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Christophe Panzani

Les Mauvais Tempéraments

A follow-up to his first album “Les Âmes perdues”, Christophe Panzani—one of France’s most on demand saxophonists (heard with drummer Anne Paceo, the bands Hocus Pocus, Thiefs, The Drops…)— continues his musical quest in exploring the possibilities of combining the sound of his tenor saxophone to the piano.

Opening the sound spectrum of jazz in a very unusual way, he uses in this album ancient ways of tuning the piano, in a series of duets and trios, which questions the origin of musical emotions and surprisingly blurs our familiar landmarks.

The nine tracks have been recorded over a few months in various places, on different instruments, with an amazing cast of talented pianists, from ECM-recording artist Yonathan Avishai to the pop-singer turned pianist Yael Naim, including keyboard electronic-influenced NYC wizard BIGYUKI, Edouard Ferlet (known for his reworking of Bach music), Eric Legnini (one of France’s finest jazz pianist), Brazilian-born Leonardo Montana, Tony Paeleman (from Vincent Peirani’s band) and Guillaume Poncelet (a frequent collaborator of Gaël Faye).

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THE ALBUM

1. Ahijado, featuring Eric Legnini

2. Le Désordre des choses, featuring Leonardo Montana & Yonathan Avishai (recorded on two pianos)

3. Les Mauvais Tempéraments (dedicated to Carla Bley), featuring Yael Nain

4. I Don’t Feel No Home (dedicated to Daniel Romeo), featuring Guillaume Poncelet

5. L’Autre, Miroir (dedicated to Federico Casagrande), featuring Edouard Ferlet & Tony Paeleman (recorded on two pianos)

6. Ravage (dedicated to the memory of René Barjavel), featuring BIGYUKI

7. Des âmes toutes faites* (dedicated to the memory of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry), featuring Tony Paeleman

8. Les Mauvais Tempéraments*, featuring Edouard Ferlet & Leonardo Montana (four-hands)

9. Le Désordre des choses* (dedicated to Tigran Hamasyan), featuring Yonathan Avishai & Leonardo Montana (four-hands)

10. Ahijado*, featuring Yonathan Avishai

* Recored on a piano tuned according to Werckmeister III.

Produced by Christophe Panzani for The Drops Music.

Recorded on January 28, 29 and 30 2019 at Edouard Ferlet's studio, Houssay ; on February 6 at Guillaume Poncelet's studio, Paris ; on February 17 at Eric Legnini's, Charenton-le-Pont ; on May 14 at Keith Witty's, Harlem, New York ; on May 24 at Yael Naim's, Chelles.

Recording, mixing and mastering by Tony Paeleman.

Original artwork by Ludovic Debeurme.

Graphic design: Olivier Linden

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Christophe Panzani "Les Mauvais Tempéraments"

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