Dmitry Baevsky & Alain Jean — Marie Quartet

The Dmitry Baevsky & Alain Jean-Marie Quartet presents two major figures of the international jazz scene. The project brings together two musical careers of great richness.

An elegant pianist with many awards to his name, Alain Jean-Marie has the harmonic subtlety, rhythmic foundation, love of the melodic phrase and sense of touch that mark out the great pianists, and clearly distinguish him as one of the leading soloists on the European scene.

He has played with an endless list of jazz legends: Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Abbey Lincoln, Art Farmer, Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, Barney Wilen, Christian Escoudé, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Henri Texier… For his part, alto saxophonist Dmitry Baevsky trained in Saint Petersburg, Russia, before heading to New York at the age of 19 and establishing himself for more than twenty years within the demanding New York scene.

With a rare and warm alto tone, formidable technique and immediately recognisable lyricism, he has played with musicians such as Cedar Walton, Jimmy Cobb, Benny Green, Peter Bernstein… The two musicians share an evident rapport and the same artistic rigour.

Backed by a rhythm section of the highest calibre, the quartet delivers jazz that is elegant, warm and more alive than ever.