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Hommage à Stéphane Grappelli
Mathilde Febrer
Ref.: FA8613
Artistic Direction : Kenichi Takahashi (Respect Record)
Label : FREMEAUX & ASSOCIES
Total duration of the pack : 47 minutes
Nbre. CD : 1
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A tribute to the French master of jazz violin is no easy task... but who better than Mathilde Febrer to accomplish it? She trained as a classical violinist but turned her bow to jazz a long time ago. She’s accompanied a variety of artists, from Daniel Colin and Alexandre Lagoya to Led Zeppelin and Charles Aznavour, including Claude Bolling, Renaud, Henri Salvador, Rodolphe Raffalli and Sanseverino. And now, finally, we have her first album under her own name, produced for the label Respect Record by Kenichi Takahashi, a Japanese legend who loves France and its music. The peerless grace of this violinist derives additional energy from the skilled assembly of musicians who accompany her, all of them among the best jazz instrumentalists in France. The result has an unrivalled swing in music that is timeless.
Augustin BONDOUX - Patrick FRÉMEAUX
I’LL REMEMBER APRIL • JAPAN FEELING • DOUCE FRANCE • MILOU EN MAI • BLUES FOR STÉPHANE • BALLADE DE L’ESPÉRANCE • SI TU SAVAIS • DOUBLE FROM NO.1 PARTITA FOR VIOLIN • VALSE DU GRAND PARIS • DAPHNÉ • THE JITTERBUG WALTZ • LES VALSEUSES.
MATHILDE FEBRER : VIOLON, ARRANGEMENTS • ALAIN JEAN-MARIE : PIANO • YVES TORCHINSKY : CONTREBASSE • JULIEN CHARLET : BATTERIE • JEAN-MARIE ECAY : GUITARE • SAMY DAUSSAT : GUITARE MANOUCHE
PRODUCTION : KENICHI TAKAHASHI - RESPECT RECORD
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1I’ll Remember AprilMathilde Febrer00:04:162024
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2Japan FeelingMathilde Febrer00:04:382024
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3Douce FranceMathilde Febrer00:03:382024
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4Milou en maiMathilde Febrer00:04:022024
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5Blues for StéphaneMathilde Febrer00:04:462024
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6Ballade de l’espéranceMathilde Febrer00:03:202024
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7Si tu savaisMathilde Febrer00:02:532024
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8Double from No.1 Partita for ViolinMathilde Febrer00:03:072024
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9Valse du Grand ParisMathilde Febrer00:03:492024
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10DaphnéMathilde Febrer00:02:412024
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11The Jitterbug WaltzMathilde Febrer00:05:202024
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12Les ValseusesMathilde Febrer00:04:372024
Mathilde Febrer
Milou
en Mai
Hommage à Stéphane Grappelli
A tribute to Stéphane Grappelli, a guiding light in the world of jazz violin, has always been a delicate affair for any violinist, whatever the stylistic exercise it involves... And even more so in the case of Mathilde Febrer, for whom this is the first album under her own name.
So, a double challenge, and you might say that Mathilde comes out of it with honours: she fulfils the contract to perfection. Firstly because she set in motion her entire (classical) culture with the violin, playing with precision and elegance (cf. her very attractive allusion to J.S. Bach’s Partita N﹉1), as well as her feeling for jazz. Her choice of material here makes up an ideally balanced programme of performances that treat Stéphane’s evident titles (Les Valseuses, Milou en mai), the standards he loved (I’ll Remember April), and tunes where she takes her hat off to Grappelli’s partner Django Reinhardt (Daphné, Si tu savais), all of them wisely linked to a few of her own compositions that have a pleasant “swing” (Ballade de l’espérance, Valse du grand Paris, Japan Feeling…). Not only do they guarantee pleasure for the listener, they demonstrate that Mathilde has a lot in reserve. Among the latter, her Blues for Stéphane holds a very special place: not only through its title – an emblematic one, particularly with its ‘signature’ sound – which takes us back to the dawn of the seventies, but also thanks to the perspectives of which she allows a glimpse. You can also hear this in her “quirky” (the time signature is eleven to the bar) new reading of Douce France, which was Charles Trenet’s anthem. Grappelli (who actually recorded with Pink Floyd) would have loved it!
In conclusion (although we could just as well have started with this...), the material here has a delicious energy thanks to Mathilde’s partners on the recording, and they’re all clever choices. Having imagined two alternating “colours” for the sounds of this album, the instruments traverse or superimpose themselves throughout: piano (with the contributions of the legendary Alain Jean-Marie) and guitars (with Jean-Marie Ecay and Samy Daussat, each a serious player in his domain), plus a guest appearance from the whirling accordion of Christophe Lampidecchia. With company like that, Mathilde paints a portrait in rhythms of the jazz violin’s acknowledged master. And as for the rhythm section, the pairing of bassist Yves Torchinsky and drummer Julien Charlet provides the setting we all expected.
Max Robin
© FRÉMEAUX & ASSOCIÉS 2024
Produit par Kenichi Takahashi
pour le label Respect Record
Direction : Mathilde Febrer
Enregistrement et mixage : Mohammad Sadeghin
Assistant : Thomas Bonnin
Enregistré au STUDIO DE LA SEINE
Mixé au KFH STUDIO
Mastering : Mitsukazu Tanaka
Assistant : Moe Kazama
Studio Chatri, Tokyo, Japon
Artwork : Yoji Asada
Photos : Philippe Cabaret
Production : Respect Record, Tokyo, Japan
http://www.respect-record.co.jp
info@respect-record.co.jp
Contact Mathilde Febrer :
mathildefebrer@wanadoo.fr
Coordination Frémeaux & Associés :
Augustin Bondoux
www.fremeaux.com
info@fremeaux.com
Musiciens :
MATHILDE FEBRER : Violon, arrangements
ALAIN JEAN-MARIE : Piano
YVES TORCHINSKY : Contrebasse
JULIEN CHARLET : Batterie
JEAN-MARIE ECAY : Guitare
SAMY DAUSSAT : Guitare Manouche
CHRISTOPHE LAMPIDECCHIA : Accordéon
Remerciements à MAX ROBIN
pour ses précieux conseils
pour la réalisation de cet album.