The Luxembourgish double bass player Hervé Jeanne (known among others for his longtime collaboration with Roger Cicero) presents his latest album “Stories Of Friendship”. The compositions for this project were partly written during a stay in the South of France organized by the bandleader. An affinity for the jazz tradition is characteristic of many French musicians, and also corresponds to Jeanne’s musical roots and preferences. With his quartet, however, he goes a step further and presents music that offers a wide variety of sounds: From relaxed, lyrical moments, soulful echoes to modern jazz and tense passages. Speaking the “language of jazz” is what Hervé Jeanne is all about in the first place, and finally, to let a musical exchange of ideas between friends emerge.