Yolk Records

VINYL RELEASE ON THE 15TH OF MAY
Pre-order here.

Honestly who would do that nowadays?

Who would agree to record without rehearsing?
Which singer would agree to record without being able to do retakes or correct his voice?
Which saxophonist would take responsibility for each of his interventions, each of his solos?

This way of executing is as old as jazz but so transgressive these times.

This is where we find the essence of this music, often left abandoned in favor of a more produced, pop approach.
Here the musicians are on a knife edge, forced to listen extremely closely to the others.
No one knows what will happen, the confidence in the collective is total, the love of freedom and the risk of the moment is palpable.

Perfection is found in imperfection, in everything that is most human, most sincere, most sensitive.

After Les mots bleus, where Alban and Loïs covered pop songs and French classics, it’s jazz standards that are in the spotlig on Lazy afternoon.

Loïs le Van : voice
Alban Darche : tenor saxophone
Yonathan Avishai : piano
Bruno Ruder : piano
Leïla Soldevila : double bass
Nelson Veras : acoustic guitar
Paul Jarret : electric guitar
Alexis Thérain : acoustic guitar
Émilie Chevillard : harp
Sylvain Rifflet : tenor saxophone and shruti box

Recorded at studio Péninsula by Jonathan Marcoz in october and november 2022 (peninsula-studio.com)
Mixed by Jonathan Marcoz in october 2023.
Mastered by Pierre Vandewaeter at studio Lakanal (studiolakanal.com)
Photography by Bruno Belleudy (brunobelleudy.photoshelter.com)


1. The ballad of the sad young men
Music by Tommy Wolf, lyrics by Fran Landesman
Loïs le Van, Alban Darche, Sylvain Rifflet

2. How Insensitive
Music by Antônio Carlos Jobim, lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Loïs le Van, Alban Darche, Nelson Veras

3. In a sentimental mood
Music by Duke Ellington, lyrics by Irving Mills et Manny Kurtz
Loïs le Van, Alban Darche, Yonathan Avishai

4. I concentrate on you
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter
Loïs le Van, Alban Darche, Bruno Ruder

5. Lazy Afternoon
Music by Jerome Moross, lyrics by John La Touche
Loïs le Van, Alban Darche, Émilie Chevillard

6. I’ll be seeing you
Music by Sammy Fain, lyrics by Irving Kahal
Loïs le Van, Alban Darche, Sylvain Rifflet

7. Segment
Music by Charlie Parker
Loïs le Van, Alban Darche, Paul Jarret

8. My foolish Heart
Music by Victor Young, lyrics by Ned Washington
Loïs le Van, Alban Darche, Alexis Thérain


9. My Spanish love song
Music by Charlie Haden
Loïs le Van, Alban Darche, Leïla Soldevila

10. Misty
Music by Erroll Garner, lyrics by Johnny Burke
Loïs le Van, Alban Darche, Alexis Thérain