Bouvelle, Eric & Romane
Allo, Balthazar ?! C'est Le Nouveau Disque De Bouvelle
An album born from an encounter. One of them comes from jazz, the other from "musette"; one is the great renovator of gypsy jazz, one of Django's heirs, and the other is the world's accordion champion, the heir of Jo Privat. Both are refined melody experts with hundreds of songs to their credit as lyricists and composers. And yet this is the first time that Romane and Eric Bouvelle ever met up on record. The result is twelve thundering tracks in the pure swing-waltz traditions of Paris in the golden age: strings are plucked and rubbed, the accordion blows, and jazz gets together with java, low down_ With magnificent accompaniment from Mathieu Chatelain, Laurent Zeller and Laurent Delaveau (aka "Les Pommes de ma douche"), Romane and Eric bring a sophisticated legacy up to date with new readings of some great standards that breathe fresh air! Augustin BONDOUX & Patrick FREMEAUX