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EXUDE

by Francesca Han

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    After many postponements, it is in the fall of 2021 that pianist Francesca Han was finally able to invite trumpeter Ralph Alessi to bring to life an original repertoire during a beautiful session at La Buissonne studios, South of France.

    Precise and refined gestures on delicate matter, a shared trust and a very free dialogue : the duo exudes a sensitivity that serves an original music for all sorts of journeys.

    LINER NOTES

    “Admittedly, this is not the first time a piano and a trumpet have met for a dialogue.
    Pell-mell in my memory are Earl Hines and Louis Armstrong, a supreme meeting, but many more such as Ruby Braff with Ellis Larkins or Dick Hyman, Doc Cheatham with Jimmy Andrews, Oscar Peterson with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Harry Edison, Clark Terry and Jon Faddis. More recently Uri Caine with Dave Douglas or Fred Hersch with Ralph Alessi.
    Added now to these creative and memorable encounters is the equally accomplished duo of Francesca Han and Ralph Alessi. And it's a pure delight!

    From the very first notes, the intense reciprocity of listening that binds the two instrumentalists is palpable. And if we feel such complicity at work, it's because the pianist and the trumpeter are not meeting here for the first time as while living in New York, Francesca had several opportunities to play and record with Ralph. Their superb understanding generates a serene exchange on each of their compositions. A shared investment in a perfectly structured musical universe with a rich melodic sensitivity. The music here is at the same time intense, fragile and poetic, of a great and constant beauty, and it is magnified by an exceptional recording sound. Very focused, never overwhelmed by their technical mastery, the pianist and the trumpeter strive to serve their music. Demanding but never excessive, terribly haunting. The emotion aroused by this rich dialogue is deeply touching and fascinates with its irresistible power of seduction.

    The art of the duo finds here one of those moments of grace and plenitude that one must savor with delight and a great deal of pleasure.
    When all the way down... a kind of blue.”

    Jean-Paul Ricard
    (founder of AJMI, jazz scholar, author, dedicated collector)

    CREDITS

    Francesca Han - piano, compositions
    Ralph Alessi - trumpet, compositions

    1 - Apollo - Tokyo (Francesca Han)
    2 - Sage Advice (Ralph Alessi)
    3 - Arirang (Korean Trad., Arr. Francesca Han)
    4 - Camargue (Francesca Han)
    5 - Humdrum (Ralph Alessi)
    6 - They Agree (Francesca Han)
    7 - Throwing Like A Girl (Ralph Alessi)
    8 - Diagonal Lady (Ralph Alessi)
    9 - Présent [improvisation] (Francesca Han)
    10 - Chrysanthemum [for Kikuchi] (Francesca Han)
    11 - Pannonica (Thelonious Monk)


    Artwork
    ‘Lucio Fontana believed that matter should be transformed into energy in order to invade space in a dynamic form’.
    Lucio Fontana 61 T 105 : Concetto Spaziale, Attese, 1961, (water-based paint on canvas, 65cm x 50cm)
    © Fondation Lucio Fontana, Milano / by SIAE / Adagp, Paris, 2022

    Recording 29th Oct 2021 (Nicolas Baillard / Matteo Fontaine)
    Mixing 30th Nov 2021 (Gérard de Haro)
    Mastering 2nd Jun 2022 (Nicolas Baillard)
    Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, France
    Design - Cyril Jean www.woomstudio.com
    Photo - Yohann Charrin www.yohanncharrin.com
    Production - Pierre Biancarelli
    CD - Cat. number HJCD001
    © & ℗ HANJI - 2022

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Sage Advice 03:49
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Arirang 06:12
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Camargue 03:48
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Humdrum 04:51
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They Agree 03:42
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Pannonica 04:16

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released October 6, 2022

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Francesca Han is a Korean jazz pianist composer and improviser. Classically trained in South Korea, she immersed herself eight years in New York to study improvisation, with a Master’s degree in jazz performance at Queen’s College, as well as with mentors like Jason Moran or Ralph Alessi. After five years in Tokyo where she also explored the jazz scene, she is now based in the South of France ... more

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