Carte blanche à Plume

| Jazz, compositions

Alto saxophonist Plume has made a name for himself on the international jazz scene as a soloist, composer, and bandleader. His lyrical and expressive playing, rooted in the African-American tradition while embracing contemporary influences, reveals a unique and deeply personal voice.
Trained in Boston (Berklee and New England Conservatory) with George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi, and Joe Lovano, he refined his style at Wally's Café alongside Walter Smith III, Kendrick Scott, Warren Wolf, Darren Barrett, Jason Palmer, and Ambrose Akinmusire.
Based in New York from 2007 to 2013, he continued to explore his playing and writing, sharing the stage with Mulgrew Miller, Roy Hargrove, Greg Osby, Tim Warfield, Bill Lee, Eric Lewis, and many musicians of his generation, before moving to Paris in 2015.
Plume has toured with Melody Gardot, Joe Sanders, Sarah McKenzie, and George Burton. His albums Escaping the Dark Side (2019, with Ambrose Akinmusire) and Holding On (2022, with Gregory Hutchinson) reveal intense, spiritual, and resolutely contemporary music.

For this third carte blanche, Plume invites French guitarist and composer Romain Pilon. 
Described by Jazzwise magazine as “a brilliant improviser,” Romain has made a name for himself on the international scene for many years, both as a leader and through his
numerous collaborations as a sideman. 
He has shared the stage and recorded with artists such as Christian Scott, Baptiste Trotignon, Marc Copland, Peter Bernstein, Ben Wendel, Walter Smith III, Jeff Ballard, Seamus
Blake, and Brian Blade. 
The author of 11 albums as leader or co-leader, including his most recent, Open Roads, Romain has received rave reviews from the French and international press, with Jazz Times writing: “Pilon glides through the music with a superb sense of confidence.”
For this concert, Plume and Romain will perform a repertoire combining their own compositions and some of their favorite pieces.

Plume: alto saxophone
Romain Pilon: guitar
Gabriel Sauzay: double bass
Antoine Paganotti: drums