Jacques Schwarz-Bart -][- Abyss – [ObliqSound, 2009]
Undoubtedly Jacques Schwarz-Bart shares this vision put forth by the writer Patrick Chamoiseau, “The contemporary melting pot of cultures and ethnicities has created a worldwide phenomenon of “creolisation”.
This New York based jazz saxophonist, praised by major American soul artists, raised by a Black Guadeloupean mother and a French Jewish father-, grew up between Switzerland and Guadeloupe. The son of two award wining novelists, Jacques followed an original and sinuous path that speaks volume about his identity. Continue reading