PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE

Saxophonist Jean Charles Richard and pianist/composer Christopher Culpo crossed paths at a jam session, and that crossing soon became an intertwining, a sharing, combining, and unifying of artistic goals. Both have varied musical backgrounds and seek to build upon a synthesis of the traditions they continue to study and practice. They have struck out on a common musical path, to assume as artists the responsibility to protect, cultivate, and demonstrate the capacity to listen, understand, and learn.

This responsibility is borne through the music.

TRACKLISTING

1. Retrato em branco e preto (Jobim)
2. Swimswamswum (Culpo)
3. Duke Ellington Sound of Love (Mingus)
4. Lazy Impulse (Culpo)
5. Retrato em branco e preto (Jobim)
6. All the Things You Are (Kern)
7. Haunted Melody (Kirk)
8. No Taglia (Culpo)
9. Bittersweet (Culpo)
10. Trinkle Tinkle (Monk)
11. Retrato em branco e preto (Jobim)

MUSICIANS

Jean-Charles Richard – Saxophones Christopher Culpo – Piano

CREDITS

Recorded July 2001 at ENM Gennevilliers by Didier Jean Released 2002 on Googly Records Art direction and illustration by Pete Jeffs Photo by Guy Tillim