Antonin-Tri Hoang: saxophone
Pierre Perchaud: guitar
Leonardo Montana: piano
Joan Eche-Puig: double bass
Anne Paceo: drums
« A radiant, colorful, modern music that carries you away, enchants you; brilliant musicians, a unified and beautiful sound, complicity, pleasure, naturalness… » Anne Paceo explores new horizons with the finest talents of the French jazz scene and establishes herself with her third album Yôkaï as one of the leading composers in French jazz today.
This dream quintet is considered one of the most exciting events on the French jazz scene in recent years. Yôkaï is an album for which Anne Paceo brought back luminous compositions from her travels around the world—written in Yangon, the Arctic Circle, and Ivory Coast—tailor-made for the musicians she brings along on this new adventure.
Yôkaï is a travel diary in constant evolution. The word « Yôkaï » comes from ancient Japanese mythology. Under this name are grouped deities, spirits, mythical animals, or fantastical creatures.
With distant origins, beliefs related to the Yôkaï likely stem from the animist culture of the archipelago’s earliest inhabitants.
« Anne Paceo stands out as one of the leading figures of the new French jazz scene » – Jazzmag
« Yôkaï is one of those radiant, hypnotic and addictive works that leave you dreamy, with a smile frozen on your face » – FIP
« The album of maturity » – Jazz News
« Yôkaï is not only Anne Paceo’s best album to date… it’s also her most personal. » – Franpi Sunship
« Above all, it’s the cohesion of the group and the consistency of the repertoire that make Yôkaï an album of communion. » – Citizen Jazz