Defays / Depreissac quintet

The music of Maë Defays, singer-songwriter, drifts across the airwaves of soul and jazz. But it is more on the jazz side that the quintet she forms with Olivier Defays (her father) and Ludovic Depreissac takes her.

In a repertoire written to measure, including original songs, the artist's airy, limpid voice is by turns put to use, as a soloist of course, but also as an instrument that blends with the saxophone and the piano.

Moving between standards from the Great American Songbook, Brazilian music, bebop and personal compositions - in French, Creole, English or Portuguese - this quintet brings together seasoned musicians from the French jazz scene and rising artists of the new generation, bound by a shared love of music and of improvisation.

Vocals, lyrics: Maë Defays Saxophone, composition, arrangements: Olivier Defays Piano, composition, arrangements: Ludovic de Preissac Double bass: Solène Cairoli Drums: Ronan Ristord