Lionel Suarez "Quarteto Gardel" with Airelle Besson, Vincent Segal & Minino Garay

Homage album to Carlos Gardel, accompanied by Vincent Segal, Minino Garay, and Airelle Besson. Lionel Suarez successfully manages to bring together an exceptional ensemble around the universe of the one who will remain as the greatest Tango singer: Carlos Gardel. Airelle Besson—Victoires du Jazz 2015 winner—Vincent Segal—an a tireless explorer of world sounds—and Minino Garay—who never strays too far from his native Argentina with his percussion. An original instrumentation and the meeting of four influential personalities from the current French music scene, refreshing a mythical repertoire through the prism of their unique journeys.

Coming straight from his childhood, the accordionist Lionel Suarez's attachment to the work of the Argentine tango master Carlos Gardel irresistibly called him to revisit his repertoire and extract its very essence. Between modesty and expression, passion and melancholy, it is all the intense contrasts of tango that emerge from the bellows of the accordion, supported by an exceptional quartet (...).

Paris Jazz Club