Jam Session With Simon Chivallon

A new talent in French jazz, a sideman and a leader, Simon Chivallon loves the stage above all else! Light Blue, his latest album, goes with equal happiness from Monk to the Beatles, from Gabriel Fauré to Georges Brassens. The pianist assumes his love of melody and unveils a series of personal compositions that do not lack character. With a rare freshness of inspiration, his album brilliantly imposes the feeling and lyricism of an artist for whom jazz speaks for itself.

A legendary pianist and composer, George Gershwin left his mark on the United States in the 1920s. Self-taught, the young musician became a master of the symbiosis between jazz and classical music.

Simon Chivallon hosts the #PlaceAuxJeunes jam, one Sunday a month, accompanied by the talents of his generation, with generous tributes that speak to the greatest number. If jazz is a way of living music in the moment, Simon Chivallon is the embodiment of this, and each solo demonstrates this through his spontaneity and 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.