Laurent Bardainne

Laurent Bardainne (born 1975 in Fougères) is a French saxophonist, keyboardist and composer. Founder of the Crépuscule des Dinosaures, he is the co-founder of Limousine with Maxime Delpierre, of Rigolus with Thomas de Pourquery and the co-leader of Poni Hoax with Nicolas Ker. In 2017, he created the duo LOST with Camélia Jordana. Third band prize at the Concours de la Défense for his free jazz duo with drummer Philippe Gleizes. Member of Supersonic founded by Thomas de Pourquery, whose album Play Sun Ra won the album of the year at Victoires du jazz 2014. In 2018, Laurent Bardainne founds the Tigre d'Eau Douce quartet. A first single called Marvin is released in August 2019. The EP is released on October 2019. His first album "Love Is Everywhere" is released in 2020 under the label Heavenly Sweetness. Laurent bardainne will release his new album in 2022 "Hymne au Soleil". Sizzles with Arnaud Roulin’s Hammond organ licks, in-the-pocket bass work from Sylvain Daniel, and shuffling drum and percussion interplay from Philippe Gleizes and legendary Guadeloupean musician Roger Raspail, who has played with the likes of Kassav’, Cesaria Evora and Meshell Ndegeocello. Together they pin Bardainne’s soaring saxophone lines to the mast like a flag in the wind. The album is further coloured by wistful choral refrains that drift in and out of view, providing a crepuscular soft-focus glow and dynamic counterpoint to Bardainne’s more ferocious sun-worship blowing.