Florian Pellissier Quintet - Rio voiciii and very much its own

and very much its own thing

A seamless fusion of Latin grooves

blending influences from Motown

the album moves like a series of dream sequences

hushed vocals

Florian Pellissier Quintet - Rio voiciii and very much its ownFor their fifth album, the Florian Pellissier Quintet marked twenty years together with a pilgrimage to the legendary Rudy Van Gelder Studio, a cathedral of jazz sound. What emerged wasnt the dark, stormy sance they first imagined, but something more refined, a luminous, tropical leaning take on hard bop. Recorded in New Jersey, mixed in Paris, and mastered in London, Rio balances spiritual depth with elegance, with tight rhythm grooves, warm acoustic