Discovery Sandro Roy

• 1 Can't Take My Eyes off You 05:20
• 2 Open Future 02:07
• 3 Waltz for Prinzo 03:17
• 4 Precious Life 05:15
• 5 Bayer Kultur Swing 03:14
• 6 The Nearness of You 07:15
• 7 You Are the Sunshine of My Life 06:09
• 8 Dinelo 02:50
• 9 True 04:55
• 10 Amanacer 05:13
• 11 Blame It on My Youth 07:08
• 12 Discovery 05:59
• 13 Place De Brouckere 03:36
• 14 Love Theme from Sunflower 06:02
• 15 Theme from Sabrina 05:14
• Total Runtime 01:13:34

Info for Discovery

With the new album "Discovery", Sandro Roy has apparently found his artistic direction, because on the one hand he presents a permanent line-up for the first time, the Sandro Roy Unity Band, and on the other hand he also shows here and there that he is a welcome partner in the studio for musical top-class musicians such as Bireli Lagrene, Jermaine Landsberger, David Gazarov or Martin Taylor. His Unity Band, with Boris Netsvetaev on piano, guitarist Sven Jungbeck and Stefan Berger on double bass, lays a carpet of sound for the virtuoso, drawing equally from sources of classical music and jazz, and turning his music into an independent and virtuoso cosmos, and all this on what is perhaps the most difficult instrument of all, the violin.

In "BayerKultur Swing", one of Sandro Roy's five original compositions, he pays homage to a supporter in the best Gypsy Swing tradition, while "Waltz For Prinzo", dedicated to a family member, presents classical borrowings and virtuoso swing moments.

But just as in his live concerts, jack-of-all-trades Sandro Roy presents a bouquet of musical surprises on "Discovery". For example, the British world-class guitarist Martin Taylor, formerly in Stephane Grappelli's band, meets the violinist on "True" in a ballad full of poetry, while jazz pianist Jerome Landsberger makes Sandro Roy's title track "Discovery" sparkle with him in a decidedly modern jazz tradition.

David Gazarov, who has already appeared on SKIP with his own albums, makes the Django Reinhardt piece "Place De Brouckere" sound almost like a monk, and the encounters with the legendary Bireli Lagrene on guitar are highlights, Be it the Hoagy Carmichael ballad "The Nearness Of You", the Stevie Wonder evergreen "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" or "Dinelo", in which Sandro Roy and his Unity Band present the Di Piazza classic with Bireli Lagrene in a sensitive but always modern way.

And of course, his long-time accompanist Jerome Weiss on piano must not be missing, who reveals perhaps the most classical approach to Sandro Roy in the Henry Mancini composition "Sabrina". This represents the range of the most diverse constellations currently offered by Sandro Roy. Sandro Roy will continue to expand his audience in duo, trio, quartet, with orchestras and as a virtuoso soloist; one can be curious to see which ensembles he has in store for his audience at the festivals and in the clubs.

Sandro Roy, violin, guitar
Boris Netsvetaev, piano
Sven Jungbeck, guitar
Stefan Rey, double bass

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