in Weimar, Grossherzogliches Theater, 2 December 1877 Mariinski Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev (Conductor) Andrei Petrenko (Chorus Master) Yannis Kokkos (Stage Director, Sets) Yannis Kokkos, Paola Mariani (Costumes), Anne Blancard (Dramaturgy), Michael Bauer (Lighting), Maxim Petrov (Choreography), Eric Duranteau (Video) Ekaterina Semenchuk (Dalila) Gregory Kunde (Samson) Roman Burdenko (Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon) Mikhail Petrenko (Abimélech) Recorded on 25 Mai & 2 June 2016 at the Mariinsky (Saint Petersburg) Directed by Louise Narboni

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (Conductor) Kathleen Battle (soprano) Johann Strauss II (1825 - 1899) Der Zigeunerbaron, Overture Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870) Sphären - Klänge (Walzer), op. 235 Johann Strauss II Annen-Polka, op. 117 Johann Strauss I (1804 - 1849) Delirien (Walzer), op. 212 Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus, Overture Johann Strauss I Beliebte Annen - Polka, op. 137 Johann Strauss II Vergnügungszug (Polka schnell), op. 281 Pizzicato-Polka Kaiser-Walzer, op. 437 Perpetuum mobile, op. 257 Unter Donner und Blitz (Polka schnell), op. 324 Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410 Josef Strauss Ohne Sorgen (Polka schnell), op. 271 Johann Strauss II An der schönen blauen Donau (Walzer), op. 314 Johann Strauss I Radetzky-Marsch Recorded at the Musikverein, Vienne, in 1985 Directed by Humphrey Burton

Grigory Sokolov (piano) Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) 4 Fugues Op. 72 Bunte Blätter Op. 99 Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) Polonaises Op. 26 1 Allegro appassionato (C-sharp minor) 2 Maestoso (E-flat minor) Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 Recorded at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, 12 December 2020

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott (conductor) Alexei Volodin (piano), Vincent Thévenaz (organ) Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H, S 260 Arnold Schönberg (1874 - 1951) Variations for Orchestra, op. 31 Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Boléro Recorded on November 15, 2017 at the Victoria Hall, Genèva Directed by Andy Sommer

Extended Hanoi Duo Nguyên Lê, electric and accoustic guitar Ngo Hong Quang, traditional instruments, voice Mieko Miyazaki, koto Paolo Fresu, trumpet Edouard Prabhu, tabals Alex Tran, percussions Hao Nhiem Pham, flute The celebrated French-Vietnamese guitarist Nguyên Lê is a masterful, inventive player who has cultivated a wholly unique voice on the instrument, ranking right up there with Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Mike Stern and Allan Holdsworth in the post-Hendrix world of jazz guitar. He has developed a distinctive sound that draws upon rock, funk and jazz as well as traditional Algerian, Indian and Vietnamese styles. His ethereal and colourful music acts like a powerful detonator which every time creates new and unheard soundscapes. On his latest album he teams up with young traditionalist singer Ngo Hong Quang, on lute, Vietnamese fiddle, Jew's harp, to portray 'the soul of Vietnam' and its quickening evolution. There are jaunty folkish tunes, temple bells and ethereal melodies, and a storm of electric guitars. Nguyên's life-long friend, the famous Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu adds elegant Miles Davis-like peaks to a powerful, fauvism-coloured fusion of ancient and modern. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Naïssam Jalal Live at Banlieues Bleues 2017 Naïssam Jalal feat. Hamid Drake, Quest of invisible F. Naïssam Jalal, compositions, flute, nay Leonardo Montant, piano Claude Tchamitchian, bass Harmid Drake, battery, drums The flautist continues her search for meaning with a dream quartet to approach the mystical and spiritual side of jazz. From her early days, Naissam Jalal has been oscillating between the West, symbolized by the traverso she studied at the Conservatory, and the East, represented by the ney, which she studied with great masters in Damascus and Cairo. In residence at the Dynamo, she sets a new objective: to integrate improvised modal jazz with non-western traditions, like the Arab dhikr, the Indian raga, and Gnawa trance. A specialist of the genre, drummer and percussionist Hamid Drake immediately recognized in her the ability he himself acquired alongside Don Cherry and Pharoah Sanders. He is now part of the adventure. Recorded on 2017, March 28th at the Dynamo of Banlieues Bleues, Pantin, as part of the 'Banlieues Bleues' Festival TV Director, Gilles Le Mao

Bojan Z Bojan Z, piano, fender rhodes Thomas Bramerie, bass Martijn Vink, drums Pantelis Stoikos, trumpet Claudio Puntin, clarinet Paolo Fresu, trumpet Multiple prize awarded jazz pianist, Bojan Z started working with the French bassist Henri Texier, later followed by the famous clarinetist Michel Portal. With his special language consisting of a mature jazz vocabulary with subtly dosed folkloric influences from the Balkans, Bojan leaves an indelible imprint on contemporary jazz. In 2002 he receives the Prix Django Reinhardt for Musician of the Year. In 2005 he was awarded the 'European Jazz Prize' ( Hans Koller Prize) as the best European jazz artist. Bojan adds Fender Rhodes to his acoustic piano play in which be-bop lines fit in seamlessly with dance rhythms, funky backbeats and folk-tinged improvisations. For his unusual new quartet based on winds, his creation in residence, he works once again with his musician friend, the celebrated Italian trumpet player Paolo Fresu. The public will discover Pantelis Stoikos known as one of the best trumpeters of the Balkans as well as Carlo Puntin an inventive clarinetist acclaimed by John Zorn. Recorded on May 25th 2017 at Like a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, Luxembourg TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Pedrito Martinez Live at the Banlieues Bleues 2017 Pedrito Martinez, voice, percussions Edgar Pantoja-Aleman, voice, keyboards Alvaro Benavides, voice, bass Jhair Sala, voice, bongos The most popular Cuban percussionist in New York brings a fresh new take on latin jazz. For a long time, this drummer-and-singer, brought up on Batá drums and the Santeria cult in Havana, was an ardent sideman with Bruce Springsteen, Meshell Ndegeocello and Sting. The following years in residence at a Manhattan restaurant made him the charismatic leader of a fusion quartet. Deeply attached to the Afro-cuban dance and Yoruba prayers of his youth, Pedrito Martinez fuses them with the soul, pop and rock sounds of New York. A heady Afro-cuban mix. Recorded on 2017, march 15th as part of the 'Banlieues Bleues' , Clichy-sous-bois TV Director, Stéphane Sinde

Hindi Zahra et Fatoumata Diawara Olympic Café Tour Banlieues Bleues Festival Hindi Zahra, voice Fatoumata Diawara, voice, guitar Yacouba Kone, guitar, keyboards, Sekou Bah, bass Zé Luis Nascimento, drums This new production celebrates a friendship born ten years ago far from the limelight, when these two singers first shared the stage. That was in the early 2000's, before success came. At the time, Hindi Zahra and Fatoumata Diawara often appeared at the Olympic Café, a classic venue for new music, in the Paris district of 'La Goutte d'Or'. The two singers soon made a name for themselves, building bridges between cultures and making modern Africa shine in the world. Today, they revisit their early days, their friendship bringing together inventive folk music and soul. Recorded on 2017 19th March at the Pôle musical d'Orgemont, Epinay-sur-Seine , as part of the 'Banlieues Bleues' Festival TV Director, Laurent Hasse

The Rosenberg Family Project The Rosenbergs Mozes Rosenberg guitar solo Johnny Rosenberg rythmic guitar Sani van Mullem double bass The Rosenberg trio Stochelo Rosenberg guitar solo Nonnie Rosenberg double bass In the world of gipsy jazz, Stochelo Rosenberg stands out as a virtuoso tempered by a natural elegance meaning he never overdoes things. With him, the competitive cutting guitar playing mixes in with a kind of nervous and swinging poetry where the themes from the traditional repertoire alternate with the most unexpected revivals. In the Rosenberg family, everyone is made for extended improvisation, they devote themselves to their high-speed chases with such elegance and implication that we find ourselves rediscovering pleasures procured through this craftsmanship of oral transmission, served up by devils who play like gods Recorded on July 31, 2019 at Jazz in Marciac TV Director,