Dan Styffe - Salles: Portraits for Friends (2014)

„The art of musical portraiture (portraits) is an old French tradition which dates to the era of Louis XIV, with Rameau, Couperin, etc. These portraits are written for my double bass playing friends. As I met each friend, I wrote a small piece for him; each one is a sort of snapshot, a character photograph, illustrating how I sensed that person at a particular moment in time. It is a way of thanking them as both people and musicians. Of course, these collections are not limited but remain open for my future double bass playing friends… „ (Bernard Salles)

Dan Styffe, double bass