José Caparros & Irokazu Ishida Quartet

His trumpet has resounded on tours alongside Lucky Peterson (whom he greets here), Ricardo Del Fra, René Urtreger, Ralph Moore, Gary Smulyan, Bob Mar4n, and many others we must mention, hoping not to leave too many out, all of them top players: Greg Abate, Bobby Porcelli, Dominique Di Piazza, Siegfried Kessler, Philippe Petrucciani, Ahmet Gülbay, the brothers Christophe and Philippe Levan, François Laudet, Oscar Marchioni, Jean-Loup Longnon, Junko Moriya, Pierre Christophe, Michel Denis, … Not forgetting his friend Nicolas Folmer, whom he regularly meets for exchanges between two trumpets.

It is not the sideman we are celebrating here but the composer, arranger and project leader. Though this is far from his first outing, José Caparros previously released an album under his own name, "A Walk In Love", and he has now reached a new stage in his development.

"Taking News" is the album of maturity. Following him through the story he has come to tell us here is a real pleasure. The natural melodist finds in his own repertoire a means to express himself fully, and his message is luminous.

The soloist sets his bebop aside for a poetic, reverent language. Clarity of expression, emotion and musicality take precedence over everything else. Jean-Michel Proust