VA, Jon Gordon - Altesques (2024)

The album "ALTESQUES" was born from a "miraculous" meeting between Jon Gordon, Baptiste Herbin, Géraldine Laurent and Pierrick Pédron. In fact, a meeting between Baptiste Herbin and Jon Gordon was already scheduled (at the Bal Blomet). A few days before the concert, following a conversation with Baptiste Herbin, and two phone calls later, Géraldine Laurent and Pierrick Pédron were ready and available... and that's how the initial viola duo became a viola quartet! Presumed to be in the form of an "old-fashioned chase", the meeting was not musically a done deal. Baptiste Herbin then scribbled down some arrangements, and on the afternoon of the concert, the "sound-check" served as a rehearsal. Bingo! The magic happened, the inspiration was mutual, well beyond stylistic differences. This "altesque conversation" is facilitated by the support of a brilliant rhythm section invested in the project, with Fred Nardin on piano, Mathias Allamane on double bass and Francesco Ciniglio on drums.