Carte Blanche To Maxime Sanchez

Standards, like a source from which one drinks, over and over again. Like every jazz musician, Maxime Sanchez knows the richness of these "great tunes" that one must learn to breathe in full notes, even in their most intimate silences. The stories they tell, the images they project, and the often magical memories of their interpretation by the most illustrious are the catalysts of a language whose shaping is constant. The pianist, who has made a name for himself in the Thelonious Monk Competition, is aware of the debt he once incurred when he entered the world of music and jazz. He knows that the foundations of his musical construction rest on these loves, often found in records, and also in films. It is therefore not surprising that this "great repertoire" has nourished him to the point where he felt the need to celebrate it in a trio, beyond the experiences he had (François Jeanneau, Magic Malik, Toine Thys...) or the formations in which he presents himself, as a leader or co-leader (Kepler, Flash Pig), a composer committed to the development of a collective and who emerges as a leading figure.