Raynald Colom - Rise (2012)

The trumpet of Franco-Catalonian Raynald Colom tells a whole story, weaving a common theme through the original jazz swing, the rage of hip hop and the sounds of freedom so dear to great black music, with some brilliant passages soaring into chamber music and French chanson too. Between Colom s new, inspired versions and witty allusions, we hear the shades of Bix Beiderbecke, the Last Poets, the Art Ensemble and Coltrane, not forgetting Bartók and Leo Ferré... This is jazz at its most modern, jazz with its head held high, jazz of today and proud of its history, jazz whose beat tells its true nature open yet committed.