Sassi, Stephane
Serge
Stéphane Sassi is a versatile musician: composer, arranger, jazz pianist, director and producer. He presents us a new album, "Serge", in tribute to his father who died in September 2021. For this album where he plays the piano, he has surrounded himself with accomplices who are also high-flying musicians: we find Laurent Agnès on trumpet, Pascal Faidy on tenor sax, Yannick Harnois on accordion, Nolwenn Leizour on double bass, Christophe Beausset on drums and Jean-Marc Pierna on percussion. His repertoire consists of original compositions. It is an album revolving around Jazz that offers us a very lively music with varied arrangements in trio, quartet or quintet, colored with atmospheres ranging from jazz musette to swing through samba. Stéphane Sassi offers us a journey to the sources of his influences and his roots, a musical culmination of nearly 18 months where he led the project from A to Z from composition, arrangements, recordings and mixing. This album will be played in public from summer 2024 in various festivals or places dedicated to jazz.