“Three of Europe’s longtime leaders in contemporary jazz, now in their senior years, have just launched a CD of twelve pieces that shows what a lifetime of sharing ideas in music can really produce. The result is riveting voyage through their intermingled careers.
“New Stories” (Frémeaux et Associés) by the French trio of pianist and composer Hervé Sellin, bassist Jean-Paul Celea and drummer Daniel Humair is remarkable for improvisations so synchronized that the listener can feel the music come together from three angles in real time. The tracks were mostly composed or improvised by Sellin.
The CD title refers to jazz discoveries, “new stories”, along a lifetime of experience in the genre.
By now, these three old friends can read each others’ musical minds as the free flow of ideas drives them forward. In my life as an American jazz fanatic, I cannot think of another trio so well-matched. Indeed, the jazz world has been waiting for these three planets to align. The trio was formally established just two years ago and this is its only CD as a group.”
By Michael JOHNSON – FACTS & ARTS
