Resistance (Quai Son Records - 2026)
THE ACT
Some albums are born of necessity. Resistance — Jacques Schwarz-Bart’s new trio album — is one of them. Not an abstract manifesto, not a stylistic exercise : an act. The musical response of a man to the times he lives in, from the city where he lives, with musicians he has trusted for over twenty years. Jacques Schwarz-Bart lives in Boston. Faced with the resurgence of authoritarianism at the heart of Western democracies, he chooses one response : to transform anxiety into serenity.
“When Trump came back to power, I immediately understood what was happening. I could sink into depression, or — through my art — find a source of serenity with those who share my concern. Music is our superpower.”
A LINEAGE
His father, André Schwarz-Bart, was the youngest member of the French Resistance. With his mother Simone, he wrote La Mulâtresse Solitude, a novel dedicated to a great figure of resistance against slavery in Guadeloupe. Between resistance to fascism and the struggle against colonial oppression, a lineage emerges — one that Jacques Schwarz-Bart carries, and intends to pass on to his son.
“I feel like the bearer of this torch — which I am trying, in my turn, to hand to my son.”
FORMAL FREEDOM
For this project, Jacques Schwarz-Bart made a deliberate choice : a formation without harmonic instruments — tenor saxophone, double bass, drums. No piano, no guitar. An act of structural freedom that opens a radical space for improvisation.
“Harmonic instruments often confine improvisers to whatever chords have been predetermined. Their absence opens an extra space of madness.”
Technical details
Recorded on 3 February 2026 at Studio Quai Son (Perthes, Seine-et-Marne). Sound engineering | Mixing | Mastering: André Baille-Barrelle.
Musicians
Jacques Schwarz-Bart (Sax), Reggie Washington (Bass), Arnaud Dolmen (Drums)
Tracks
1- Resistance – 3:56 / 2- Violetta – 2:34 / 3- Ezra – 4:32 / 4- Monte Pli Ho – 4:11 / 5- Empathy – 4:06 / 6- Konk a Lambi – 6:45 / 7- Sarah – 5:12 / 8- Maya – 5:19 / 9- Song for Abraham S. – 7:12 / 10- Neg Mawon – 3:58
