Mare Undarum Part I
Context
Opening piece of Mare Undarum ("sea of waves"), the first album by double bassist and singer Sélène Saint-Aimé, announced for August 16, 2020. The album was recorded and mixed at Studio Pigalle in Paris; it has six original compositions and three "re-compositions" after Steve Coleman, Villa-Lobos and Mussorgsky. It earned her the Victoire du jazz for Revelation in 2021.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to French jazz. Among the origins and influences of French jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Traditional revival, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, Jazz in France (interwar years), Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East.