As a bassist, Jean-Daniel Botta has accompanied many
jazz musicians of the Parisian scene, and also American musicians as Eddie
Henderson and Robert Glasper. He also played in the play "Love
Supreme", in homage to John
Coltrane. He also founded the rock
band named "La Furia" with whom he assured big concerts with FFF and Silmarils.
And then suddenly, Jean-Daniel decided
to write and record french songs, writing lyrics that blend humor with malice and melancholy, creating mysterious or funny characters, french songs in which the overlap jingles merrily on clever hacks. He was selected by Semaphore Song Festival and won the SACEM
prize of 2006 songwriter. As a composer, he began working on the texts of Leonore
Boulanger who published two albums : "
Contretemps" in 2006 and "
Les Pointes et les Détours" en 2010. Onstage, he also accompanies the singer Mouzanar at the Boule Noire in Paris. In 2008, he participated in the creation of the label "Le Saule", then plays at Le Zèbre de Belleville and released his
first album "
Papillons de Paris."
On this first album, there are obviously other members of the label "Le Saule" - Philippe
Crab on guitar, Antoine Loyer and Leonore Boulanger's vocals - but also his loyal companions Laurent
Series and Alexandre Saada, a jazz musician who recorded a criticial acclaimed first album, "Panic Circus", on which Jean-Daniel Botta plays and sings. The arrival in this team of Kais
Saadi's oud finally added a new color in the Eastern world music of Jean-Daniel Botta, always open to pop,
jazz, folk and traditional songs.
"Ammi-Majus: Grand Goûter" (2012) released the 11.05
Caput Wulton, crédence et potée / Chinoises / Trois Amoureux / Du Crab / Le Faucheur / Haro Hase / Manie d'un Revenant / Chute / Brokat Hölzer / La Fille aux Flocons / L'Inquiète / Reconstitution / Les Yeux Clos
"Papillons de Paris" (2009)
Amis d'hier / Dans l'allure / Mystérieux mistigri / Le mauvais temps / La chanson de tes pas / Papillons de Paris / Western / Petit tour de piste / Les torts d'Arthur / Le cercle de la couleuvre / Tic-tac
