Jam Session With Simon Chivallon

Thelonious Monk’s artistic legacy remains one of the most original and fascinating that jazz has ever left. 'Monk played the piano as if he had never seen one before,' said English writer Geoff Dyer in his book Jazz impro. A paradox full of truth, by its approach to music made of innocence and creativity, of an ever-complete immersion in an inner world from which it drew a mysterious strength. Masterpieces such as “Round Midnight”, “Monk’s Mood” or “Pannonica” are the fruit of this extraordinary creativity. A paradox full of truth, by its approach to music made of innocence and creativity, of an ever-complete immersion in an inner world from which it drew a mysterious strength. Masterpieces such as “Round Midnight”, “Monk’s Mood” or “Pannonica” are the fruit of this extraordinary creativity.

Originally from the Bordeaux region, Simon graduated from the Pôle Supérieur de Paris in 2015. Sideman and leader he loves above all, the stage. In 2017 he released a first album "Flying Wolf" with a good presence in the press. In March 2021, he will release a trio album "Light Blue" devoted to a repertoire of songs that has been unanimously acclaimed by the profession.

If jazz is a way of living music in the moment, Simon Chivallon is totally the embodiment of it, and each solo shows it by its spontaneity and its frankness. There is no room for pretence: what is played is what comes, a sensitivity that expresses itself, a talent that breathes and seeks to touch the listener.