Csaba Palotai - Cabane Perchée (2021)

The Paris-based acoustic jazz duo consists of the Hungarian guitarist, Csaba Palotai, who has long been living and working in France, and his good British friend Steve Argüelles, a drummer and percussionist who also works as a producer and is at home in many genres. Three original compositions excepted, Csaba and Steve have fashioned the supporting pillars of their treehouse (Cabane Perchée) from the pieces of Mikrokosmos by Béla Bartók. Their transcriptions and arrangements are strongly infulenced by desert blues and the music of Moondog, immersed in soft and warm groovy tones. This is the music-making den they invite us into, replete with panorama and all mod cons, yet still with a romantic and handcrafted feel.