THE HEAVENLY WAVES OF A QUINTET MASTER OF EMOTION
OPENING ACT: ETIBAR ASADLI TRIO
Following a two-year solo tour, international jazz star pianist Yaron Herman returns to the intense joy of the group for his new album “Radio Paradise”, to be released in April 2025. A shared, welcoming music in which each member of this new group works to create collective emotion.
And Yaron Herman has surrounded himself perfectly in this new chapter. On drums, his long-time alter ego and unrivalled drummer Ziv Ravitz; on double bass, Haggaï Cohen Milo, spotted with Omer Klein and China Moses; up front, two great tenor saxophonists: Maria Grand, a new sensation from Switzerland and acclaimed across the Atlantic, and Alexandra Grimal, an emblematic figure in improvised music.
The result is a music in perpetual search of elegance and relevance, lyrical and totally sincere. The quintet’s sound is fluid, powerful and solemn. Subtle melodies and new ornaments rub shoulders with deep, husky rhythms.
In this new project, Yaron Herman musically recreates a new bridge between the American and European scenes, reminding us of everything that drives us in jazz: its writing, its collective improvisation, its singularities and its constant desire to magnify musicality itself.
In the heart of the wooded architectural jewel that is the large amphitheater of the Maison de l’Océan, Yaron Herman, who has received several standing ovations from the festival’s public, returns to enchant you with his musical “paradise”.
Yaron Herman: piano / Maria Grand: tenor saxophone / Alexandra Grimal: tenor saxophone / Haggaï Cohen Milo: double bass / Ziv Ravitz: drums
New album “Radio Paradise”, due out in April 2025 on naïve records
Press reviews:
Yaron Herman is one of those artists who needs to challenge himself. He needs total risk-taking, the leap of the angel. Télérama
Yaron Herman likes to displace borders, to look for what connects, to live several lives. Le Monde
From start to finish, I was, like the rest of the audience, captivated by the intensity of the music, the solos and the general dynamic of the group. A fine moment of music whose formal intelligence doesn’t dull the flame: on the contrary! Xavier Prevost, Jazz Magazine