Ôtrium Quentin Ghomari, Yoni Zelnik & Antoine Paganotti

• 1 Knock Knock 01:13
• 2 Kenny & Jim 06:32
• 3 Scratched Disk 04:36
• 4 Ôtrium 05:13
• 5 Last Minute Call 04:57
• 6 Joe L'invisible 03:24
• 7 Charms of Miles's Skies 04:17
• 8 Babillages 02:56
• 9 Striptyque 10:12
• Total Runtime 43:20

Info for Ôtrium

An atypical trio, trumpet-bass-drums, led by the excellent Quentin Ghomari, who crossed paths with Papanosh, Ping Machine, Big Four or the Orchestre National de Jazz (National Jazz Orchester).

Ôtrium was born above all out of the need felt by trumpeter Quentin Ghomari to go further in the singular expression of his music, after a career littered with compositions in bands and sideman performances. In 2020, he took advantage of this step aside imposed by the context to advance in his creation and his reflection: a contraction of trio and otium (Latin concept of creative idleness), Ôtrium is a tight formation, appropriate to this search for authenticity. The repertoire on the record was written during a period of suspended time, inclined to let the mind wander, wander, spin, fly away, ruminate.

The music of Ôtrium, sometimes wild and obstinate, sometimes meditative and dreamlike, stems from these movements. It is situated on the borderline between sleep and wakefulness, with its feet rooted in the ground and its head turned towards the sky.

It is thanks to the listening skills and inventiveness of Yoni Zelnik (double bass) and Antoine Paganotti (drums) that the sound of this trio comes to life: acoustic, raw and direct, made of pure melodic lines that resonate with each other and play with silence.

Quentin Ghomari, trumpet
Yoni Zelnik, double bass
Antoine Paganotti, drums

Ôtrium
was born above all out of the need felt by trumpeter Quentin Ghomari to go further in the singular expression of his music, after a career littered with compositions in bands and sideman performances.

In 2020, he took advantage of this step aside imposed by the context to advance in his creation and his reflection: Ôtrium will be a tight and stripped down formation, which will later prove to be the appropriate setting for this search for authenticity.

It is thanks to the listening skills and inventiveness of Yoni Zelnik (double bass) and Antoine Paganotti (drums) that the sound of this trio comes to life: acoustic, raw and direct, made of pure melodic lines that resonate with each other and play with silence.

Sometimes meditative and dreamlike, sometimes wild and obstinate, Ôtrium's music is free and has the fragility of a speech without a net, leaving the primacy to expressiveness, exchange and spontaneity.

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