"Resistance is futile. You will be jazzimilated." -- Didier Verna
@-quartet
With Gilles Naturel (double bass), Guillaume Naud (piano) et David Georgelet
(drums). Recorded by Dominique Samarcq at studio Sysmo Records (Paris).
Mixed by Jean Taxis and Didier Verna at studio Val d'Orge (Épinay sur
Orge). Masterized by David Achour and Didier Verna at studio Top Master
(Paris). DVL Records. Copyright (C) 2006 Didier Verna. Reference:
DVL0206JZ.
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Highlights
- Album of the week on Radioio Jazz
- Featured album on Jazz Baragge
- French Jazz "coup de coeur" of magazine Longueur d'Ondes
- Congrats ! Very very good album. I like it a lot. -- Glenn Ferris
- Some beautiful Jazz guitar. -- Antoine Hervé
- Nice sounds, great playing ! -- Greg Lyons
- I think that this is great quality jazz music. -- Yves Carbonne
- We've listened to it in the car, and it makes a lovely background music. -- my step-mother
Reviews
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Nice example of autoproduction. [...] Supported notably by Gilles
Naturel's double bass, Didier Verna plays indeed straight ahead Jazz
clearly influenced by Pat Metheny from whom he has the roundness of
sound and the limpidity of phrases.
-- Citizen Jazz -
[...] In short, Verna is a force of nature. He has the technique and
the talent to take it to another level. [...]
-- Martin Gladu / All About Jazz -
Talk about leaving an impression... Didier Verna is a jazz guitarist
dealing in melodic & harmonic invention. His Metheny-esque
improvisational delivery is compromising, intellectual, non rigorous
with a superb technique, connected with an extraordinary command of his
music. In fact Verna's music is brilliantly interpreted & compelling in
it's content. His music portrays images & sounds of his influences
which have been by default... Quiite positive!
-- George W. Caroll / eJazzNews -
[...] @-Quartet is a great example of what contemporary jazz should
be. [...] These nine compositions are fresh, melodically challenging
and engaging.
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-- John Luciano / Contemporary Jazz -
[...] Only a part time musician (Verna's other gig is as a computer
researcher) this CD definitely has a full time sound. You'd think that
these guys have been on the road for years -- their sound is that
tight and complimentary. Definitely a great addition to any jazz
collection.
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-- Darryl Gregory / Indie Music -
This is a very good CD. The songs are original and good, and the
musicianship outstanding. It is not overplayed, it is not underplayed,
everything fits together well. [...] The sound is modern but not
too abstract, very listenable and flowing, it is more straight-ahead
than fusion. The solos are terrific, Verna is an outstanding jazz
guitarist. His tone/sound is more like Metheny than Scofield, but his
lines are his own. I'm looking forward to his next CD.
-- From a customer at CDBaby -
With this first album of original compositions only, Didier Verna offers a
true cocktail of influences: medium tempos, ballads, latin colors, a
pinch of binary and a drop of free-jazz... a delicious journey in the
heart of Jazz !
-- Autoproduction.net
Interviews
- Krinein Musique (in French) / english translation
- Jazz Box of April 7th 2007
