Hadrien Feraud Releases Sophomore Effort as Solo Artist
French jazz bass virtuoso Hadrien Feraud (Chick Corea, John McLaughlin) has released his second album, Born in the 80s.
The album mixes jazz fusion, R&B, hip-hop, and soul and the 1984-born Feraud acknowledges the record’s not all about the bass — “It’s more about music,” says Feraud, who was inspired to commit himself to bass after hearing a Jaco Pastorius record. “For bass you can go see me on YouTube!”
Born in the 80s is available as a digital download (iTunes and Amazon MP3).
Here’s a taste of the record:
Born in the 80s Track List:
- Birth
- Born in the 80’s (feat. Ronald Bruner Jr., Jim Grancamp, Michael Lecoq, Eddy Brown, Leddie Garcia, Damien Schmitt, Leon Silva, Sean Eric, Kevin Williams, Mike Eyia, Shaz Sheferd & Amy Keys)
- Underneath the Golden Moon (feat. Damien Schmitt, Antonio Farao & Roland Garcia)
- Gotta Go (feat. Gerald Clayton, Manu Codjia & Justin Brown)
- (What’s Crackin’ In) India Town (feat. Marcus Miller, Eric Moore, Michael Lecoq & Joel Withley)
- Satisfying (feat. Otmaro Ruiz, Tyra Juliette, Jasmine Mitchell, Chris Clarke & Ronald Bruner Jr.)
- Open up (feat. Gergo Borlai, Manu Codjia & Davy Nathan)
- Music, Thank You (feat. Michael Lecoq, Stephane Edward, Stephane Guillaume, Geraldine Delacoux, Johan Renard, Alexandra Cravero, Christophe Cravero, Clement Petit & Chaun “Dupree” Horton)
- Ingrid P (feat. Yoann Schmitd, Charles Altura, Artyom Manoukian, Chris Bautista & Jessica Vautor)
- Circles (feat. Maiya Sykes & Ruslan Sirota)
- Punk Jazz (feat. Chris Coleman, Katiss Buckingham, Jessica Vautor, Brandon Coleman & Roland Garcia)
This record was a real disappointment. The lyrical content was poorly thought out and musically it felt like I was walking through the NAMM show. It’s possible to be a virtuoso and have taste, Hadrien simply does not. Incredible player, absolutely but this album is certainly NOT about music.