Tribute to Didier Lockwood
By Alexandre Cavaliere

With a swirling bow, ears finely tuned, endless ranges of sounds and phrases, devilish rhythms, soothing strolls, conspiracies between strings and drums, the entire universe of Didier Lockwood is magnified here by the brazen mastery of Alexandre Cavaliere, surrounded by a strong and seasoned team: Manu Bonetti, Olivier Stalon, Jérôme Baudart. The master Didier, who once took Alexandre under his wing and made him soar, is here thanked by a tribute album that has taken on the task of capturing the entirety of the Lockwood sound, whether in an Irish Ballad or a rough rock groove à la Mike Stern. It's all there: the energy, the fluidity, the grace, and the distortion thrown unceremoniously onto our sound walls. And Didier Lockwood, on his cloud, watches the prodigious child who has grown up, comforted by the idea that he has become a master and choreographer in his own right.