Artist: Johan Farjot & Friends
Album: Caravan Party II
Genre: Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Label: Klarthe Records
Released: 2023
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Bantu (Ngqawana) - 4:00
- Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (Trad.) - 3:42
- Bith Aneth (Zorn) - 2:52
- San Francisco (Le Forestier) - 3:44
- Libera Me (Improvisation) - 4:44
- Ida Lupino (Bley) - 3:30
- Next Stop to Roma (Farjot) - 2:53
- Elegie (Improvisation) - 3:54
- Once Upon a Time (Improvisation) - 3:06
- Molly's Song (Farjot) - 4:40
- Tribute to Yusef Lateef (Improvisation) - 4:28
- After Midnight (Improvisation) - 4:44
- Peace on Earth (Coltrane) - 3:30
- Dance on the Rain (Improvisation) - 4:03
- Bis (Improvisation) - 3:47
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- Personnel:
- Johan Farjot - piano, director, arranger
- Daniel Humair (#7), Timon Imbert (#15), Anne Paceo (#1), Joe Quitzke (#3,10,12-14) - drums
- Hugh Coltman (#2), MJ Williams (#15) - vocals
- Naissam Jalal - vocals (#5,8,11), flute (#5,11,15), ney (#5,11,15)
- Vincent Peirani - accordion (#4)
- Jean-Jacques Elangue - saxophone (#1)
- Raphael Imbert - saxophone (#1,3,4,7-15), bass clarinet (#4,5)
- Matteo Pastorino - clarinet (#2)
- Louis Sclavis - bass clarinet (#10,12,14)
- Raphael Merlin - cello (#5,8,11,15)
- Felipe Cabrera (#1), Damien Varaillon (#7) - double bass
After his first opus placed under the sign of travel and nomadic solidarity, Johan Farjot takes his "Caravan Party" on a new journey marked by freedom and a limitless passion for the present moment.
With his friends from the Bal Blomet where he pursues, in a determined fashion, his series of "1001 Jazz Nights" alongside his accomplice Raphaël Imbert, we now find ourselves suspended in a balancing act called Live, an instant in time where anything can happen, created from the energy found on stage.
Surrounded once again by a fantastic cast, made up of surprising and improbable encounters, "Caravan Party II" takes us around the world, blown by a gust of freedom, thanks to, in alphabetical order:Felipe Cabrera, Hugh Coltman, Jean-Jacques Élangué, Daniel Humair, Raphaël Imbert and his son Timon, Naïssam Jalal, Raphaël Merlin, Anne Pacéo, Matteo Pastorino, Vincent Peirani, Joe Quitzke, Louis Sclavis, Damien Varaillon and MJ Williams
The crazy playlist is inspired by the irreverence of both yesterday’s and today’s geniuses:
- from the South African saxophonist Zim Ngqawana (Bantu), sadly gone too soon but who will forever remain an icon of freedom
- to the unclassifiable Californian composer Carla Bley who pays tribute to a past heroine: Ida Lupino
- to the inexhaustible explorers John Coltrane (Peace on earth) and John Zorn (Bith Aneth)
- to two songs inscribed in the collective unconscious that permit endless stylistic liberties: Black Is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair and San Francisco by Maxime Le Forestier
Not to mention the moments of collective improvisation guided by extraordinary artists such as Naïssam Jalal, Louis Sclavis, Raphaël Imbert, Joe Quitzke, Raphaël Merlin, or the American vocalist MJ Williams, and many others on this record, who never cease to sing their love of freedom. One should take on board very literally the Anglo-Saxon etymology of the word "Live": to feel alive in this sacred moment of union with the public.
The Caravan is back on the road, led on the piano by Johan Farjot, towards new adventures!