The seventh edition of AJC’s Jazz Migration programme is helping four young bands to conquer club stages across Europe. On 25 October, two up-and-coming bands, Charley Rose Trio and Suzanne, will visit Opus for an evening, marking the sixth time the club has taken part in the French initiative.

Charley Rose is above all a wonderful timbre, a remarkably soft sound on alto saxophone. With pianist Enzo Carniel and drummer Ariel Tessier – highly active musicians and well-known tandem within House of Echo – they gathered, without double-bass, for a contemporary jazz trio with a captivating creativity. Born in Bordeaux, raised in Béarn and the Bask country, Charley went through Spain, Paris, Amsterdam and Basel. He draws inspiration from the expressionist aesthetics and some composers of the 20th century such as Ravel and Messiaen. As sessions went by, Charley, Enzo and Ariel created a profound friendship, sharing a common vision of life and music, their interest in spirituality, literature and yoga among others.  The poetic compositions of Charley reveal a virtuoso and mischievous program where improvisation is never too far away. The trio leads us from a rhapsodic ballad with a puzzling rhythm, to a cracked blues shaping dissonant harmonies and acrobatic themes. At times these three imagine that during a waltz, Thelonious Monk might run into Sergueï Prokofiev, some other times they let us dream with their version of a David Lynch song. A refreshing trio dedicated to an ambitious project, away from the pressure of time.

Suzanne pulls Leonard Cohen by the sleeve and draws their first EP from the name Berthe, the beloved grandmother that everyone used to call Maryse. Between remembrance and aggressiveness, Maëlle Desbrosses, Hélène Duret and Pierre Tereygeol compose Suzanne and orchestrate cheerfully to defy their ancestors and the shadows hidden behind mirrors. There are reflections in pearls, and pearls in chests, thus together they move, they combine strings, pegs, hair, keys, reeds and bridges to dust themselves off from chamber music. Through an acoustic approach, the voices escape and lead us to a world of intimate folk songs.  
The composition unfolds sequences where we navigate between impressionist streams and summer hay for beatniks on a quest to find tiger balm. We then let ourselves be guided by this hand which carries us along the banks of an imaginary river, rocked by humming and memories. And if we heard a Jodel, we would blame a Tyrolean hornet, but Suzanne’s music has nothing to do with it, since the moments of improvisation relate to elegies more than to syllabic canons.
This trio gathers three peculiar instruments and moves forward without special effects, using strokes, fleeting movements, as if Paul Klee were using a very romantic irony.  The playful energy is invited here only to shove prerequisites and twist trajectories. “Leonard, are you sleeping my darling?”

Jazz Migration | Charley Rose Trio | Suzanne (FR)
2022.10.25. 20:00
Opus Jazz Club

Featuring:

CHARLEY ROSE TRIO:
Charley Rose – saxophone
Enzo Carniel – piano, Korg MS-20
Ariel Tessier – drums

SUZANNE:
Maëlle Desbrosses – viola, vocals
Pierre Tereygeol – guitar, vocals
Hélène Duret – clarinets, vocals

Tickets available at bmc.jegy.hu.