Playtime Journal Intime

• 1Playtime06:03
• 2Azy Brd03:39
• 3Hinoorz & Chelsea Bridge10:07
• 4What Is This Thing Called Love06:32
• 5Blame It on My Youth06:35
• 6Give Me the Simple Life04:42
• 7Old Folks05:57
• Total Runtime43:35

Info for Playtime

On the new album, the French band Journal Intime, consisting of trumpeter Sylvain Bardiau, Matthias Mahler on trombone and bass saxophonist Frédéric Gastard, is accompanied by drummer Jérémie Piazza. Other feature guests include guitarist Marc Ducret and organist Sébastien Palis.

PLAYTIME is the soundtrack of an impressive journey - a real road trip - organised by Charles Gil in Scandinavia in spring 2020. The programme is a call for joy in playing, rhythm and improvisation.

The quartet is accompanied by great guests: Marc Ducret on guitars (electric and acoustic) and Sébastien Palis on Hammond B3 organ. Together they explore the wild horizons of jazz standards, revive the humour of Jacques Tati and give priority to personal music, which forms the soundtrack of their unforgettable journey.

Through the Baltic streets and landscapes, they invite us to experience the reliefs, colours and emotions of this extraordinary journey. Journal Intime is a brass trio that practices ensemble music and improvisation with a rare cohesiveness, freely travelling through music that knows no pigeonholes with original compositions and adventurous arrangements. What can be heard is the unique experience of a trio with a seemingly inexhaustible palette of sounds.

Journal Intime breathes and transpires a delicate and impetuous music that dances, sings, whispers and shouts with a jubilant and mischievous ambition. An ode to devilishly electrifying acoustic music.

Journal Intime

Journal Intime
Founded in 2006, French trio Journal Intime performs ensemble music as well as improvised music of rare complexity. They travel with total freedom among non-labelled music forms executing original compositions and daring arrangements; bringing a unique experience through a sound field, which seems unlimited. They are musical partners to renowned French artists such as Jacques Higelin, André Minvielle, Fred Pallem & Le Sacre Du Tympan, Denis Charolles & La Campagnie Des Musiques à Ouïr, Eric Lareine and first class musician Tony Hymas ... and have collaborated with Rodolphe Burger, Marc Ducret and Vincent Peirani. Graced with formidable technique, boundless energy and a courageous sense of adventure, they roam the European jazz scene performing a wild music which dances, sings, whispers and screams with a jubilant and conspiring insistence: an electrifying ode to acoustic music.

For over 30 years guitarist Marc Ducret has been pursuing an atypical path, which has made him one of the most internationally famed French guitarist. He has performed with top-class artists such as Larry Schneider, Michel Portal, Joachim Kuhn, Miroslav Vitous, Django Bates, David Sanborn, Joey Baron and many more. The New Yorkers (Tim Berne, Herb Robertson, Hank Roberts) have chosen him as their favourite guitarist. At the cutting-edge of avant-garde Ducret is an outstanding improviser and an artist who shows his best on stage, whether it be in solo or in an ensemble setting.

At only 31, French accordionist Vincent Peirani has already established his position as one of the genre’s leading voices. He is a fascinating artist with amazing virtuosity, walking on a tightrope between jazz and classical music. From La Campagnie des musiques à Ouïr to Roberto Alagna, from Daniel Humair to Laurent Korcia, Youn Sun Nah, Michel Portal, Renaud Garcia-Fons and even French pop star Sanseverino, in a few months after his first ACT album, Vincent Peirani has become one of the most sought-after accordionists.

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