Thierry Maillard Big Band - Zappa Forever (2020)

A noted pianist, composer and arranger, Thierry Maillard has long cultivated a dream: that of recording with great bands. In 2018, this not-so-cold-eyed adventurer assembled his first big band for an album that was rightly praised, Pursuit of Happiness. Not content with having pushed the limits of his music, this tireless creator decided to go even further on his new production. "I wanted to offer something stronger and crazier," he explains. The result ? Zappa Forever, a double album as inflated as it is finished, inspired by the unclassifiable American who disappeared in 1993. "I discovered his music at the age of 14-15 years through a guitarist friend who also listened well Led Zeppelin than Queen or Frank Zappa. "