Mark Priore Trio

Mark Priore is certainly the rising star of the new French jazz scene.

Trained at the Paris Conservatory, he developed a singular language at a very early age, at the crossroads of jazz, baroque and contemporary music. His creativity and the elegance of his piano phrasing were already unanimously acclaimed by the critics. And he was also a finalist for the Victoires du jazz in the same category. Let's add to this the 'Coup de coeur' awarded to him by the Charles Cros Academy in 2023. With his complicit trio, where we find Juan Villarroel on double bass and Élie Martin-Charrière on drums, he reveals here the sophisticated compositions of his program entitled Initio. This project elegantly mixes swing, lyricism and modernity, in an inspired tribute to the great masters of the genre (Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, Tom Jobim, Ahmad Jamal...), reappropriating the jazz tradition to better sublimate it with its fiery playing with contagious energy. He once again distinguished himself by his perfect mastery of the instrument, but also by a powerful and chiselled sound, a refined harmonic approach, placed on the groove with the precision of a goldsmith. His technical means are put at the service of a real sense of narrative mixing jazzistic and literary references, embellished with a subtle attention to form and nuances. Mark Priore and his two musicians embody a new generation of artists, who reinterpret the tradition of the jazz trio with finesse and originality. In concert, they make this music shine with intensity and accuracy, in a rare synergy.

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