Pauline Leblond
P a u l i n e L e b l o n d D o u b l e Q u a r t e t
Something in common between Duke Ellington and Johann Sebastian Bach ? Between Miles Davis and Henry Purcell ?
Pauline Leblond Double Quartet
A family of eight musicians, jazz quartet and string quartet, building bridges between Jazz and Baroque music,
threw the original compositions of Pauline Leblond
" Arriver à combiner des styles aussi différents à priori que sont le Jazz et la musique baroque, c’est un pari osé. Arriver à nous faire comprendre, ressentir et apprécier les parallèles qui existent entre eux c’est un pari réussi ! Tout ici réside dans la capacité incroyable de Pauline Leblond à nous expliquer en mots, mais surtout en musique les aspects communs d’approche, de construction et de philosophie d’interprétation que partagent le Jazz et la musique baroque. "
" Pour arriver à sublimer la complexité du tout il faut évidemment des artistes à la hauteur et là aussi Pauline a su s’entourer de maîtresse façon. Ce double quartet sonne comme un seul groupe et combine sans heurt et même avec brio tant les styles que les formes et nous fait ressentir ce grand écart artistique comme une figure harmonieuse de danseuse étoile. "
Some News
We've recording an EP
with the collaboration of CaBalance,
Affaires Culturelles de Liège
in the Studio of Mediatheque des Chiroux in Liège
The EP contents
our new repertoire : the dance suite
with a short illustrated booklet
and the video clip from the Gavotte Nouvelle Orleans is coming too !
Thanks to
Diede Verpoest, Marie Ghitta, Julien Gillain, Pierre Sutra,
Guillaume Gillain, Fil Caporali, Daniel Jonkers
André Klenes, Jean François Hustin, Cédric Raymond
Photo Alex Wagemans
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Line Up
String Quartet :
Maritsa Ney 1st violin
Julien Gillain 2nd violin
Marie Ghitta viola
PIerre Sutra cello
Jazz Quartet :
Pauline Leblond tp / fgh / arr / compo
Guillaume Gillain guitar
Fil Caporali doublebass
Daniel Jonkers drums
Why this Project
"This idea has come few years ago. When i was listening to baroque music, especially pieces for harpsichord or keyboard from Johann Sebastian Bach, I noticed some similarities with jazz ; in melodies and changes as well. I think that harmonic and melodic rhythms could be associated to BeBop. Only the interpretation (accentuation, phrasing) is different but the writing is the same.
First I sang Bach's suites with jazz phrasing. I improvised with my brother practicing those suites on cello, then I tried a first experience in public, an arrangement of a keyboard's piece.
After that, I really wanted to compose a new piece based on baroque material, with a jazz sound. To show the filiations between those two musics, I needed classical and jazz musicians. Of course, I thought about drums and double bass, because they are the essence of jazz bands, first for swing and timing conception. I needed one harmonic instrumentist. I spoke about this project to my friend Guillaume Gillain who plays guitar, he was really interested. His harmonic support fulfilled the luth function (arpeggios and melodic movements). I spoke to another friend of mine Julien Gillain who plays the jazz violin and he supported me too. I wanted his contribution in order to have a jazz player within the quartet. In that way, I got an " improvising guy " in the string section. The other members of this section come from a classical environment.
I chose the string quartet formation even if it's not typical in baroque era (the string quartet was born in the classical period, thanks to Joseph Haydn) but still the strings timber sounds in my ears. I appreciate this formation for all the possibilities it can offer (Haydn, Debussy, Ravel, Schostakovitch...) It's one of the most beautiful and richest timbers association in my opinion.
For now, I've composed a piece (3 mvts) : 22.1030,
a suite based on dance suites from baroque periode, blending baroque language and jazz phrasing:
Gavotte, Rigaudon, Passacaille, Allemande, and still going,
I arranged pieces of Johann Sebastian Bach, Giovanni Gabrieli, Arcangelo Corelli and some jazz standards.