French pianist Romain Collin, a graduate of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, has released his first solo album last month. Entitled “Dust”, the album came out on the UK-based Edition Records, where Romain already released two wonderful albums with singer Sachal Vasandani and which is one of the most reliable and interesting labels around….
Harmonica player Grégoire Maret just announced a new album for the German ACT Music label: together with Romain Collin, he tackles the music of Ennio Morricone on “Ennio”, to be released on April 26th. Both his 2016 album “Wanted” and his 2020 LP “Americana” received five-paw reviews from Gina. And we still remember his brilliant…
One of the hottest European labels, UK-based Edition Records, is starting a new video series. The label, which has brought us some brilliant vinyl in the last couple of years, from Kurt Elling to Nate Smith, from Gretchen Parlato to Sachal Vasandani, from Dave Holland to Mário Laginha, is introducing “The Vinyl Room”. Filmed at…
There is nothing as intimate and raw as a vocal and piano duet. Singer Sachal Vasandani and pianist Romain Collin have recorded an album of 11 songs last year as a sort of healing for not being able to perform, let alone communicate music-wise. As Romain puts it in the press release: “In this time…