"To return to where our steps made us grow, to revisit in the light of love the music that shaped my being. This is why I want today to create a repertoire that unites Argentina, Africa, and jazz. Three currents that run through me."
For this brand new project, released last March, Ninon Valder has surrounded herself with two great musicians, Carine and Abdoulaye, under the guidance of the irreplaceable Etienne Mbappé, to deliver a story of intermingling, love, and lives shared on the roads of the world, between Argentinian and African rhythms, nourished by jazz. Ninon Valder is a musician with an atypical and exceptional career, having made her debut at Baiser Salé, capable of combining worlds while maintaining her integrity and her vision. We have seen her in a duo with Colacho Brizuela (guitarist, arranger, and historical musical director of Mercedes Sosa) on the album Cuscaias (2013 - Acqua Record), or leading the instrumental trio Las Famatinas live and on the album Asi seguimos Andando (2020 Les Belles Écouteuses). Ninon's voice is reminiscent of Mercedes Sosa, her bandoneon is influenced by Dino Saluzzi, and her flute transports us beyond all borders. On this journey, she is accompanied by the brilliant Carine Bonnefoy, pianist, composer, arranger, and one of the rare jazz conductors to lead the greatest French and international orchestral ensembles, and recognized by a Django d'Or. This high-flying trio is completed by the excellent Abdoulaye Kouyaté, a passionate musician and kora player since his early childhood, who first accompanied his father, then for 8 years the Circus Baobab, the first circus in West Africa whose story is told in the eponymous documentary by Laurent Chevalier. He then discovered the international scene with the group Ba Cissoko, and played with Patrick Ruffino, Maciré Sylla, Mariama, Moh Kouyaté, Djeli Moussa Condé, Jain. It is quite logical that these three musicians with rich and somewhat extraordinary lives and personalities found themselves together.
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