June 2010 –FETE DE LA MUSIQUE RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET FRENCH JAZZ STATION MIR TRIO
(One of the three musicians is from our Sister Cities Nantes, France.)
Please Click on the following link to have some information about The
French Jazz Trio Station MIR who will play at the R.A.M. on June 10, 2010,
from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
as well as at 7pm
at JJ's Liberty Bistro
The
Shoppes at Ponte Vedra
330 A1A North Suite 209
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
904-273-7980 (please contact Marlene before Friday the 18th noon if you wish to be at the dinner. We will
not be able to offer the special price to people who do not confirm on time. Limited seating)
Many thanks. Pr. M. Tégé-MacMillin, Ph.D. FSCJ Kent Campus - Alliance Francaise Secretary - Jax. Sister Cities Nantes Committee member Ph. 904 398-3550
"Christophe MONNIOT has been noticed for a long time as one of the most fascinating
(and passionate) improviser musicians of the European Jazz stage. He equally proved his talent in the field of music
writing, composing whether for a large orchestra (one only needs to listen to the Jeune Peuple Orchestr'Alpes - JPOA
to be convinced) or for smaller groups like the trio OZONE or MONIOMANIA.
The saxo-composer, C. MONNIOT, manifests a definite taste for sharp, unexpected sound combinations. His rearranging
of The Four Seasons of Vivaldi for a classic quatuor of saxophonists was welcomed by critics.
For his present tour of festivals, Christophe MONNIOT, saxophones, created a
new association with Didier ITHURSARRY, accordeon, (who can also be heard at the Grand Angle in DANZAS from
Jean-Marie MACHADO), and Guillaume ROY, violin, alto, a rising player in the field of contemporary improvised
music.
Ce trio a été fondé à l'initiative de Christophe Monniot,
saxophoniste, repéré depuis longtemps comme l’un des improvisateurs les plus passionnants de la scène
jazz européenne, avec Guillaume Roy, altiste, figure de la scène des musiques improvisées et contemporaine
et Didier ithursarry, accordéoniste virtuose, que l'on a pu entendre entre autre dans l'orchestre national de jazz
de C. Barthélemy, dans le pandémonium de F. Janneau ou dans le dernier projet de J. M. Machado. Le répertoire du trio a entièrement été
imaginé par C. Monniot, le saxophoniste-compositeur manifeste un goût prononcé pour les alliages sonores
décapants ou inédits (trio Ozonne, Moniomania). Sa relecture des Quatre Saisons de Vivaldi avec un quatuor classique
de saxophones a été saluée par la critique.Station MIR trio a été crée au dernier festival
d' Automne en Normandie, il vient de remporter un vif succès au festival de jazz de Grenoble.
