Robert Kaddouch and Gary Peacock – 53rd Street (2016/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Robert Kaddouch and Gary Peacock – 53rd Street (2016/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:18 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Odradek

Recorded as a duo with Gary Peacock, “53rd Street” reflects techniques developed over many years by Robert Kaddouch in his attempts to embrace, capture and convey musical worlds which are close to his heart and relate to meaningful events in his life. His interpretation is linked to the authenticity of this approach which mixes jazz, children’s songs, Yiddish themes and his own compositions. Their encounter in July 2015 in New York’s Avatar Studios brought them on a common journey, alternating these traditional themes with standards arranged by Robert Kaddouch, as well as two of his recent compositions (“53rd Street” and “Agile”). The team intertwines on a hip ‘What Is This Thing Called Love’ while going impressionistic on a liquid ‘Lover Man’…. the piano and bass sigh and weave with thoughtful elegance.

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Robert Kaddouch – High Line (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Robert Kaddouch – High Line (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:11 minutes | 726 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Odradek Records

Here is a constellation of compositions that pierces the sky and seems to tell the two musicians that this moment belongs only to them. We can feel in the high notes of French pianist Robert Kaddouch and the deep bass of American Gary Peacock the High Line on which Robert has built its harmonic structure: an unstable equilibrium where musicians, like tightrope walkers, increasingly move away from their comfort zone towards a point where only the fall becomes possible, or a spark of genius climbing even higher towards a new High Line.

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