Comme l’an dernier, Soul Bag publie son palmarès. Les collaborateurs de notre magazine ont donc choisi les albums, DVD, livres et prestations scéniques qui les ont le plus marqués en 2015. Nous publions ce palmarès en quatre parties, voici la première.

 

Nicolas Teurnier

Nouveautés

1. Emily King / “The Switch” (Making Music)

2. Seinabo Sey / “Pretend” (Universal Music AB)

3. Jon Cleary / “GoGo Juice” (FHQ)

4. Jazmine Sullivan / “Reality Show” (RCA)

5. Son Little / “Son Little” (Anti-Because)

6. Kendrick Lamar / “To Pimp A Butterfly” (Aftermath-Interscope)

7. Cedric Burnside Project / “Descendants of Hill Country” (Autopublié)

8. Harrison Kennedy / “This Is From Here” (Dixiefrog)

 

Rééditions

1. The Isley Brothers / “The RCA Victor & T-Neck Albums Masters (1959-1983) (Legacy)

2. Tampa Red / “Dynamite! The Unsung King of the Blues 1942-1954” (Ace)

3. Wynonie Harris / “Don't You Want To Rock? The King and DeLuxe Acetate Series” (Ace)

4. Valerie Simpson / “Exposed + Valerie Simpson” (Caroline-SoulMusic)

5. Jackie Moore / “The Complete Atlantic Recordings” (Real Gone)

 

Révélations

1. Seinabo Sey / “Pretend” (Universal Music AB)

2. Hiatus Kaiyote / “Choose Your Weapons” (Flying Buddah)

3. Jamison Ross / “Jamison” (Concord)

 

Blue Planet

1. Mountain Men : “Against The Wind” (Echo Productions)

2. Kevin Doublé & Éric C. / “Kevin Doublé & Éric C.” (Autopublié)

3. Awek / “9” (Autopublié)

 

Livres

–Bon Temps Roulés, Dans la Nouvelle-Orléans noire disparue, 1979-1982 (Bernard Hermann, Albin Michel)

–Little Boy Blue (jeu de cartes réalisé par Julien Mortimer, Éditions du Trainailleur)

–De Christophe Colomb à Barack Obama – Chronologie des musiques afro-américaines (Jean-Paul Levet avec Daniel Léon, CLARB-Soul Bag)

 

DVD

-“Marcus” (Miller) (De Patrick Savey, Zycopolis Productions)

-“Selma” (d'Ava DuVernay)

 

Concerts

1. Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest / Olympia, Paris

2. Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen / Jazz Club du Méridien, Paris

3. Lizz Wright / New Morning, Paris

4. Leela James / Bizz'Art, Paris

5. Avery*Sunshine / Bizz'Art, Paris

 

 

Jacques Périn

Nouveautés

–Bey Paule Band / “Not Goin' Away” (Blue Dot)

–Jon Cleary / “GoGo Juice” (FHQ)

–Shemekia Copeland / “Outskirts Of Love” (Alligator)

–Buddy Guy / “Born To Play Guitar” (RCA)

–Harrison Kennedy / “This Is From Here” (Dixiefrog)

–Mighty Sam McClain & Knut Reiersrud / “Tears Of The World” (ACT)

–Jackie Payne / “I Saw The Blues” (Blue Dot)

–Tad Robinson / “Day Into Night” (Servern)

 

Rééditions

–Slim Harpo / “Buzzin' The Blues – The Complete Slim Harpo” (Bear Family)

–Junior Wells / “Southside Blues Jam” (Delmark)

-“Hard Times Blues” (Frémeaux)

–The Staple Singers / “Freedom Highway Complete” (Sony)

-“Race Records” (Frémeaux)

 

Révélations

–Oscar Coleman (CD et concert)

–Mr. Sipp (CD)

–Aaron Parnell Brown (CD)

 

Blue Planet

–Awek / “9” (Autopublié)

–Nico Duportal & his Rhythm Dudes / “Guitar Player” (Rhythm Bomb)

–Mountain Men / “Against The Wind” (Echo Productions)

 

Livres

–De Christophe Colomb à Barack Obama – Chronologie des musiques afro-américaines (Jean-Paul Levet avec Daniel Léon, CLARB-Soul Bag)

–Emmett Till (Arnaud Floc'h, Sarbacane)

–Muddy Waters, Mr. Rolling Stone (Robert Gordon, Payot & Rivages)

 

Concerts

–Sugaray Rayford / Rendez-Vous de l'Erdre, Nantes

–Selwyn Birchwood / Bain de Blues, Bain de Bretagne

–Curtis Salgado / Jazz Club du Méridien, Paris

 

 

Ulrick Parfum

Nouveautés

1. Mike Henderson / “If You Think It's Hot Here…” (Eller Soul)

2. JJ Grey & Mofro / “Ol' Glory” (Provogue)

3. Dawn Pemberton / “Say Somethin'” (Do Right! Music)

4. Tad Robinson / “Day Into Night” (Severn)

5. Soulstack / “Soulstack” (Stack-O-Soul)

6. The New Mastersounds / “Made For Pleasure” (Légère)

7. Jon Cleary / “GoGo Juice” (FHQ)

8. Sax Gordon / “In The Wee Small Hours” (Delmark)

 

Rééditions

1. Chuck Berry / “Rock'n'Roll Music, Any Old Way You Choose It” (Bear Family)

2. Fame Gang / “Grits & Gravy The Best Of The Fame Gang” (BGP-Ace)

3. Wilson Pickett / “Mr. Magic Man – The Complete RCA Studio Recordings” (Real Gone)

4. “Superfunk – Soul Emissaries” (BGP-Ace)

5. “Reaching Out – Chess Records At Fame Studios” (Kent-Ace)

 

Révélations

1. Dawn Pemberton (album “Say Somethin'”)

2. Hugh Gledhill (album “Big Dinosaur Mouth”)

3. The Soul Motivators (album “Free To Believe”)

 

Blue Planet

–Nico Duportal / “Guitar Player ”(Rhythm Bomb)

 

Livres

1. Big Mama Thornton – The Life And Music (Michael Spörke, McFarland)

2. John Mayall – The Blues Crusader (Dinu Logoz, Olms)

 

DVD

–Andrew “Junior Boy” Jones / “Lone Star Guitarman” (JSP)

 

Concerts

–Sax Gordon / Jazz Club du Méridien, Paris

 

 

André Hobus

Nouveautés

–Omar Coleman / “Born and Raised” (Delmark)

–Shemekia Copeland / “Outskirts of Love” (Alligator)

–Buddy Guy / “Born to Play Guitar” (RCA)

–Eddie Cotton / “One at a Time” (DeChamp)

–The Jimmys / “Hot Dish” (Brown Cow)

–Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnoise King / “Fat Man’s Shine Parlor” (Blind Pig)

 

Rééditions

–Lowell Fulson / “Reconsider Baby – The Complete Checker Singles 1954-1962” (Jasmine)

–Kentucky Headhunters with Johnnie Johnson / “Meet Me in Bluesland” (Alligator)

–Slim Harpo / “Buzzin' The Blues – The Complete Slim Harpo” (Bear Family)

–JB Hutto & Sunnyland Slim / “Hawk Squat” (Delmark)

–Tampa Red / “Dynamite! The Unsung King of the Blues 1942-1954” (Ace)

 

Révélations

–Fiona Boyes (CD et concert)

–Big Harp George (CD)

–Andy Santana (CD)

 

Blue Planet

–Nico Duportal & his Rhythm Dudes / “Guitar Player” (Rhythm Bomb)

 

Concerts

–Chicago Blues Festival (Chicago, Illinois)

–Legendary Rhythm’n’ Blues Cruise #25 – The Big Easy

–Roy Gaines (Banana Peel, Ruiselede)

 

 

David Cristol

Nouveautés

–James Brandon Lewis / “Days of Freeman” (OKeh)

–José James / “Yesterday I Had the Blues” (Blue Note)

–Reggie Washington / “Rainbow Shadow” (Jammin' Colors)

–Gov't Mule featuring John Scofield / “Sco-Mule” (Provogue)

–Christian Scott / “Stretch Music” (Ropeadope)

–Art "Turk" Baron & Congo Square / “Spirits: Then and Now” (T'N'T Music)

–Kendrick Lamar / “To Pimp a Butterfly” (Aftermath)

–Funkadelic / “Shake the Gate” (CKunspyruhzy)

 

Rééditions

–Herbie Hancock / “Lite Me Up” (PTG)

–Quincy Jones / “Live in Paris 1960” (Frémeaux & Associés)

–Blue Mitchell / “Blue Mitchell” (Boplicity)

–Heatwave / “Central Heating + Too Hot to Handle” (Big Break)

–Billie Holiday / “Lady in Satin” (Columbia) [pour la qualité du travail éditorial]

 

Concerts

–Otis Taylor (Aucamville)

–Marcus Miller (Toulouse)

–James Brandon Lewis (Toulouse)