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a jazz trio whose rhythm section is entirely managed by a tap dancer
The "trio improv'iste" is a jazz trio that explores the rhythmic possibilities of tap dancing as a percussion instrument in jazz. It works in a polymorphic way with different instruments (double bass, piano, saxophone, guitar, vocal, clarinet, vibraphone, etc...). The tap dancer takes the role of the drummer, music becomes dance, dance becomes music. Since their first appearance in 2006 at the Cully Jazz Festival, this project has never ceased to enrich itself with all kinds of musical traditions. It has toured in Switzerland, France, Canada, Mexico and Guatemala. In 2021, it received a special grant from the Fondation Parallèle to carry out a project called "Covid virtual residencies", which consisted in the exploration of new musical paths in collaboration with swiss and foreign musicians.
duration: 1h or 2 sets of 45min
Laurent
Bortolotti - tap dance / Antoine Brochot - double bass / Jean-Yves
Poupin - piano, composition / Mirko Maio - piano / Teis Semey - electric guitar / Fédia Amice - electric guitar
guests
Balthazar Bodin - trombone / Alix Logiaco - piano, composition / Gabriel Zufferey - piano / Ramiro González García - saxophone / Edgar Dorantes - piano / Louise Knobil - double bass, electric bass / Lasse Mørck - double bass / Fabien
Sevilla - double bass / Sébastien Bride - electric guitar / Zoltán Kisák - guitar / Thomas Wadelton - tap dance, ukulele / Laia
Mollins - tap dance / Murielle Bortolotti - contemporary dancing / Raphaël
Dumont - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet / Ernie
Odoom - saxophone, vocal / Frédéric
Jaupart - accordion / Elisabeth Barbey - vibraphone
former members
Guillaume
Martineau - piano, composition / Ornella Ponnaz - piano / Andres Jimenez - piano / Marc Drouard - electric guitar / Stéphane
Fisch - double bass, electric bass / Alex Bellegarde - double bass / Popol Lavanchy - double bass / Philippe Sola - double bass
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