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After a period of solo explorations (concerts, release of the CD Ultraboles - UBR 0501), Hubert Dupont renews the pleasure of gathering together a small, mobile unit of trusty souls who are ready for anything, and proposing new pieces to them, conjuring up improvisations with enigmatic rules.

Yvan Robilliard, a sophisticated young man and already experienced in a certain new scene (especially with the bands Ixo, Azad), releases his first CD (on Nocturne), solo ; the Amsterdam based Chander Sardjoe, former drummer of Steve Coleman as well as Dave Liebman, is an accomplice (Kartet since 1996, three records, concerts...) with a precise and abrasive drumbeat.

Here is a trio with real instruments, real improvisers and real rhythmic song but... which ones ?

2006 : the trio invites Rudresh Mahanthappa
to record Spider's Dance
(UBR 0502 - dist. Nocturne)

Listen to the trio versions :

Possib
Ladies on Board

 

Yvan Robilliard

Born in 1978 to a musician family, Yvan Robilliard started studying piano when he was 4. In 1997, he received the first prize from the Conservatoire Supérieur of Paris-CNR (class of Mme Bouthinon-Dumas). During his studies, he took master classes with Roger Muraro, Radoslav Kvapil, Germaine Mounier and Vadim Repin, Winton Marsalis and Herbie Hancock at the Festival International de Marciac.

At a very early age, Yvan Robilliard showed great aptitude for improvisation. Noticed by Mario Stanchev, who appreciated his virtuoso qualities and his talent, he had the opportunity to meet Duffy Jackson, Michel Petrucciani, Benoît Sourisse, Franck Amsallem, Stephan Oliva, Bob Mintzer… From 1997 to 1998, he worked with Manuel Rocheman in Paris and the same year he was semi-finalist of the International Jazz Competition Martial Solal. Awarded in June 2000 with a Gold Medal in the Jazz Class of Denis Colin at Montreuil Conservatory, he received a diploma in composition from the Ecole Normale de Musique of Paris two years later. In February 2005, his first CD piano Solo is released : MOUVANCE (Nocturne NTCD366 - NT098).
He is currently performing with YARRPA, IXO...

Chander Sardjoe

Born in 1970, he is of Indian origin (Surinam), and now lives in Amsterdam. Since 1994 he makes stays at Bangalore and Madras to study with masters of tala (of which U. Sivaraman, au mridangam) ; in 1995-96 he is the drummer of the bands of Steve Coleman Five Elements, Metrics, Secret Doctrine ; in early 1996, he joinded Kartet (Guillaume Orti, Benoît Delbecq, Hubert Dupont). He would perform and record with Aka Moon, Kris Defoort, Mark Turner, James Genus, Lee Konitz, Dave Liebman, Aydin Esen, Antonio Farao …
This master of poly-rhythm plays with :
- Kartet (fifth CD , THE BAY WINDOW, 2007, Songlines)
- Octurn, Bo Van Der Werf 's band
- Tribu, Geoffroy De Masure's band
- Osmosis, Mark Hanstra's,
- MSG, with Rudresh Mahanthappa and Ronan Guilfoyle
- Dupont T, of Hubert Dupont with Rudresh Mahanthappa and Yvan Robilliard (CD Spider's Dance, 2007, UBR 0502 / Nocturne)