OLIVIER TEMIME TENOR AND SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
JEROME BARDE GUITAR
EMMANUEL DUPREY FENDER RHODES
JULIEN CHARLET DRUMS
AKIM BOURNANE BASS
HARMONIA MUNDI
SEPTEMBER 2005
OLIVIER TEMIME - STREETWISE - 2005
"A prominent figure in French jazz, Olivier Temime honed his skills by frequenting the clubs of the capital, participating in a wide variety of late-night jam sessions."
Romain Grossman
"This album is shaping up to be an indisputable success in the serious/quirky genre and is already one of the major French jazz albums of the season."
Serge Loupien
"Olivier Temime, the saxophonist with the Mohawk look, has 'willing slaves' who have read La Boétie and know their music. And it's a real head-turner. Where to? In the direction indicated by his album Streetwise: paying close attention to everything happening around jazz in order to capture and reproduce its energy. Olivier Temime plays the tenor saxophone. Like a conductor. For the current Afro-funky project, his servants are Hervé Samb (guitar), Emmanuel Duprey (piano), Akim Bournane (bass), Julien Charlet (drums), and Arnold Moueza (percussion). We understand why."
Michel Contat