Debussy’s exotic harmonies have had a long and lasting influence on jazz’s piano greats, including Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, and Fred Hersch. Hervé Sellin, professor of jazz at Debussy’s alma mater, the Paris Conservatoire, has also fallen under the Impressionist composer’s spell, using the most famous works as a springboard for inspired improvisations, including the infectious swing of “La fille aux cheveux de lin” and the Sarabande from Pour le Piano, performed in the brash but brilliant style of the late, great Michel Petrucciani.
More By Hervé Sellin
- 2005
- Franck Tortiller, Vincent Peirani, Quatuor Debussy, Jacky Terrasson, Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven & Jean-Louis Rassinfosse
- François Couturier, François Méchali & François Laizeau
- Violaine Cochard & Edouard Ferlet
- Jean François Durez, Richard Galliano & Marie Pierre Duchez
- Blair McMillen, Dorothy Lawson, Fred Hersch, Gramercy Trio & Natasha Paremski