Vincent Peirani - Living Being II (CD)

Release Date: 08/31/18'An interesting and engaging album: Neither jazz nor rock but an equivocal fusion style.' Allaboutjazz.comVincent Peirani is a jazz musician who is equally at home in world music, or classical music, chanson or pop. Yet what the listener will hear on 'Night Walker' is that he has transformed the accordion into the baddest of rock 'n' roll axes. This album shows the quintet channelling its energies even more powerfully and consistently. Whether seen from a jazz or a pop perspective, the combination of instruments is unique. 'This album is more of a collective trip,' Peirani explains. 'The accordion is even less at the centre. It is only if you were to remove it that you would realize quite how much has suddenly gone missing.' The art of Peirani is to play rhythmically and at the service of the tune, adding layers to each piece, as others could only attempt with a vast array of keyboards. The melancholy of chanson, the elegance of classical music, the sheer power of