Hugh Coltman

Line up

  • Didier Havet (Tuba)
  • Freddy Koella (Guitare)
  • Frédéric Couderc (Clarinet, Baryton)
  • Gael Rakotondrabe (Piano)
  • Hugh Coltman (Vocal)
  • Raphael Chassin (Drums)

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With dancing drums like a legendary New Orleans funeral band, brass full of soul, guitars that fuse every style of blues and folk, Hugh Coltman has built himself a sublime backdrop for these eleven songs over which his warm journeyman’s voice expresses his deep understanding of human emotions and sentiments, an indulgent listen for evening lovers, loners at dawn or the melancholic listener at midday… Who’s Happy?, his new album asks. Everyone and no-one, he seems to reply…

Hugh Coltman has always been true to himself without ever doing what you might expect. Born in Britain but residing in France, the former leader of blues-rock group The Hoax morphed into a folk-rock songwriter before exploring the finest in jazz heritage in his forties. It was a new chapter in the adventures of an artist who is keen to break boundaries, formats and conventions.

PRESS QUOTES

"The mix is right, the voice is convincing, the arrangements hit the soul of the songs - an impressive revitalization of the music of the gifted pianist and singer Nat King Cole."
Jazz Podium

"Songs that put us in an atmosphere like one encounters with a New Orleans great like Jon Cleary or on 80s albums by Tom Waits."
Sarah Seidel, NDR

"Coltman approaches these songs with everything he learned in pop and blues and presents himself as a mature singer, sensitive and emotional, whose interpretation hits right to the heart."
Der Sonntag