“The Birth of a Project: Joe Farnsworth Brings New York Swing to France with French Musicians”

How was the project born?

“Joe Farnsworth is truly the New York swing drummer. He has accompanied the greatest pianists, whether McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton. In 2019, he decided to tour France with his pianist Harold Mabern. As Harold died, he insisted on touring with French musicians. At the time I was playing with a friend of his, Jim Rotondi, who was the…