Festival Jazz à Ramatuelle - Baptiste Herbin « DjangO ! »

Baptiste Herbin, saxophone - André Ceccarelli, drums - Sylvain Romano, double bass

The preparation of this record was a rare fluidity. We imagined a thousand ways of evoking Django Reinhardt, through his era, his compositions, his solos, and through the eyes of those who paid tribute to him. Every idea and suggestion offered to Baptiste was met with lively, stimulating riposte, as if, little by little, the language of the gypsy genius seemed to embrace his own, natural, inhabited and gushing. All that remained was for the music to find its place.
And so, in the nakedness of the trio, nothing is missing and everything is crystal-clear. Baptiste Herbin reveals exceptional depth. His incomparable virtuosity gives way to an expression free of all will, revealing the essence of the music like a rough diamond. We rediscover Django's work in a new, authentic, collective and continually stimulating incarnation.
Under his aegis, Baptiste Herbin himself becomes a master, soaring to the heights of inspiration frequented by the greatest. Django! reveals an artist at the peak of his powers, and celebrates the birth of an exceptional trio.