(Contemporary Jazz) Renaud Garcia-Fons - Le Souffle des cordes (The Breath of Strings) - 2021, MP3, 320 kbps

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Renaud Garcia-Fons from the moment he held the instrument in his hands for the first time at age sixteen, the future of the double bass was destined for change. In a lightning bolt of insight, Renaud Garcia-Fons saw the possibility to explore all the musics that interested him – classical, jazz, Persian, Indian, Mediterranean, South American, forms from the world over. Driven by new ideas and born with the talent to translate them into compositions, he had to reinvent the way it was played. The result is an utterly new sound – an amalgam of double bass, cello, violin, guitar, lute, oud, and more – that exceeds any conventional idea of making music with the double bass.
“I am not particularly a fan of performance spectacles, but here we were facing a huge phenomenon. One even wondered who could surpass the bassist on the entire jazz planet! Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen? He is no longer of this world. Of course, today it's raining virtuoso bassists from everywhere. But soloists of this level? Innovators so impressive? As far as I know, Renaud Garcia-Fons strikes me as the most impressive in today's era. Do you have any other suggestions? I will accept the ballots.”

The emancipation of the double bass is all thanks to Renaud Garcia-Fons. He put the instrument’s solo qualities in the spotlight. After more than 15 albums, his stylistic polygamy has become his trademark: jazz, classical, traditional music and ideally all of these simultaneously. In his new album Le souffle des cordes he groups together Turkish string instruments, a flamenco guitar and strings whilst respecting the authenticity and tradition of each musician. Garcia-Fons acts as the hyphen between these different musical worlds.