Catali Antonini, Stephane Pelegri, Greg Theveniau - L'ocean sonore (2022) Hi Res

"For his seventh album as a leader, it is in apnea, on his personal decompression stage, that Catali Antonini invites us to share his moods and his loves.

With the connivance of Stéphane Pelegri, the compositions and arrangements were organized around his voice, his texts and with the legitimate complicity of two longtime friends, bassist Greg Théveniau and drummer Hervé Humbert.

More inclined to sing in Italian and English, it is nevertheless in French, on a text by Paul Verlaine set to music, that she chooses to express her passion for poetry and the sea with her Sound Ocean.

Its topicality is that of the world. With Figli dell'Egeo as the opening, Poseidon is a preamble to the evocation of the Tragica Odissea of ​​migrants and Dienda, a composition by Kenny Kirkland, will be the setting for a text addressing women's rights in Namibia. A certain romanticism and indelible memories punctuate this year with 13 moons, Cerco, I don't wanna lose you, which mark the course of life and commitments too.

From her first loves of soul and funk, she keeps the energy, from the lyrical melodies she puts her words there, from Bela Bartók she also restores the original audacity of a haunting refrain.

His voice is obviously immediately recognizable, often in the low registers, the treble controlled, his punctuations and his art of scat which are so personal to him are there for this new appointment, as for these playful Short Cuts.

The love of a timeless electrifying jazz that speaks, that pushes hard, she shares it with this beautiful team of sensitive and inventive musicians. " - P. Simonci