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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,

Mosaïques Choreography, Julien Lestel Music, Ivan Julliard (original creation, 66'17''), Mama Morte by Andréa Chénier (Acte III, by Umberto Giordano & Maria Callas, 4'25''), Down To Earth de Flight Facilities, 1'50'') Costume, Patrick Murru Lighting, Lo-Ammy Vaimatapako Dancers Mara Whittington, Zélie Jourdan, Roxanne Katrun, Inès Pagotto, Gilles Porte, Ivan Julliard, Gaël Alamargot, Florent Cazeneuve, Jean-Baptiste de Gimel, Matisse Coelho-Mandes et Alexandra Cardinale (artiste invitée). Recorded at the Opéra de Marseille, on October 23 e& 24, 2020 TV Director, Patrick Lauze

PUCCINI Choreography by Julien LESTEL Music by G. Puccini Lights, Lo Ammy VAIMATAPAKO Costume and scenography, Patrick MURRU With the dancers from Julien Lestel company A tribute to Puccini Recorded on November 23rd 2014 at the Opera of Marseille TV Director, Patrick Lauze

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (Conductor) Yefim Bronfman (piano) Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904) The Noon Witch, Op.108 Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967) Variations on 'Fölszállott a páva' (Peacock Variations) Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Piano Concerto no. 2 in A major Recorded on 13 January 2021, Amsterdam, Concertgebouw Directed by Ferenc Soeteman

Mazepa Opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Libretto by Victor Burenin after Pushkin's poem 'Poltava' First performance in Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre, 15 February 1884 Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor) Ilya Shlepyanov (Stage Direction), Yuri Laptev (Reprise) Vladislav Sulimsky (Mazepa) Stanislav Trofimov (Kochubei) Ekaterina Semenchuk (Lyubov) Maria Bayankina (Maria) Recorded at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, 9 June 2019 TV Director, François-René Martin

Orphée et Eurydice, tragédie opéra in three acts by Christophe Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787) Libretto by Pierre-Louis Moline after Ranieri de' Calzabigi First performance in Paris, Opéra, 2 August 1774 Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Michele Mariotti (direction) Hofesh Shechter, John Fulljames (Stage Direction) Hofesh Shechter (Choreography), Conor Murphy (Sets & Costumes) Juan Diego Flórez (Orphée) Christiane Karg (Eurydice) Fatma Said (Amour) Recorded on March 14 & 17, 2018 at the Teatro alla Scala, Milano Directed by Tiziano Mancini

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, András Schiff (piano & conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Keyboard Concerto no. 3 in D major, BWV1054 Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) Divertimento for string orchestra, SZ 113 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54 Recorded in Lausanne, Salle Métropole, 16 December 2020 Directed by Andy Sommer

Evgeny Kissin (piano) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Three Nocturnes Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Piano Sonata no 3 in F minor op.14 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Eight Preludes Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Piano Sonata no 4 in F sharp major op.30 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Golliwog's cakewalk Recorded 22 July 2018 at the Verbier Festival TV Director, Pierre-Martin Juban

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,

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.

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,

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

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

Don Pasquale, dramma buffo in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848) Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and Gaetano Donizetti after 'Ser Marcantonio' by Angelo Anelli First performance in Paris, Théâtre Italien, February 3, 1843 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of La Monnaie, Alain Altinoglu (Conductor) Académie des chœurs de la Monnaie Martino Faggiani (Chorus Master) Laurent Pelly (Stage Direction and costumes) Chantal Thomas (Sets), Duane Schuler (Lighting) Michele Pertusi (Don Pasquale) Lionel Lhote (Dottor Malatesta) Joel Prieto (Ernesto) Danielle De Niese (Norina) Alessandro Abis (A Notaro) Recorded at La Monnaie | De Munt, Brussels, 21 December 2018 TV Director, Anaïs et Olivier Spiro

Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) Soloists of the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) String octet in E flat major, op. 20 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Impromptu D. 899, Op. 90 No.3 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Suite Bergamasque, No.3 'Clair de Lune' César Franck (1822-1890) Quintet for piano and strings in F minor Recorded on August 3, 2020 at the Salle Garnier - Monte Carlo Opera House, Monaco Directed by Julien Faustino

Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim (piano and four hands piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Sonata for two pianos in D major KV 448 Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Variations on an Original Theme, for piano, 4 hands in A-flat Major, D. 813 (Op.35) Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Le Sacre du Printemps (Version for piano, 4 hands) Recorded at the Philharmonie, Berlin, on April 2014

Lucas Debargue (piano) Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Barcarolle no. 1 in A minor, Op. 26 Barcarolle no. 2 in G major, Op. 41 Barcarolle no. 3 in G flat major, Op. 42 Barcarolle no. 4 in A flat major, Op. 44 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Gaspard de la nuit Stéphane Delplace (b. 1953) Preludes and fugues in the thirteen tonalities - Prelude and Fugue XXVII in E flat major Klavierstück VI in E minor Septem Perpetuum Lucas Debargue (b. 1990) 2nd piece for piano: Prelude and fugue in G minor 3rd piece for piano: Barcarolle in F minor Recorded 22 June 2020 at the Fondation Singer Polignac, Paris

Nicholas Angelich (piano) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) / Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) 7 Fantaisies Op. 116 Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Piano Sonata no 8 in B flat major, Op. 84 Recorded on October 6, 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris Directed by Olivier Simonnet

Michel Dalberto (piano) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Sonatine Valses nobles et sentimentales Miroirs Gaspard de la nuit Recorded at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 12 April 2019 TV Director, Guillaume L'Hôte

Le Corsaire Ballet In three acts, with a prologue and epilogue Music, Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburgsky Libretto, Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges et · and Joseph Masilier, Edited by Yuri Slonimsky and Pyotr Gusev Choreography,Pyotr Gusev Based on the Composition and Choreography of Marius Petipa Set Design, Teymuraz Murvanidze Assistant décorateur · Assistant Designer Mikhail Shishliannikov Costumes · Costume Design Galina Solovyova Lumières · Lighting Design Vladimir Lukasevich Chef d'orchestre · Conductor Alexei Repnikov (Conrad, le corsaire) Timur Askerov (Medora) Alina Somova (Gulnare) Nadezhda Batoeva (Lankedem, the slave trader) Philipp Stepin (Birbanto) Islom Baimuradov (Ali) Kimin Kim (Seyd Pasha) Soslan Kulaev (Les trois odalisques) Daria Ionova, Anastasia Nuikina, Maria Khoreva (Danse de forbans/brigands) Anastasia Petushkova, Maria Lebedeva, Alina Krasovskaya, Roman Malyshev, Maxim Zenin (Danse algérienne) Léa Thomasson & les artistes du ballet (Danse palestinienne) Alisa Rusina & les artistes du ballet Corsaires, femmes esclaves, odalisques, eunuques, guerriers, marins et marchands, artistes de la compagnie de ballet et figurants

Special Tribute to Marius Petipa Mariinsky Theater orchestra Valery Gergiev, conductor Mariinsky Theater ballet Les Saisons (The Seasons) (Вренена года), op 67 (New Creation) Music, Alexandre Glazounov Choreography, Konstantin Keikhel Libretto, Natalia Chumina Sets and Costumes de Sergei Illarionov Light designer, Konstantin Binkin Video Designer, Maria Feodoridi, Maxim Malovichko With Yekaterina Chebykina, Roman Belyakov and the Artists of The Mariinsky Ballet A Midsummer Nights Dream (Act II) Choreography, George Balanchine Music, Félix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Staging, Sandra Jennings Production Design, Luisa Spinatelli Lighting, Sergei Lutkin With Pas de deux, Oxana Skorik et Konstantin Zverev Titania, Queen of the Fairies, Anastasia Kolegova Oberon , King of the Fairies, David Zaleyev Puck, Vasily Tkachenko Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, Anastasia Matvienko Hermia, In love with Lysander, Yana Selina Lysander amoureux de Hermia, Yuri Smekalov Helena, in love with Demetrius, Zlata Yalinich Demetrius, suitor of Hermia, Alexander Romanchikov Theseus, DuDuke of Athens, Vitaly Amelishko Soprano, Lyudmila Dudinova and the Mariinsky Teather Children chorus Chorus master, Irina Yatsemirskaya The Sleeping Beauty (Act III) Music, P I Tchainovsky Choreography, Marius Petipa (1890) Libretto, Ivan Vsevolozhsky et Marius Petipa, after Charles Perrault's tales Set design, Heinrich Levogt, Mikhail Bocharov, Ivan Andreev, Konstantin Ivanov et Matvei Shishkov Costumes, Ivan Vsevolozhsky (revival of the 1890 production) The revival team Choreography staged, Sergei Vikharev Sets reproduced,Andrei Voitenko Costumes reproduced, Elena Zaitseva Lighting, Vladimir Lukasevich With The King . Florestan XIV, Vladimir Ponomarev The Queen . Elena Bazhenova Princess Aurore, their daughter , Alina Somova Prince Désiré, Xander Parish The Lilac Fairy, Ekaterina Kondaurova Carabosse, the evil fairy, Islom Baimuradov Catalabutte, Master of Ceremonies, Andrei Yakovlev Pas de quatre The Diamond Fairy Valeria Martynyuk The Sapphire Fairy, Kumiko Ishii The Gold Fairy, Vlada Borodulina The Silver Fairy, Shamala Guseinova Pas de caractère The White Cat, Xenia Ostreikovskaya Puss in Boots, Fyodor Murashov Pas de deux Princess Florine, Maria Shirinkina The Blue Bird, Alexei Timofeyev Pas de caractère The little red riding hood, Svetlana Russkikh The Big Bad Wolf, Daniil Lopatin Pas de deux Princess Aurore, Alina Somova Prince Désiré, Xander Parish Fairy-tale characters, court dancers, gods, goddesses Artists of The Mariinsky Ballet Recorded on January 11th 2018 at the Mariinsky Theater TV Director, François-René Martin

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor) Mario Brunello (cello), Aidar Bagautdinov (viola) Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Don Quixote, fantastic variations on a knightly theme for cello and viola soli and orchestra, Op. 35 Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1987) Symphony No. 9 in D minor Recorded at the Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow, 12 February 2019 TV Director, Elena Schaptchits

Boris Giltburg (piano) Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943) Variations on a theme by Corelli, Op.42 Dimitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1976) String Quartet no 8 in C minor, Op.110 (tr. Boris Giltburg) Nikolay Medtner (1879 - 1951) Sonata-Reminiscenza, Op.38 No.1 Alexander Scriabin (1871 - 1915) Piano Sonata no 5 in F sharp major, Op.53 Igor Stravinsky Three movements from Petrouchka Recorded at the Auditorium de la Maison de la Radio, Paris Directed by Nathan Benisly

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Laszlo Fassang (Organ) Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Méphisto-Valse no. 1 Philipp Maintz (b. 1977) de figuris, organ concerto (World Premiere) Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) Concerto for orchestra Recorded 18 September 2020 at the Salle Philharmonique, Liège

Tempo Madaras, Life's journey as a conductor Gergely Madaras (conductor) Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège In order of appearance : Marton Fejer, Peter Eötvös, Fodor 'Neti' Sandro, Noémi Gyori, Grazioso Chamber Orchestra of the Hungarian National Philharmonic, Budapest Youth Symphony Orcheestra, Budapest Phlharmonic Orchestra, Paul Hughes, English National Opera Orchestra, George Benjamin, Filamonica '900 del Teatro Regio, Celia Willis, Daniel Weissmann, Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne, Savaria Symphony Orchestra, Zsolt Haja, David Kadouch, Philippe Boesmans, Gyorgy Kurtag, Choeur de radio France, Lionel Sow and the kind complicity of Frédéric Waseige. Recorded on 2019 TV Director, Thierry Dory

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

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,

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.

La Belle Hélène 'Opéra-bouffe' in three acts by Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880) Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy First perfomance in Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 17 December 1864 Sinfonietta de Lausanne, Pierre Dumoussaud (Conductor) Chœur de l'Opéra de Lausanne Michel Fau (Stage director) Emmanuel Charles (Sets), David Belugou (Costumes), Joël Fabing (Lighting) Julien Dran (Pâris) Michel Fau (Ménélas) Christophe Lacassagne (Agamemnon) Jean-Claude Saragosse (Calchas) Jean-Francis Monvoisin (Achille) Pier-Yves Têtu (Ajax Premier) Hoël Troadec (Ajax Deuxième) Julie Robard-Gendre (Hélène) Jérôme Vavasseur (Oreste) Marie Daher (Bacchis) Recorded at the Opéra de Lausanne, December 2019

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,

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

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

Christian Sands Trio - 'Tribute to Erroll Garner' Christian Sands (piano) Terreon Gully (drums) Luques Curtis (bass) Whereas he has just released a really great album, Facing Dragons only a few months ago, the pianist Christian Sands is presenting to kick off the season a new repertoire as a tribute to Erroll Garner : one of the most important figures in the history of jazz, he who established the form of the ' piano trio ' in the modern era, only just before Bill Evans. So he is reaching for a very high goal. And you can bet that the challenge will be met with brio, because the young American is one of the most talented pianists of his generation : protégé of the immense late Billy Taylor, taken on by Christian McBride at 20, recognised by Wynton Marsalis who saw in him one of the grate heirs of the tradition, Christian Sands does actually possess an instrumental language which alludes to the whole history of his instrument, but still succeeds in remaining extremely modern. Recorded on Sptember 7, 2019 at the Pierre Boulez Hall - Philharmonie, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thibaut

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