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An Evening In Paris

by Lawrence Sieberth

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The Phantom 08:17
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Kinetic #8 05:47
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Pastoral 04:37
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Pianist Lawrence Sieberth has thrived for years on the New Orleans music scene as a wearer of many musical hats: a versatile keyboard accompanist, multifaceted composer, bandleader, producer and more. On his new quartet album An Evening in Paris we hear an award-winning New Orleans veteran whose stellar reputation is carrying him well beyond that historic city and onto the larger global music scene.

Delving deep into modern acoustic jazz, Sieberth crossed the ocean to record with the stellar French musicians Stephane Guillaume (tenor/soprano saxophones) and Michel Benita (double bass), as well as longtime Paris-based expatriate and fellow Louisiana native Jeff Boudreaux (drums). The set is all Sieberth originals, mostly new, brimming with melodic and rhythmic invention. Not far removed from the aesthetic of his New Orleans quartet, which released the marvelous Silhouettes in 2017, An Evening in Paris brings out a certain tonal warmth and polyrhythmic personality unique to this grouping, even as it highlights Sieberth’s exceptional pianism at every step.

“With this project I wanted to show a conceptual range but still have continuity,” Sieberth adds. From the beautiful, plaintive leadoff track to the ruminative, somewhat mournful pieces “La Valse Parisienne” and “A Melody’s Tale” (both features for Guillaume’s eloquent soprano sax), Sieberth’s deep commitment to melody shines through. The through-composed “Pastoral,” the funkier, more rhythmically driven “The Phantom” and “Kinetic #8” and the subtly enhanced “The Singing Bowl Song” reveal yet more layers of Sieberth’s compositional identity.

“Playing with these musicians really forced me out of my own box,” Sieberth concludes. They played things that I would never have thought of myself, but there was always a sense of feeling secure, even as I was forced to step outside the familiar. I didn’t really have to say much, which is the magic of this music.”

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released September 25, 2020

Lawrence Sieberth, piano
Stephane Guillaume, tenor & soprano saxophones
Michel Benita, double bass
Jeff Boudreaux, drums

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Pianist Lawrence Sieberth has thrived for years on the New Orleans music scene as a wearer of many musical hats: versatile keyboard accompanist, multifaceted composer, bandleader, producer and educator. He’s at home in virtually any musical setting, unlimited by genre barriers. ... more

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