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trio improv'iste
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trio improv'iste
Laurent Bortolotti - tap dancing
Didier Todesco - piano
Ismaël Boerner - vibraphone, balafon, vocals, composition, text
The "trio improv'iste" is a jazz trio that explores the rhythmic possibilities of tap
dancing as a percussion instrument in jazz.
The tap dancer takes on the role of drummer; music becomes dance, and dance becomes music.
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The "trio improv'iste" is a jazz trio that explores the rhythmic possibilities of tap
dancing as a percussion instrument in jazz.
The tap dancer takes on the role of drummer; music becomes dance, and dance becomes music.
Since its first appearance in 2006 at the
Cully Jazz Festival, this project has continually enriched itself with diverse musical
traditions and has toured in Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Mexico and Guatemala.
Recent highlights include a special research grant from the Fondation Parallèle (2021) and
performances at Chorus (2022, 2024), the Guatemala Jazz Festival (2023), Sunset-Sunside in
Paris (2023), the Marigliano in Jazz festival in Naples (2023), the Lausanne
Improvised Music Festival (2023) and the Generations Jazz Festival (2023).
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