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Album Review

Sylvain Rifflet: Troubadours

Read "Troubadours" reviewed by Anthony Shaw


Sylvain Rifflet has been playing adventurous, somewhat rock-related jazz for since around 2000, and for much of the time has done so alongside a trumpeter. His emergence on the international scene in the first decade of this century was with the French quintet Rockingchair, where his co-leader was contemporary French trumpeter, Arielle Besson. They were awarded a 'Django d'Or' medal for their first album and subsequent releases have been well received. On the 2019 album Troubadour, Rifflet is ...

Album Review

Sylvain Rifflet: Troubadours

Read "Troubadours" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


In questo decennio il sassofonista Sylvain Rifflet s'è imposto tra gli emergenti più eclettici del jazz francese con dischi molto apprezzati, come l'audace Mechanics (Jazz Village 2015) e l'orchestrale Refocus (Verve 2017). In quest'ultimo ha voluto affermare la sua filiazione per Stan Getz (di cui rilegge l'album Focus) anche se la vicinanza è solo timbrica e la ricerca espressiva è ampiamente personale. In questo nuovo lavoro cambia ancora direzione e s'ispira alle musiche dei trovatori nell'Occitania del 12° ...

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

S.H.A.M.A.N.E.S

Jusqu'à la Nuit
2022

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Troubadours

Self Produced
2019

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