During the summer of 2022, a certain trio underwent a change of lineup: after its first four volumes of ESSAIS, marked by the personalities of Sylvain Romano on double bass and Tony Rabeson on drums, Pierre de Bethmann replaced the latter, who was temporarily unavailable, with Nelson Veras, an exceptional guitarist who contributed to a radical shift in the orchestra's sound.

One idea, however, remained unchanged: to relentlessly explore a repertoire drawing from the depths of the most diverse musical traditions. And somewhere at the foot of the Cévennes mountains, in Philippe Gaillot's Recall studio, where the trio was a regular, a session at the end of July 2022 created the album ESSAIS / VOLUME 5, which was released in early 2023, followed by more than 25 concerts throughout the season.

From this same particularly fruitful session, recorded on the Clasp analog system as close as possible to concert conditions (the three musicians in the same room, without headphones), came the pieces on this VOLUME 6: eight new tracks by eight composers who have influenced the trio's journey and musical culture. Thus, alongside the recent albums CREDO and AGAPÉ, featuring original compositions, the ESSAIS series continues, illustrating with this title the ever-evolving nature of the great repertoire, as well as the uncertainty that seems intimately linked to the improviser's approach.