Once again, accordionist Vincent Peirani reshuffles the cards. As a good jazz musician, he likes to venture into unexplored territories. As a good music fan and a very good musician in general, he is curious, enthusiastic, and eager to make new discoveries and find new things to listen to or play. Jokers, his first album in trio, goes even further, and elsewhere. Peirani chose to turn for the first time to the jazz trio, a formula with such a long history that it is almost sacred, and certainly intimidating. But typically, he used that framework only to escape from it. His two accomplices, Federico Casagrande on guitar and Ziv Ravitz on drums and keyboards, both have a wealth of experience and skills, an interest in rock and electronic music, and a taste for musical hybridity.
Jokers... Once again, accordionist Vincent Peirani reshuffles the cards. As a good jazz musician, he likes to venture into unexplored territories. As a good music fan and a very good musician in general, he is curious, enthusiastic, and eager to make new discoveries and find new things to listen to or play. Jokers, his first album in trio, goes even further, and elsewhere.The Jokers project is not entirely new. It was born a few years ago when the German radio station NDR invited Vincent Peirani to produce two concerts, giving him carte blanche for the format. Vincent chose to turn for the first time to the jazz trio, a formula with such a long history that it is almost sacred, and certainly intimidating. But typically, he used that framework only to escape from it. His two accomplices, Federico Casagrande on guitar and Ziv Ravitz on d...
line upVincent Peirani / accordion, accordina, clarinet, keyboards, music box, glockenspiel & voice
Federico Casagrande / guitar
Ziv Ravitz / drums
Recorded by Etienne Clauzel at Studio Black Box, Noyant-la-Gravoyère (France), October 2021
Mixed by Tony Paeleman & Vincent Peirani at Swome, Ivry sur Seine
Mastered by Chab at Chabmastering Paris
Produced by Vincent Peirani
Cover art by Sengai Gibon (1750-1837): “The Universe”
Lacquer Disc Cutting by Sidney Claire Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios Berlin
