Albums, révélations, chansons, rééditions, concerts : voici ce qui a le plus marqué les membres de notre rédaction en 2023. Deuxième partie.

Frédéric Adrian

Nouveautés
• Black Pumas / “Chronicles of A Diamond” (ATO)
• Robert Finley / “Black Bayou” (Easy Eye Sound)
• Janelle Monáe / “The Age of Pleasure” (Bad Boy)
• Jalen Ngonda / “Come Around And Love Me” (Daptone)
• Durand Jones / “Wait Till I Get Over” (Dead Oceans)
• Bettye LaVette / “Lavette!” (Jay-Vee)
• Billy Valentine / “And The Universal Truth” (Acid Jazz)
• Sandra Nkaké / “Scars” (PIAS)

Révélations
• Marcel Smith / “From My Soul” (Little Village)
• D.K. Harrell / “The Right Man” (Little Village)
• Acantha Lang / “Beatuiful Dreams” (Autopublié) + concert au Bizz’ Art
• Moonlight Benjamin / “Wayo” (Ma Case Prod)
• Mamas Gun / concert au New Morning

Titres marquants
• More than a love song / Black Pumas
• Come around and love me / Jalen Ngonda
• La voix éraillée / Sandra Nkaké

Rééditions
• “D-Vine Spirituals Vol. 3” (Bible & Tire)
• Nina Simone / “You’ve Got To Learn” (Verve)
• “Written in Their Soul – The Stax Songwriter Demos” (Craft)
• James Booker / “Behind the Iron Curtain Plus” (RWA)
• The Jubilee Hummingbirds / “Gospel Express” (Bible & Tire)

Concerts
• Bilal / New Morning, Paris
• Ezra Collective / Trabendo, Paris
• Cécile McLorin Salvant / New Morning et Edimbourg
• Eric Bibb / Philharmonie de Paris
• Harlem Gospel Travelers / Café La Pêche, Montreuil

Ulrick Parfum

Nouveautés
• Eddie 9V / “Capricorn” (Ruf)
• Neal Francis / “Francis Comes Alive” (ATO)
• St. Paul & The Broken Bones / “Angels in Science-Fiction” (ATO)
• The Teskey Brothers / “The Winding Way” (Decca)
• Leon Beal & The Luca Giordano Band / “Live At Porretta Soul Festival” (Autopublié)
• D.K. Harrell / “The Right Man ” (Little Village)
• Bettye LaVette / “LaVette!” (Jay-Vee)
• Mamas Gun / “At PizzaExpress Live – In London” (Reprise)

Révélations
• Nic Clark / “Everybody’s Buddy” (Little Village)
• Ryan Curtis / “Ain’t Ever Easy” (American Standard Time)
• D.K. Harrell / “The Right Man” (Little Village)
• Candice Ivory / “When The Levee Breaks – The Music of Memphis Minnie” (Qualified)
• Nat Myers / “Yellow Peril” (Easy Eye Sound)

Titres marquants
• Bout to make me leave home / Eddie 9V
• Are we through / Eddie 9V
• City federal building / St. Paul & The Broken Bones
• I’m leaving / The Teskey Brothers
• Can’t take back / Ryan Curtis

Rééditions
• “Written In Their Soul – The Stax Songwriter Demos” (Craft)
• Wattstax ’72 / “Soul’d Out – The Complete Wattstax Collection” (Craft)
• Eric Clapton / “The Definitive 24 Nights” (Reprise)
• Eddie Hinton / “Live Smokin’ Soul” (New Shout)
• Dr. John / “The Montreux Years” (BMG)

Concerts
• Marcus King / Élysée Montmartre, Paris
• Nirek Mokar with Sax Gordon / Cloître des Carmes, Jonzac

Alice Leclercq

Nouveautés
• Cleo Sol / “Heaven” et “Gold” (Forever Living Originals)
• ExpéKa / “ExpéKa” (Aparté)
• Abraham Alexander / “Sea/Sons” (Dualtone Music Group)
• Ella Thompson / “Domino” (Hopestreet)
• Little Simz / “No Thank You” (Forever Living Originals)
• 30/70 / “Art Make Love” (Energy Exchange)
• Izo FitzRoy / “A Good Woman” (Jalapeño)
• Terrace Martin & Alex Isley / “I left my heart in Ladera” (Sounds Of Crenshaw)

Révélations
• Abraham Alexander
• Ella Thompson
• Hannah Macklin

Titres marquants
• Sac de sucre / ExpéKa
• Knee deep / Abraham Alexander
• Paradise / Terrace Martin & Alex Isley
• Domino / Ella Thompson
• Life will be / Cleo Sol

Concerts
• Oxmo Puccino et Yaron Herman / Jazz à Vienne
• Sly Johnson / Jazz à Sète
• Billy Valentine / La Rochelle Jazz Festival
• Dominique Fils-Aimé / Café de la Danse, Paris