Moutin Reunion Quartet jazz interpretation and improvisation

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Francois Moutin (upright bass), Pierre de Bethmann (piano),
Rick Margitza (saxophones), Louis Moutin (drums)

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NEWS

The Fall tour of the

Moutin Reunion Quartet

will start in

Lafayette, LA on Sept 30th

and go to

New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Atlanta and New York,

where the band will perform at

Dizzys Coca Cola Club (Jazz at Lincoln Center).

Then, after two concerts in France (Rochefort & Charleville)

the quartet will play at the

Cork Jazz Festival

opening for Cedar Walton at the

Everyman Palace Theatre

Last CD release

"SHARP TURNS"

Recorded in March 2007, in New York, at studio Systems Two (Brooklyn),
this new album has been released early november 2007
on the label Bluejazz (USA) and Nocturne (Europe).
A limited edition has been released as a dual disc
(a CD / DVD including, as a bonus, a video of a performance in Chicago at the Skokie Theater)

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After the release of its third album "SOMETHING LIKE NOW" in September 2005, the
Moutin Reunion Quartet has been intensively busy on the road in Europe and in North America.

The band has been nominated for the french award "les Victoires du Jazz 2006"
in the category french jazz artist of the year

François and Louis Moutin have won the prestigious "Prix Django Reinhard 2005"

2007 also has been a very busy year for the Moutin Reunion Quartet. After a tour in the US in January,
and a European tour in February, the band was in studio in March, recording its fourth album “Sharp Turn”.

In April, the quartet was in residence for a week at the Opera National de Lyon and for three days
at the Ballard Jazz Festival in Seattle, WA. Then, they toured the USA in June and,
from July through September, appeared in several festivals in France and in Turkey.

After the release of “Sharp Turns” early November, the band has been on the road again for a
15 dates tour, starting in France mid November and then going to the USA from east cost to west coast,
ending at Jazz Alley in Seattle mid December.

The conclusion of the year was an appearance at l’Olympia in Paris
for the annual show of the Parisian major jazz radio TSF.

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To watch the VIDEO CLIP, click here

The Moutin Reunion Quartet has released its third album in september 2005 :

SOMETHING LIKE NOW

To download samples in MP3 format, click here

US release on Lightyear/WEA August 30th 2005

Europe release September 12th 2005 on the label NOCTURNE (World except USA)

all photos are the property of Ursula K. and are used with her permission.
45 photos of the January 2007 US tour are available on her blog, click here

Back in 1999 Louis and Francois Moutin decided to form THE MOUTIN REUNION QUARTET in order to perform their original compositions. They had a common desire: to create music expressing the energy of life; full of emotion and spontaneity - a music close to them, to what they intimately feel, inhabited by Jazz' spirit, swing and grooves, inviting listeners and musicians to celebrate beauty and imagination.

They are sharing this desire with their two outstandingly skilled partners: the amazingly talented pianist Pierre de Bethmann and the immensely gifted saxophonist Rick Margitza. Not only Rick is a former partner of Mr. Miles Davis, but also both he and Pierre can pride themselves on their profoundly creative and extremely successful respective solo careers.

Since six years, the band is touring through both America and Europe, performing for more and more big and enthousiastic audiences.

In 2007 they will release their fourth album (in November), on Nocturne / Blujazz

Moutin Reunion Quartet receives valuable assistance from the following organizations:

Hosted by Internet Planners.We are happy to announce that MRQ returns to North America in 2007. Check out the schedule here.