Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Family Tree (2016)

“Grégory always puts great spirit into the music. He is a real performer. As soon as I started listening to the album, I got carried away and did not want it to stop.” (Lars Danielsson)The tree of jazz has many roots. One of them is to be found on the islands where the biguine began. It happened in the 1920’s in the Caribbean, or - to be more precise - in the two French “Départements d’Outre Mer” of Martinique and Guadeloupe. The beguine emerged as a swing dance, normally quite slow, which drew its inspiration from the Afro-Caribbean rhythms of the Gwoka and Bèlè, from the French musette, and from elements of Creole-American jazz. In the heyday of “Négritude” it was incredibly popular, which meant that it not only left a durable mark on jazz in France, but also on “Zouk,” the dominant pop music of Martinique and Guadeloupe. The musical…

Tracklist:
01. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Le Bonheur (4:11)
02. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Riddim (6:22)
03. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Family Tree (6:15)
04. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Zig Zagriyen (4:58)
05. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Le Parfum (5:37)
06. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Size (5:25)
07. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Filao (7:00)
08. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Ladja (5:25)
09. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Seducing The Sun (6:16)
10. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Happy Invasion (7:52)
11. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - La Maga (4:28)
12. Gregory Privat With Linley Marthe & Tilo Bertholo - Galactica (8:23)