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New duo album “Live at Porgy and Bess”
May 30, 2026 no comments in News, Uncategorized by

“Live at Porgy and Bess” is Moncef Genoud’s fourth live album, this time in duet with acclaimed saxophonist Seamus Blake. Recorded at Vienna’s staple jazz club Porgy and Bess, the record features three standards and three compositions by Moncef, including the brand-new “Hochelaga,” named after the famous neighborhood in Montreal, one of Genoud’s favorite travel destinations over the years. The album showcases an evident complicity between the two musicians, who met on stage in Thailand a few years back and have since frequently performed together. Both lyrical and equally expansive, they bring their own language throughout this hour-long conversation, at times intense and other times light-hearted, much to the delight of the sold-out crowd that heaps praises in the form of enthusiastic applause. The album cover is a throwback to the old Blue Note Records artworks from the 1960’s.

New album “Live at Porgy and Bess”
May 30, 2026 no comments in Uncategorized by

“Live at Porgy and Bess” is Moncef Genoud’s fourth live album, this time in duet with acclaimed saxophonist Seamus Blake. Recorded at Vienna’s staple jazz club Porgy and Bess, the record features three standards and three compositions by Moncef, including the brand-new “Hochelaga,” named after the famous neighborhood in Montreal, one of Genoud’s favorite travel destinations over the years.

The album showcases an evident complicity between the two musicians, who met on stage in Thailand a few years back and have since frequently performed together. Both lyrical and equally expansive, they bring their own language throughout this hour-long conversation, at times intense and other times light-hearted, much to the delight of the sold-out crowd that heaps praises in the form of enthusiastic applause. The album cover is a throwback to the old Blue Note Records artworks from the 1960’s.

Moncef Genoud Trio – new album “Small Stories”
July 7, 2023 no comments in News by

Following Introspection, his third solo effort released earlier in 2023, Moncef Genoud returns in trio formation with Small Stories, a collection of tunes of his own composition that he and bandmates Tim Verdesca (bass) and Cyril Regamey (drums) crafted at his Geneva studio. Polished and released by Rollin’ Dice Productions, his trusted Los Angeles-label of 18+ years, the result is a purposely contemporary album, with a sound that oscillates between recent works by Avishai Cohen and Robert Glasper (without the latter’s obvious hip-hop flair), notably on “Zumbador” and “Waltz for Juju,” which repeats as a bonus track in the form of a one-man band edit where Moncef channels his own poly-instrumentalist. Between Verdesca’s skillful electric bass lines, Regamey’s precise yet funky time-keeping, and the Moog synth leads infused by Genoud on select tracks, this version of his trio sounds resolutely hip. A fresh record just in time for a hot summer ahead.