Personnel:
Leo Geller (g), Jérémie Lucchese (ts), Fanny Bouteiller (b), Malo Thiery (d)
Reference: FSNT-728
Bar code: 8427328437288
One is immediately struck by the inherently orchestral touch of Leo Geller: the way his left hand navigates the harmonic geography of the guitar’s fingerboard, and themasterywithwhich his right hand distributes the voices. Yet to stop there would be to overlook how his writing extends to the quartet as a whole.
Thanks to a long standing musical rapport, bassist Fanny Bouteiller and drummerMalo Thiery merge their vibrant virtuosity with the leader’s written or improvised lines. As for Jérémie Lucchese, the quartet’s newest member, he moves through it with a quiet grace, at times swept up by bursts of lyrical enthusiasm, following paths known only to him—as though he had always lived there—and along which his companions gladly let themselves be carried.
—Franck Bergerot (Editor in chief of Jazz Magazine. Former contributor to Jazz Hot and Jazzman)
"Leo Geller understood that music is multidimensional, shaped by Humanity, Discipline, Dedication, Love, and that spiritual quest for Beauty and the Universal.
In this album, Fanny, Jérémie,Malo, and Leo share their Stories and their Dreams. You can hear what lies deep in their Hearts."
—François Gallix (Legendary double bassist, co founder of the Crescent in Mâcon and of the Collectif Mu, and a vibrant presence in the European Jazz scene)
