In Spirit

©Luc Greliche

Tribute to Don Pullen

For In Spirit, Don Pullen embodies a kind of ideal. We refuse to be pigeonholed into stylistic 'boxes'. Jazz, popular music, contemporary music, written music, improvised music, blues, European music or American music?
Like Don Pullen, Betty Hovette, Sébastien Bacquias and Fabien Duscombs believe it is important to give free rein to one's artistic desires with total freedom of tone.
Don Pullen is a model, not an influence. The trio aims to take on the spirit rather than the letter — in other words, to follow his example of independence and artistic integrity rather than trying to copy this great pianist. Without depriving themselves of the opportunity to interpret some of his compositions in their own way, the three musicians present their own music, based on a strategy of waiting. Anchored in the moment. None of them knows in advance what the other two will play: Will it be a Don Pullen composition, another theme, free improvisation, a solo, a duo or a trio?
Each concert is a unique "organism" with its own life, impossible to reproduce at the next concert. The result is an electric energy that arouses the attention and senses of his audiences.

So is Don Pullen a model? More like a launching pad!

A Freedy Morezon and Jazz Pyr Production.
With the support of the DRAC Occitanie, of the Occitanie region, and of the Conseil Départemental of Haute Garonne.