The Daily Boost #718

Do you feel the pulsing of Esperanza?

This piece is “Esperanza”—hope. Its gentle rhythms are performed by four musicians who delight in mingling diverse musical sounds and transcending genres.

“With these magicians,” says Google’s translation of the French video description, “2+2 no longer makes 4, but 1. It is indeed a unity of spirit and a fluidity of sound that these individuals invent together, scorning any competition of ego to put themselves in the service of the common musical good. [Their music is] neither jazz nor traditional, neither chamber music nor avant-garde, but a little of all of that at the same time.”

I love how these master musicians create together, introducing me to sounds both new and deep in my blood.

(My thanks to Vincent Peirani, Ballaké Sissoko,Vincent Segal, and Émile Parisien, via Jazz In Marciac.)

The Gentle Nudge

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