Pierre Durand at Malacrida

Pierre Durand is a guitarist, composer, arranger and occasional singer. "For me, jazz is, to my knowledge, the only music that combines two principles that move me: [...] improvisation and the blending of all world music. That's how you can bring together Rabih Abou Khalil, John Zorn, Sidney Bechet and Fred Frith under the name of jazz". A subtle musician and fine melodist, Pierre Durand enjoys exploring the many facets of jazz. Moving from one horizon to another, he draws on the roots of Afro-American music. His unlabelled jazz, with its apparent simplicity, moves from ancestral Africa to Charles Mingus, from a baroque minuet to the shamanic incantations of the American Indians. Everything blends into a passing dream. A kind of refined declaration to all music....

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Pierre Durand is a guitarist, composer, arranger and occasional singer. "For me, jazz is, to my knowledge, the only music that combines two principles that move me: [...] improvisation and the blending of all world music. That's how you can bring together Rabih Abou Khalil, John Zorn, Sidney Bechet and Fred Frith under the name of jazz". A subtle musician and fine melodist, Pierre Durand enjoys exploring the many facets of jazz. Moving from one horizon to another, he draws on the roots of Afro-American music. His unlabelled jazz, with its apparent simplicity, moves from ancestral Africa to Charles Mingus, from a baroque minuet to the shamanic incantations of the American Indians. Everything blends into a passing dream. A kind of refined declaration to all music.

Pierre Durand est guitariste, compositeur et arrangeur, chanteur à l’occasion. « Pour moi, le jazz est à ma connaissance la seule musique qui allie deux principes qui me touchent: […] l’improvisation et le mélange de toutes les musiques du monde. Voilà comment on peut réunir sous le nom jazz aussi bien Rabih Abou Khalil que John Zorn, Sidney Bechet et Fred Frith ». Musicien subtil, fin mélodiste, Pierre Durand se plaît à explorer les multiples facettes du jazz. Passant d’un horizon à un autre, il puise dans les racines de la musique afro-américaine. Son jazz sans étiquette, sous une apparente simplicité, passe de l’Afrique ancestrale à Charles Mingus, d’un menuet baroque aux incantations chamaniques des indiens d’Amérique. Tout se mêle en un rêve qui passe. Une sorte de déclaration raffinée à toutes les musiques.

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