Claude Tchamitchian Quintet - Mythologies

On April 16, 2026 at Le Triton, Les Lilas, French jazz double-bassist Claude Tchamitchian presents Mythologies with his quintet. Leading the group, he places the double bass at the heart of the sound—not as a showpiece, but as an engine that drives, renews and unites. His music is written through listening and attention to detail, with a focus on timbre, silences and the way motifs circulate among the musicians.

Mythologies is presented as a repertoire designed for live performance, where the compositions draw clear frameworks while leaving open spaces for collective improvisation. Themes take their time to emerge, transform, rub up against counter-melodies and rhythmic displacements, then settle.

The quintet works the material in layers, between supple pulses, a unison that catches the ear and voices that drift off in parallel. Five instruments, five paths that intersect, producing music at once precise and fluid, always guided by a shared sense of sound and ensemble playing. An ideal opportunity to step into Tchamitchian’s workshop and discover the breathing of this quintet.