Sébastien Troendlé: teacher, virtuoso, a peerless entertainer, pianist and messenger, a keeper of the flame. Here he relates the history of Afro-American music’s popular roots. His two music shows for audiences young and old create a brand-new stylistic bridge between music and history. Never has ragtime or boogie-woogie been told like this, nor have they ever been performed with so much conviction, brio, intelligence and swing. This is thrilling, instructive, and entertaining. Patrick FRÉMEAUX