Mikado

"With Mikado, Paul Lay confirms a position of pianist and composer-leader with whom we must now reckon with the young generation of European jazz."
Open Jazz - Alex Duthil

After « Unveiling », his first album released in 2009 on LABORIE Jazz and acclaimed by both the critics and the public, Paul Lay took care to prepare this second creation and to surround himself with an ideal formula. Now well identified by the Jazz Scene but also very much appreciated by the Classical world, Paul Lay confirms here a position of leading pianist and composer to be now reckoned with among the young European talents. “Mikado” is a game of skill indeed, but beyond that, its human form reveals an extremely dense quartet in which everyone intermingles in a natural complicity and a perfect harmony. The quality of Paul Lay’s composition reflects that of a musician deeply rooted in his time and in the surrounding musical scene too, and you will realise that when the purpose of “Mikado” is to preserve the stability of the game, this Quartet’s skill is to disrupt the rules.