Pirly Zurstrassen 4tet & Maxime Blésin – Chorazz feat. Greg Houben

PIRLY ZURSTRASSEN 4tet – Les Alliances Terrestres (b) Pirly Zurstrassen: piano – Erwin Vann: Tenor saxophone – Félix Zurtsrassen: double bass – Lionel Beuvens: drums The music proposed by this new project finds its origins in the present moment and in the long term, in the spontaneity of exchange and sharing. The themes are limpid, explicit, and clear. Improvisation opens up to dialogue, interaction, listening, free from any competition. Crossed dialogue and synchronous breathing. Virtuosity of simplicity and liberated gesture. Evocation, incantation. Song of the Earth, song of possibilities. In these perspectives, the "sound" of the four musicians is essential and offers a constantly renewed musical reading. It is the pianist's most jazz project since his first album released in 1984. Followed by MAXIME BLESIN – CHORAZZ Feat. GREG HOUBEN (B) Maxime Blésin: cavaquinho – Pierre Gillet: guitar – Renato Martins: percussion – Greg Houben: trumpet Chorazz: it's the contraction of Choro and Jazz. It all starts in the late 2000s during a heatwave summer. Four friends gather in a studio for the pleasure of playing. The music will be Brazilian. Without sheet music, without calculation, they play jazz standards. The sound is immediate, Chorazz is born (Maxime Blésin, Osman Martins, Steve Houben and Renato Martins). Then, time flies. The recordings sleep on hard drives while life separates the musicians. In late 2022, after the passing of Osman Martins and the withdrawal of Steve Houben, Maxime Blésin rediscovers these forgotten sessions. The emotion is intact: this music must live. Today, Chorazz is reborn under the sign of filiation. Maxime switches to the cavaquinho, Pierre Gillet takes back the 7-string guitar, Renato Martins still ensures the cadence, and Greg Houben makes the trumpet sing. More than a tribute, it is a handover. Music in its pure state, sunny and inhabited, which proves that the bonds of the heart are the finest jazz themes. Info and res.: online at ccstp.be or at 080/88 05 20 Admission fee: Friday €14 (€12 presale and under 26 years old) – Saturday: (2 concerts): €17 (€15 presale and under 26 years old) 2-day pass: €27 (€23 presale and under 26 years old) An organization of the Cultural Center of Stavelot-Trois-Ponts with the collaboration of Jazz Pirine.