Ludovic Beier is not an accordionist who just plays jazz music. No, he is a real jazzman, a pure swingman, who plays the accordion to "speak the language of jazz". It is difficult to define this music, originally marked by gypsy jazz, and which is part of Django's heritage. Ludovic Beier claims to be a "gypsy swing" musician, a repertoire that serves as ferment for new influences and makes his instrument vibrate with the whole range of world music. The accordion? A universal instrument, he says, that can be found in all countries of the world, and in all types of music. The one who talks about music in terms of language and culture, offers us a crossbred and solar music. The trio that he composes with the guitarist Doudou Cuillerier and the double bass player Antonio Licusati, becomes an exploration playground, favourable to the improvisation of a melodious and harmonic jazz, which alternates between energetic pieces of a great virtuosity, and more sober and melodic passages. "Virtuosity? We use it to be able to play slower", he says half-seriously, half-amused, as a seasoned musician to whom maturity allows everything. Back from a concert in Seattle, and before taking off again for a tour in the USA (New York and California), Ludovic Beier is delighted to land on the Tarmac of Le VĂ©sinet.Don't miss this rare evening! This time, the VLA season is well underway! It's going to be masterful! Let's give the word!...
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Ludovic Beier is not an accordionist who just plays jazz music. No, he is a real jazzman, a pure swingman, who plays the accordion to "speak the language of jazz". It is difficult to define this music, originally marked by gypsy jazz, and which is part of Django's heritage. Ludovic Beier claims to be a "gypsy swing" musician, a repertoire that serves as ferment for new influences and makes his instrument vibrate with the whole range of world music. The accordion? A universal instrument, he says, that can be found in all countries of the world, and in all types of music. The one who talks about music in terms of language and culture, offers us a crossbred and solar music. The trio that he composes with the guitarist Doudou Cuillerier and the double bass player Antonio Licusati, becomes an exploration playground, favourable to the improvisation of a melodious and harmonic jazz, which alternates between energetic pieces of a great virtuosity, and more sober and melodic passages. "Virtuosity? We use it to be able to play slower", he says half-seriously, half-amused, as a seasoned musician to whom maturity allows everything. Back from a concert in Seattle, and before taking off again for a tour in the USA (New York and California), Ludovic Beier is delighted to land on the Tarmac of Le VĂ©sinet.Don't miss this rare evening! This time, the VLA season is well underway! It's going to be masterful! Let's give the word!
Ludovic Beier n’est pas un accordéoniste qui joue du jazz. Non, c’est un vrai jazzman, un swingman pur jus, qui se saisit de l’accordéon pour « parler le langage du jazz ». Difficile de définir cette musique, marquée originellement par le jazz manouche, et qui s’inscrit dans l’héritage de Django. Ludovic Beier se revendique du « swing manouche », un répertoire qui lui sert de ferment pour nourrir de nouvelles influences et faire vibrer son instrument de tout l’empan des musiques du monde. L’accordéon ? Un instrument universel, nous dit-il, que l’on retrouve dans tous les pays du monde, et dans toutes les musiques. Celui qui parle de la musique en termes de langage et de culture, nous propose ainsi une musique métissée et solaire. Le trio qu’il compose avec le guitariste Doudou Cuillerier et le contrebassiste Antonio Licusati, devient tout à la fois terre de jeu et d’exploration, propice à l’improvisation, pour un jazz toujours aussi mélodieux et harmonique, qui alterne entre des morceaux énergiques d’une grande virtuosité, et des passages plus sobres et mélodiques. « La virtuosité ? Elle sert à pouvoir jouer moins vite », nous dit-il mi-sérieux, mi-amusé, en musicien aguerri auquel la maturité autorise tout. De retour d’un concert à Seattle, et avant de s’envoler à nouveau pour une tournée aux USA (New-York puis la Californie), Ludovic Beier nous fait l’immense joie de se poser sur le Tarmac du Vésinet.Ne ratez pas cette rencontre rare ! Cette fois-ci, la saison de VLA est bien lancée ! Ce sera magistral ! Qu’on se le dise !
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