Jacques Pelzer - Salute To The Band Box (1993)

« I really wanted to pay homage to two brilliant musician-composers of the “bop” years between 1950 and 1960: Gigi Gryce and Tadd Dameron. Their freshness, their lyricism and their harmonic subtlety have always appealed to me. These were the golden years of be-bop jazz, which will always have a special place in our hearts. » – Jacques Pelzer

Jacques Pelzer is one of the few musicians to have gone through a dizzy number of jazz periods without ever losing sight of his goal or his integrity. Three generations of magnificent jazz musicians are brought together on “Salute to the Band Box”: Bruno Castellucci, the indispensable rhythmist who brings together swing and precision, the rich sound of Philippe Aerts double bass and all the craft and poetry of Philip Catherine on guitar.