Valet & The Dogs at 38 Riv

Alexis Valet unveils his new collective project "Valet & The Dogs" accompanied by friends Levi Harvey on piano, Slim Chikhaoui on double bass and Gustave Reichert on drums. "Establishing himself as one of the most exciting voices in the vibraphone's comeback, Alexis Valet presents a captivating album in a variety of formats. (...) In Alexis Valet, we discover an accomplished musician, with an assured personality, a straightforward gesture and clear intentions, who plays jazz without skimping, with a naturalness and presence that impose themselves. If here we find a sense of line inherited from the school of Lennie Tristano, there a phrasing punctuated by the accents of bebop, if his path passes through the harmonic sinuosities of Wayne Shorter, it's because he has been nourished by the art of those who have gone before him, and that he doesn't consider it necessary to forget the past in order to make his own work. (...) France Musique (November 2021)....

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Alexis Valet unveils his new collective project "Valet & The Dogs" accompanied by friends Levi Harvey on piano, Slim Chikhaoui on double bass and Gustave Reichert on drums. "Establishing himself as one of the most exciting voices in the vibraphone's comeback, Alexis Valet presents a captivating album in a variety of formats. (...) In Alexis Valet, we discover an accomplished musician, with an assured personality, a straightforward gesture and clear intentions, who plays jazz without skimping, with a naturalness and presence that impose themselves. If here we find a sense of line inherited from the school of Lennie Tristano, there a phrasing punctuated by the accents of bebop, if his path passes through the harmonic sinuosities of Wayne Shorter, it's because he has been nourished by the art of those who have gone before him, and that he doesn't consider it necessary to forget the past in order to make his own work. (...) France Musique (November 2021).

Alexis Valet dévoile son nouveau projet collectif « Valet & The Dogs » accompagné de ses amis Levi Harvey au piano, Slim Chikhaoui à la contrebasse et Gustave Reichert à la batterie. « S’affirmant comme l’une des voix parmi les plus passionnantes dans le retour du vibraphone au-devant de la scène, Alexis Valet présente un album captivant aux formats variables. (…) En Alexis Valet, on découvre un musicien accompli, à la personnalité assurée, au geste franc et aux intentions claires, qui joue le jazz sans mégoter, avec un naturel et une présence qui s’imposent d’eux-mêmes. Si l’on retrouve ici un sens des lignes hérité de l’école de Lennie Tristano, là un phrasé rythmé par les accentuations du be-bop, si son chemin passe par les sinuosités harmoniques de Wayne Shorter, c’est qu’il s’est nourri de l’art de ceux qui l’ont précédé et qu’il ne considère pas qu’il faille faire oubli du passé pour faire œuvre à son tour. (…) France Musique (novembre 2021).

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