Thursday, February 1, 2018

Sarah Lancman - A contretemps (JAZZ ELEVEN 2018)


« She’s truly a great new voice for jazz » : that’s what Quincy Jones said about Sarah Lancman when she won the first prize of the international SHURE jazz voice competition 2012, in Montreux.

After the success of her album « Inspiring Love » recorded in New York, the singer Sarah Lancman comes back with a new release called « A Contretemps » surrounded by a prestigious team : The pianist Giovanni Mirabassi ( 17 disques d’or, Victoire de la Musique, Django d’or,) who currently played with Chet Baker, Steve Grossman, Eliott Zigmund, Glenn Ferris and many others, Gianluca Renzi (Ari Hoenig, André Ceccarelli, Kevin Pays…) on doubleness, Gene Jackson (Herbie Hancock Trio, Diane Reeves, Christian McBride , Joe Lovano…), and as special guest the japanese singer and flugelhorn player TOKU (13 albums, recorded artist from Sony Jazz Japan).

Sarah Lancman : vocal, composition ( piano on " Conjugaison Amoureuse")
Giovanni Mirabassi : piano, composition
Gianluca Renzi : doublebass
Toku : vocal & Fluggelhorn