At the crossroads of several musical genres, 'Constellations' is first and foremost an original combination of jazz and buleria (a fast flamenco rhythm), or a kind of meeting of contemporary music and groove. The luminous discourse of the Barcelona trumpeter Raynald Colom is articulated here with the incantations (vocal and pianistic) of the brilliant Andalusian Diego Amador, the complicity of a great jazz rhythm section - bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Greg Hutchinson - and the punctuation of Madrid percussionist Kike Terron, without forgetting the remarkable work of a young string quartet from Barcelona on the trumpeter's own orchestrations - except one, which is by pianist Richard Sears

Raynald Colom was knighted at a very young age by legends such as Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove and Jerry Gonzales (he was close to the latter during his Madrid period). A renowned jazz trumpeter on the European scene, he has been heard over the last 20 years alongside David Sanchez, Greg Osby, Jesse Davis, Eric McPherson, Omer Avital, Dafnis Prieto, Mulgrew Miller et many others. With Nicholas Payton, he participated in a tribute to the famous album "Sketches of Spain" conducted by Bob Belden.

An eclectic artist, he has also played with the elite of flamenco music - Chicuelo, Duquende, Antonio Serrano, Rosario la Tremendita, Vicente Amigo, and he notably participated in the Latin American adventure of Manu Chao's famous "Clandestino" tour.

Raynald Colom: trumpet

Diego Amador: piano, vocals

Joe Sanders: double bass

Greg Hutchinson: drums

Kike Terron: percussions

String quartet:

Oriol Catala: cello

Uixi Amargos: viola

Roc Alemany & Edu Torne: violin

String arrangements by Raynald Colom (1,2,3) and Richard Sears (5)