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The Band
The Charley Rose Trio was born from the meeting of pianist Enzo Carniel, drummer Ariel Tessier and saxophonist Charley Rose in Strasbourg Saint-Denis, a working-class Parisian neighborhood where a rich poly-cultural life abounds. "A cartography of psychic zones" as well as a wide spectrum of exploration of sound and musical genres, this is how their credo is defined. The trio proposes a music full of contrasts, seeking homogeneity but only in its own sound. In phase with a jovial self-deprecating lightness, with the enveloping softness of the melancholy or a certain savagery which could be expressed with the wire of the compositions, the musicians deliver themselves and reveal their interiority by the prism of a galloping subjectivity. Together, they form a group that creates aesthetically free compositions, liberated from stylistic constraints but above all deeply expressionist. They are accompanied by Wolfgang Muthspiel, an Austrian guitarist who has played with the greatest: Gary Peacock, Paul Motian, Gary Brunton, Dhaffer Youssef, Ambrose Akinmusire, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier and Brian Blade. An interesting artistic approach for an unconventional band: a polymorphic saxophone that deconstructs its sound, from lyrical voice to crackling elytra, an almost immanent drummer like a fire of life in everything and a vertiginous, sidereal and telluric piano, which can also generate basses by analogical keyboard, thus opening a door towards current music, pop and many others of today. This first opus is released by Déluge, a label and collective imagined by musicians for musicians, very active on the hexagonal jazz scene, which defends creative music through its discographic projects or programming (Alexis Valet Quintet, Le Jardin, Theorem of Joy, Les Diluviennes, Montreuil Jazz Festival...). An album in love with the music in the broad sense of the term, which embraces a multitude of aesthetics that takes this fantastic vibratory phenomenon.
Photography: Sylvain Gripoix
Photographie : Sylvain Gripoix
Charley Rose
Charley Rose operates at the intersection of rock, free jazz, and contemporary jazz, with a strong interest in 20th-century music, notably the works of Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Ligeti. Driven by these eclectic influences, he founded the experimental Larchey Zore Quartet, dedicated to boldly exploring extreme musical forms. In 2016, he formed the Charley Rose Trio with Enzo Carniel and Ariel Tessier. Their debut album was released in 2018 under the Déluge label, followed by a second album in November 2023. The trio, winners of Jazz Migration #7, has performed at numerous festivals across France and Europe.
Alongside this, Charley co-leads the Perceptions Trio, an adventurous ensemble in which he experiments with effect pedals to incorporate elements of chance into improvisation. Their album, released in February 2025, earned high praise, receiving 4 stars from the renowned magazine Down Beat.
His solo project, "Résonance de la sensation," set for release in late 2024, explores the relationship between painting and music. Inspired by Gilles Deleuze’s "Logique de la Sensation," this project musically delves into the pictorial universe of Francis Bacon.
In 2025, he launched "The Vibrant Machines," a lively homage to Dadaist sculptor Jean Tinguely, featuring artists such as Samuel Blaser, Lisette Spinnler, Domenic Landolf, Jeanne Larrouturou, and Akil Djan.
Over the years, Charley Rose has performed as both leader and sideman at numerous festivals on four continents, establishing a significant presence on the international music scene.
Enzo Carniel
Enzo Carniel is a French pianist born in 1987. His research and all his collaborations give birth to the quartet "House of Echo" where long improvised tracks and compositions are mixed.
Influenced by Paul Bley, Thelonious Monk, Keith Jarrett, and the great pianists of the history of jazz, he tries to explore the sound palettes and the intrinsic possibilities of the piano. His approach is based on the birth in the present moment of musical ideas, in the non-judgmental aesthetic, a "raw" approach to improvisation using all his influences and sensations.
In 2014, in collaboration with the label NoMadMusic, he recorded are first solo piano record called Erosions.
On September 1st, 2017, he released the second opus of his quartet House of Echo, Echoïdes on the label
Jazz&People label. The record is acclaimed by the press and media. He recently performed alongside Joe Sanders, Scott Tixier Logan Richardson, Jozef Dumoulin and many others...
Photography: Sylvain Gripoix
At first a classical percussionist, Ariel decides to study jazz drums. From then on, passionate about this music, he perfected his learning thanks to Georges Paczynski's classes and later graduated from the CNSM of Paris.
A very active musician on the Parisian scene, he regularly performs in France and abroad with numerous groups, mainly from the young generation of current jazzmen, but also with renowned musicians such as bassist Riccardo Del Fra and saxophonist Pierrick Pedron. He also had the chance to play with some great American jazzmen like Eddie Gomez, Dave Liebman, Glenn Ferris and Wynton Marsalis. He won several national competitions including the "Tremplins du Sunside" (1st prize as a soloist) in September 2011, and "Jazz à la Défense" (2nd and 1st prize as an instrumentalist respectively in June 2011 and 2012).
Ariel Tessier
Photographie : Sylvain Gripoix
Photography: Sylvain Gripoix
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