Peirani & Parisien Duo Art - Belle Epoque (2014)

France’s new jazz stars join forces in a multifaceted chamber-jazz duo paying tribute to the grand jazz and folk music history of their home country and transporting it into here and now.
Alongside and thanks to his ACT colleague Youn Sun Nah – who took him with her on her tour of France and into the studio band for her album "Same Girl"– the 33 year-old accordionist Vincent Peirani is undisputedly the French shooting star of the last two years. The French Jazz Magazine named him Artist of the Year 2013 for the wealth of variety, technical top-difficulties and percussive inventiveness that the Nice-born Parisian enticed out of his accordions on his so aptly entitled ACT debut album "Thrill Box". The jury of the Académie du Jazz honoured him with the coveted "Prix Django Reinhardt" award almost simultaneously.No less in demand is Emilee Parisien, who is two years younger, comes from Cahors and also lives in Paris. Like Peirani on the accordion, Parisien is seen as the reinventer of the sopra…

Tracklist

01. Egyptian Fantasy
02. Temptation Rag
03. Song Of Medina [Casbah]
04. Hysm
05. Le Cirque des Mirages
06. Place 75
07. Schubertauster
08. St. James Infimary
09. Dancers In Love

Personnel :

Vincent Peirani - Accordion
Emile Parisien - Soprano saxophone