PRYSM
[1994 - 2001]
• 3 co-leaders from the very beginning.
• A totally original repertoire, made of compositions by all 3 musicians.
• More than 50 concerts a year in Europe from 1996 to 2000, including numerous major French venues and European Festivals.
• 3 tours in the US and Canada in 1998, 1999, 2000 : New York (Knitting Factory, Bell Atlantic Festival), Festival d'Aspen - Colorado, Los Angeles (Baked Potato), New Orleans (Snug Harbour), Oakland (Yoshi's), Atlanta, Washington, Chicago, Canadian Festivals : Montréal, Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Toronto... Also toured in Japan and in the Middle East.
• 4 albums for Blue Note Records.
[1998 - 1999] - Prysm with James Taylor
1998 : One concert at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, with the Orchestre National de France conducted by Seiji Osawa (Gershwin memorial)
1999 : US tour with symphonic orchestras - 12 concerts, in Dallas, Forth Worth, Phoenix, San Antonio, Atlanta
[2009 - 2011] - Prysm + guests
A recent experience that led Prysm to record another live album at the Opera de Lyon, featuring Rosario Giuliani and Manu Codjia.
Albums
Previous gigs
Thu 14 June 2012 Sat 16 June 2012 | Dunkerque | Jazz Club |
Thu 19 April 2012 | Marseille | Cri du Port |
Sat 25 February 2012 | La Réunion / Saint Paul | Espace Lecomte de Lisle |
Fri 24 February 2012 | La Réunion / Saint Leu | Le Séchoir |
Mon 20 February 2012 | Ile Maurice / | |
Fri 17 February 2012 | Madagascar / Tananarive | |
Fri 20 January 2012 | Thionville | l'Adagio |
Thu 12 January 2012 Fri 13 January 2012 | Paris | Duc des Lombards |
Press
- 2011
- Jazz Japan // Import Disc Review
- 1999
- Jazz Magazine // Prysm, leurs favorite things
- Jazzman // Prysm, l'art du brio
- So What // En avant la musique
- Washington Post // Prysm's Reflections on Ellington
- New Orleans Gambit // Safe Harbor
- 1998
- La Terrasse // Tous pour un, un pour tous
- La Tribune // Prysm, le trio bien balancé
- L'Express // Les nouvelles gammes d'un consultant
- 1996
- L'Express // Le bonheur est dans le piano
- 1995
- Jazzman // Le baptême du feu