Explorers Alexis Valet
Album Info
Album Veröffentlichung:
2021
HRA-Veröffentlichung:
09.11.2021
Das Album enthält Albumcover Booklet (PDF)
- 1Casual Polyglot03:10
- 2Plaza de la Alfalfa05:13
- 3L'Ile aux fleurs06:28
- 4Any Sunday With Her07:03
- 5Dixie's Dilemma05:07
- 6Voyager 102:49
- 7Explorers04:53
- 8Fall04:58
- 9Dr. Jackle05:51
- 10Hats and Cards06:42
- 11What's Next04:54
Info zu Explorers
Asserting himself as an exciting voice among those who are bringing vibraphone back to the front of the stage, Alexis Valet presents a captivating album with a shifting format exploring multiple directions, marked by the participation of two major European figures, pianist Bojan Z and saxophonist Ben Van Gelder. True to its title, "Explorers" gives us an idea of what contemporary jazz inspires the most when it’s driven by a sense of invention and the magic of interplay.
Alexis Valet is one of the new faces of the French jazz scene, an accomplished Sideman (Xavier Belin Quartet, Shauli Einav Quintet, Joachim Govin Sextet) and also a leader. All freshly recorded at the studio of Meudon, his first album will be released in autumn 2019, with guests Magic Malik, Romain Pilon and Hermon Mehari. His compositions draw their inspiration in music as diverse as contemporary jazz, hip hop, free jazz or electro, while keeping a foot in the tradition of jazz.
Alexis Valet, vibraphone
Lucca Fattorini, double bass
Antoine Paganotti, drums
Ben van Gelder, alto saxophone (tracks 4, 7, 9, 10, 11)
Bojan Z, piano (tracks 3, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Alexis Valet
is one of the new faces of the French jazz scene, an accomplished Sideman (Xavier Belin Quartet, Shauli Einav Quintet, Joachim Govin Sextet) and also a leader. All freshly recorded at the studio of Meudon, his first album will be released in autumn 2019, with guests Magic Malik, Romain Pilon and Hermon Mehari. His compositions draw their inspiration in music as diverse as contemporary jazz, hip hop, free jazz or electro, while keeping a foot in the tradition of jazz.