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Maurin Auxéméry’s choices
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Maurin Auxéméry
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Herbie Hancock
“I would have liked to organize a concert for 80 years of Herbie Hancock. It would have been a benefit concert for saxophonist Wayne Shorter. He had health problems and came out with a colossal hospital bill. He is one of the greatest jazz legends still alive and he cannot afford the health care he needs. ”
Joshua Redman’s quartet
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Joshua Redman
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“There is a meeting of members of Joshua Redman’s group on his first album Moodswing [sorti en 1994] which was very memorable for me and which I know by heart. It’s an album with Brian Blade on drums, Christian McBride on bass and Brad Mehldau on piano. In the current jazz scene, you can hardly have a better band. ”
Resavoir
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Resavoir training
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“It is a group from Chicago which released an album with the label International Anthem. It’s jazz but they make fabulous frescoes. I hear Mulatu Astatke in the arrangements. I also hear from the Cinematic Orchestra. I love the song Taking Flight. »
Erykah Badu
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American singer Erykah Badu performing August 12, 2019
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“The one after whom I’ve been running for years is Erykah Badu. She came in 2014 to my first year at the Jazz Festival. I would like her to come back so much. I would put a big first part, like Tank and the Bangas or Moses Somney[whohadcanceledhispresencein2018toprotestagainsttheshow[quiavaitannulésaprésenceen2018 pourprotestercontrelespectacleSLAV]. The letter that Moses Somney wrote remained in my memory. I would like to thank him one day in person. It made me evolve at high speed on my conception of minorities. ”
Mayra Andrade
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Singer Mayra Andrade, from Cape Verde
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“She is a Cape Verdean singer. She released an album in 2019[[Manga]. Like artists à la Ibeyi and Rosalía, she mixes traditional music with urban pop. Her project is magnificent and I do not despair of bringing her. I invite you to go see his session COLORS. »
> Watch the COLORS session
Laurent Saulnier
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Laurent Saulnier
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Marvin gaye
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Marvin Gaye at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on January 17, 1983
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“I start with the most improbable. If I could resuscitate Marvin Gaye for an evening, I would. He is one of the great singer-songwriters and I have never seen him on stage. He made incredible albums! I would like a double program. First with the album Vulnerable, which was cursed long before it appeared, then with the integral of What’s Going On. It is my most ultimate dream. Then I could die. ”
Wynton Marsalis on quintette
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Wynton Marsalis performing at the Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, April 28, 2019
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“I would like to see Wynton Marsalis with his quintet. He often came to the festival with The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which he conducts, but it has been a long time since he came with his quintet. I would like to see him truly play the trumpet and not lead. ”
Get The Blessing
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La formation Get The Blessing
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“There is a British band that we presented a few years ago that we could not invite back because its members are very busy. It’s Get The Blessing, of which Adrian Utley, Portishead guitarist, is a member. We have been talking about the revival of jazz for a few years and this is probably the best example. I remember their show at 10:30 p.m. at the Gesù. Everyone was levitating. ”
Patrick Watson solo
PHOTO FRANÇOIS ROY, LA PRESSE
Patrick Watson’s first show of a series of three at MTelus, last December
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“I would love to have a solo Patrick Watson concert. He did it from time to time, but not as part of a real concert of good duration. It’s an old dream that I have and I talked to her about it a few times. I want to hear her songs as naked as possible. Return to the origin of Patrick alone on the piano with his voice. ”
John Legend
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John Legend performing March 5 in Beverly Hills, California
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« Bigger Love is my surprise album of the week. John Legend has a somewhat cheezy reputation. His success All of Me is the tree that hides the forest. His new album is varied. Legend takes more risks vocally. He was daring in the choice of his featurings. There is Koffee and a rapper called Rapsody. About the songI Do, I can almost hear old Earth, Wind and Fire. ”
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