Steve Davis / Jeanfrançois Prins - Light (GAM MUSIC 2018)

This pure jazz guitar trio album was recorded just a few days after the September 11, 2001 attack on NYC. The trio felt that even though it was hard to think about anything else, it was therefore even more important than usual to focus on sharing music without concessions, artifices and judgements with each other, and ultimately to send all that positive energy out in the world.

"This CD is very much like a set we would play live, as we recorded most of the tunes in one take, and the sequence of the tunes is in the order in which we recorded them. I guess one could say "recorded live in the studio"".

- Jeanfrançois Prins

"After each tune, we would find ourselves talking about the events of September 11th. It seemed to me that because of our raised consciousness, there was a real sense of abandonment to our playing that resulted in a real looseness in the music. We play because we have a burning and passionate love for music".

- Steve Davis

Jeanfrançois Prins guitar

Steve Davis drums

Larry Kohut bass

1. Someday My Prince Will Come 06:28

2. I Hear A Rhapsody 05:17

3. Leaving 05:44

4. It Ain't Necessarily So 07:02

5. Iris 03:16

6. How Deep Is The Ocean 05:03

7. My Main Man 05:34

8. The Peacocks 09:43

9. Footprints 08:36

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Jeanfrançois Prins + Judy Niemack & Fred Hersch - Beauty & The Prince (GAM MUSIC 2018)

Guitarist Jeanfrancois Prins has once again created a rich, multi-textured musical tapestry with a collection of grooving jazz standards, originals, and fusion tunes. The interaction between Prins and his band, each a world-renowned player in his own right, shows the intense listening and mutual inspiration felt by all. Note that he cut here the first guitar version of Jimmy Rowles' magnificent melody "The Peacocks" 

Judy Niemack appears as a guest vocalist on 8 tracks, and sails through tricky arrangements, scats like an angel, and delivers lyrics with heartfelt emotion. 

Piano master Fred Hersch appears on 7 tracks, as brilliant and interactive as ever, whether weaving his luxuriant harmonies around Niemack's voice or co-composing intricate fugue-like lines in real time with Prins. 

Very enjoyable listening, from start to finish!

Jeanfrançois Prins guitar

Judy Niemack vocals

Fred Hersch piano

Hein van de Geyn bass

Bruno Castellucci drums

1. Meaning Of The Blues 08:12

2. The Blessing 07:04

3. Love Will Grow (Beauty and the Prince) 03:49

4. Stolen Moments 05:14

5. The Peacocks 10:16

6. Three Views of a Secret 06:19

7. Bjudyful 06:41

8. I Think of You (Thinking of You) 08:46

9. Ladies in Mercedes 04:21

10. Body and Soul 05:56

11. That's What I Say (Jordu) 02:53

12. Sojourn 05:19

13. Young Folks 02:26

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Lee Konitz & Jeanfrançois Prins Trio - Live at the Manhattan Jazz Club (GAM MUSIC 2018)

In the short history of jazz there's only been a small handful of truly creative, inventive improvisers. Lee Konitz stands out as one of the most beautiful poets in this expansive music.

His playing and concepts have been a big part of my development. He's been an inspired improviser all his life and it comes through his horn in every breath!!

I've seen Jeanfrançois Prins develop so fast in the last few years (I'm really proud of him).

He's becoming a real voice on the guitar with a warmth that's all his own. His trio with Bruno Castellucci and Sal La Rocca is a perfect match with Lee. They ask the musical question "Is Now The Time?" Now Is The Time everytime when all when all the elements fall in place, as they do here.

Great tunes, with sensitive, creative improvisers that play with a deep sense of history and swing as they explore new places within the music. Joe Lovano

Lee Konitz alto sax

Jeanfrançois Prins guitar

Bruno Castellucci drums

Sal La Rocca bass

1. How Deep Is The Ocean? 11:54

2. Is The Time Now? 09:43

3. Lover Man 12:25

4. Solar 12:42

5. You Don't Know What Love Is 11:09

6. Body and Soul 08:43

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