John Hadfield's Paris Quartet John Hadfield featuring Sylvain Rifflet, Jozef Dumoulin and Chris Jennings

• 1 Catacombs 04:43
• 2 The River 08:02
• 3 Barbès 04:01
• 4 Secret Language 05:35
• 5 Bonne Nouvelle 06:34
• 6 Castle of Water 08:12
• 7 Passage Brady 06:10
• 8 La Fourche 05:09
• 9 Fragments 04:50
• Total Runtime 53:16

Info for John Hadfield's Paris Quartet

This album explores the experience of foreigners in France. I see myself as belonging to a long genealogy of American artists who moved to Paris to escape the USA, a country that does not support its creators.

Unlike my illustrious predecessors, I arrived in France during a pandemic that paralyzed the Parisian artistic scene. Paradoxically, the cancellation of live performances made it easier for me to collaborate with Parisian musicians and focus on composing. Rooted in the values and approaches of jazz, this album offers a musical view of Paris in the Covid-19 era.

The ensemble’s direction, concept, and instrumentation is electronic and contemporary, using musical languages outside of the jazz tradition. Notably it mobilizes concepts from South Indian Carnatic music and North Africa. If French jazz musicians tend to mystify the New York and American music scene, having made the reverse journey, my music celebrates the mixing of culture that makes Paris a musical center.

John Hadfield, drums, percussion
Jozef Dumoulin, Fender Rhodes
Sylvain Rifflet, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Chris Jennings, bass

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