Martial Solal & Eric Le Lann - Portrait in Black and White (1999)

Here is sparkling evidence of the entente and virtuosity that can exist between two major figures in French jazz, namely pianist Martial Solal and trumpeter Éric Le Lann. Each of these artists has developed a unique understanding of the other, enabling them to construct spontaneous, almost telepathic conversations whose principal quality is total freedom, a liberty of expression fostered by an exceptional ability to hear one’s partner while constantly taking risks... Portrait in Black and White is one of those conversations, and it has daring and intimate exchanges between these two giants captured live in a magic moment onstage.

Augustin Bondoux / Patrick Frémeaux