E.C.H.O.E.S.

Carine Bonnefoy, piano
Raphaël Imbert, alto and tenor saxophones and bass clarinet
Thomas Savy, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet and Bb clarinet
Simon Tailleu, double bass
Cédrick Bec, drums
Christophe “Leloil” Loilier, trumpet, bugle and mufflers
A dreamed love of Jazz, a love chant to its history as well as the history of trumpet is what Christophe Leloil offers us. With references, clear or discreet, to the legendary figures of the instrument. With a modernity spanning from Clifford Brown via Woody Shaw and Tom Harrell (assumed source) to the best of the contemporary fellows of the trumpeter.
A modern approach which even gets close to Expressionism, the power and velvet touch of the greatest soloists of middle-jazz (from Bubber Miley to Roy Eldridge, via Henry Red Allen and Rex Stewart). With namely the clever use of some effects (growl) and a subtle use of the mufflers, too often reduced to the use - magnified by Miles Davis - of the Harmon. Obvious signs of a profound passion for his instrument and the best of its disciples.
This passion, fed on legends, is amorously orchestrated, (and described) in a sequence which skilfully avoids the faults of collage for the benefit of a music which joyfully comes to life.
As demanding with himself as he is with his fellow musicians, Leloil perfectly sees to the right execution of his partition, and the fine use of his arrangements. The whole being of course enriched by the talent of the soloists who how to make the most of the space devoted for them by the composer with skill and amazing individual potential. Discovered alongside Raphaël Imbert then among the octet of Sylvia Versini (AJM11), Christophe Leloil marks with “E.c.h.o.e.s.” his entrance inside the small circle of essential musicians.
Jean-Paul Ricard, artistic manager of AJMI.