Julien Daïan - Suppose It Is Butter (2024) [Official Digital Download]

Julien Daian is back with a new opus, “Suppose it is butter”, an enigmatic quote lifted from Gertrude Stein that sets the tone for the wildcard of French Jazz’s latest iconoclastic, trailblazing musical journey. True to his unique form, the offbeat maestro has concocted an explosive cocktail of surprising collaborations, unexpected titles and nods to influences too eclectic for any musicologist/ anthropologist/archaeologist to name. Still steadfastly refusing to be neatly labelled and put in a box “Suppose it is butter” is a testament to Daian’s ability to cut new grooves with well-worn tools, distilling influences into a zone of their own. No walls, no boundaries. Opening up with the rapturous “Bartz is a kid again”, a track brimming with all the easy sunshine of a stylized Harlem in an effervescent nod to the flamboyant funk of Gary Bartz, punctuated with the attitude of resounding Afro cuts. Nostalgia and progression moving forward in pure, blissful harmony.

TRACKLIST

1. Julien Daïan - Bartz Is a Kid Again
2. Julien Daïan - The Play You Play Away
3. Julien Daïan - Les musiciens dorment le matin
4. Julien Daïan - The Real Mc Buck
5. Julien Daïan - Caïman Barbu
6. Julien Daïan - Belly Bliss Tune
7. Julien Daïan - Romancing the Stone
8. Julien Daïan - Lunar Glow in the Lagoon
9. Julien Daïan - Weight Watchers (Bonus Track)



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