Meddy Gerville
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Meddy Gerville

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Meddy Gerville
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Sobat ek lamour Album 2003
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Jazz Oya Album 2000
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Reunion Island Album 1997
MEA/Run Management
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder 7ème Ciel Album 2011
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Fo kronm la vi Album 2008
MEA/Teddy Moutalica
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Jazz amwin Album 2006
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Ti pa ti pa n'alé Album 2006
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Pianist, songwriter, composer and singer Meddy Gerville is like a fresh summer breeze in a music world of rare exceptions.

He is an exotic gem that has yet to be savored sufficiently by music listeners especially world jazz lovers, yet he has been electrifying audiences the world over with his intricate and compelling synthesis of Jazz and Maloya, indigenous music of his native Reunion Island, since 1997. His music is characterized by the explosive rhythms of his native island played on various homegrown instruments including ‘rouler,’ ‘kayanm’ and ‘ravan’ drums, much of which help account for his astonishing originality. Meddy’s voice has been compared to Milton Nascimento and Al Jarreau, but these comparisons fail to capture the unique timbre and rhythmic intensity of his soulful and nuanced vocal approach. Likewise, Meddy Gerville’s extraordinary compositional, pianistic and improvisational prowess is peerless in its conception and execution…