Often spontaneous ideas
give birth to a beautiful story,
and this is the case with Swingin 'Bolling.
Claude Bolling's last public concert took place in Paris on June 24, 2014 at the Petit Journal Saint-Michel, a historic club where Claude performed as a trio for 40 years, every last Tuesday of the month.
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On this occasion, Claude Bolling, Pierre Maingourd (double bass) and Vincent Cordelette (drums) were joined by Claude Tissendier (saxophone, clarinet) and Patrick Artero (trumpet), two other pillars of the Claude Bolling Big Band.
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The evening was successful and the friends decided not to stop there and to perpetuate the conductor's compositions by using the more intimate formula of the quintet.
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SWINGIN 'BOLLING is born!
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Thanks to arrangements all in subtlety, finesse and sensitivity signed Claude Tissendier , the Première is given in this same club, on December 16, 2014, with Philippe Milanta, recent and worthy successor of Claude Bolling at the piano of the Big Band.
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Faby Medina, the "voice of the orchestra" since 2001, will soon join the quintet for future concerts and the record produced by Claude Tissendier, released in 2017.
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The cohesion between musicians is obvious, with a repertoire largely drawn from that of the Big Band and in music for images composed by Claude Bolling. Obviously it is a challenge to make a quintet sound like a big band, but the dialogues between the trumpet and the saxophone offer us a complicity, rare in large groups.
Inthe press
If this ensemble occurs in your area, run and listen to it and especially do not miss it! - ML Bulletin du HCF
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A collective success and a deserved tribute to Claude Bolling. - Jazz Hot
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Claude Tissendier knew how to give shape to this repertoire, as well as a golden workforce. - Jazz Magazine
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They know each other very well and appreciate each other (...) undoubtedly form a wonderful mini-band which keeps the memory of the master loyal - Jazz Dixie Swing
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... musicians who are visibly happy to play together and capable of swinging in the most convivial spirit. A very beautiful evening and a program to watch. - Jazz colors
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