Erik Truffaz

Fascinated by the music rooted in Spain's popular tradition (notably Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez) and by certain expressions of the country's cultural heritage, such as flamenco or religious processions, trumpeter Miles Davis gave his intense, poetic vision of them in Sketches of Spain, a landmark work that marked jazz's opening to world music. Having emancipated himself from his illustrious elder, Erik Truffaz has become one of the leading figures of electro-jazz trumpet, and his creativity has never waned. His meeting with saxophonist and flamenco singer Antonio Lizana, a genuine phenomenon whom French audiences have appreciated in recent years, was to be sealed by an ambitious project: to present their contemporary vision of these "Sketches of Spain", whose genius has endured for decades.

A major event marking the centenary of Miles Davis's birth, this "prince of darkness" who found the light in the land of Cervantes and Garcia Lorca.

François Lacharme

CAST

Erik Truffaz: trumpet

Antonio Lizana: vocals, alto saxophone, flute

Renaud Gabriel Pion: bass clarinet, cor anglais, arrangements

Ana Perez: flamenco dance

Pau Figueres: flamenco guitar

Arin Keshishi: electric bass

Manuel de la Torre: drums

Vincent Thomas: percussion