Baixu
November 8, 2024 – 8pm – Brussels (BE)
Tickets: https://www.lebaixu.com/
New album ‘Serendipity’
The word ‘serendipity’ entered the French language very recently. Its broad definition is the gift of making fruitful discoveries by chance, providing a form of understanding around the unexpected. Olivier Ker Ourio and Quentin Dujardin met in 2016 during a recording session with Richard Bona, Manu Katché and Ivan Paduart. A shared feeling for melody led them to this obvious fact: they would one day make a record together documenting the intensity of the original sound that they sensed. Since this happy encounter, time has done its work around their respective musical approaches: jazz for the harmonica player, crossover for the guitarist.
« Olivier Ker Ourio & Quentin Dujardin, chance does things well. Brilliant original version of the famous Goodbye Pork Pie Hat by Charles Mingus! » – France Musique (FR)
« The time has come… and the chemistry is there. » – RTBF (BE)
“These two artists have in common a love of melody as evidenced by this magnificent ‘En t’attendant’ that Quentin Dujardin recorded in 2010 with the great harmonica player Toots Thielemans, whose main heir is Olivier Ker Ourio. » – France Info (FR)
“A harmonica, a guitar, and a multitude of emotions! Listen to their intense, western-style version of Charles Mingus’ masterpiece, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” – TSF Jazz (FR)