Santi Debriano is first and foremost a magnificent double bass player: woody, deep, lyrical (yes, the double bass can be lyrical!), both virile and tender, punchy and mellow.

The Panamanian-born musician is no stranger to France, where he lived in the 80s, but it’s been a long time since we’ve heard him in the Hexagon, and we hope that this magnificent new CD will convince the decision-makers in the French jazz milieu to bring him back to venues, clubs and/or festivals.

Born in Panama, but having moved to Brooklyn with his family at a very young age, the double bassist was hired in the USA by a plethora of leaders that it would be tedious to list exhaustively: Larry Coryell, Cecil Taylor, Randy Weston, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Jones or Kirk Lightsey…to name but a few.

A sought-after sideman, Debriano has also released half a dozen albums as a leader since the mid-80s,…