In the late summer of 2019, the Pierre de Bethmann Trio—featuring pianist , bassist Sylvain Romano , and drummer Tony Rabeson —gathered at Studio Recall in the South of France. Their mission was to record Essais, Volume 4 , the final chapter in their initial series of "essays" dedicated to the relentless exploration of musical standards .
Despite the uncertainty of the global pandemic that year, the album's release was met with widespread critical acclaim, earning several of France's highest jazz honors: Must TSF Jazz fff Télérama Elu Citizen Jazz 2020 Pierre de Bethmann Trio - Essais, Volume 4...
The recording captured a trio at the peak of their collaborative intuition, with tracks like Wayne Shorter’s "" and Charlie Parker’s " Anthropology " serving as canvases for their fluid, harmonic interplay. The session was particularly fruitful, contributing to a massive box set released in November 2020 that grouped all four volumes of the Essais project together. In the late summer of 2019, the Pierre