First album as a leader, 'Open the Door' is a generous and deeply intimate work. Through sixteen luminous tracks, Aurélie Tropez and her musicians deliver a treasured personal journal set to music. Each original composition retraces a defining moment, a memory, or a suspended instant, blending with immense finesse the elegance of Swing, the nostalgia of Brazilian Choros, the sweetness of Caribbean music, and the timeless breath of New Orleans. A critically acclaimed record that invites you to escape from the very first notes.
The fruit of absolute complicity and the union of two musical soulmates, Paixão ('Passion' in Portuguese) celebrates a shared love for melody and acoustic rhythm. In a duo with accordionist Alexis Lambert, clarinetist Aurélie Tropez delivers an instrumental dialogue of rare sensuality and infectious joy. Between original compositions vibrating with swing and soulful reinterpretations of traditional Brazilian choros, this album explores a nomadic, poetic jazz. A stripped-back, deeply moving work, where emotion arises from the simplicity of the gesture and shared breath.
A leading clarinetist and saxophonist, Aurélie Tropez is regularly invited to bring her unique breath and sensitivity to major musical projects. Her discography features over thirty appearances alongside large ensembles, major jazz figures, and exceptional traditional lineups.
Since 2020
Flore Benguigui & The Sensible Notes — i-330 (Universal Music / Decca Records, 2026)
Paris Gadjo Club — Café du Brésil III (Swinging Brasil) (Frémeaux & Associés, 2024 — Avec l'invité d'exception Yamandu Costa)
Taal (Aurélie Tropez & Alexis Lambert) — Paixão (Duo acoustique, 2023)
Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra — Duke Ladies Vol. 2 (Juste Une Trace, 2021)
Nicolas Grymonprez — Can't Wait (Grym's Jazz Trombone Project, 2021)
Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra — Duke Ladies Vol. 1 (Juste Une Trace, 2020)
2015 - 2019
Guillaume Nouaux — Guillaume Nouaux & the Clarinet Kings (2019)
Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra — Jazzy Poppin's (Juste Une Trace, 2018)
Aurélie Tropez — Open the Door (Premier album solo, 2016)
Patricia Bonner — A day in New Orleans (Teranga Production, 2016)
Julie Saury — For Maxim - A Jazz Love Story (Disques Black & Blue, 2016 — Hommage au clarinettiste Maxim Saury)
Louisiana Washboard Five (with Aurélie Tropez) — Professor Hot Stuff (Herman Records, Norway, 2016 - Série Netflix "Jupiter's Legacy")
Honeymoon — In Love with Duke (2016)
2010 - 2014
Honeymoon — Live at Club Sasseinheim (2014)
Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra — Sacred Concert (CD+DVD Live, Juste une Trace, 2014)
Julien Silvand All Stars — Diggin' on Armstrong (2013)
Les Red Hot Reedwarmers — Red Hot Starters (Stomp Off Records, 2013)
Robeurt Féneck & Le Mad in Swing Big Band — You & The night & The Music (Frémeaux & Associés, 2013)
Robeurt Féneck & Le Mad in Swing Big Band — Mad in Swing (Frémeaux & Associés, 2012)
Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra — Ellington French Touch (Sony Music / Columbia, 2012 — Album récompensé par un CHOC Jazz Magazine)
Swingberries — Laughing at Life (2012)
Pink Turtle — À la mode (2012)
Battle Royal — Live Jazz à Vienne (2011)
Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra — Jazz live (Juste une Trace, 2011)
Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra — Live aux Bernardins (Juste une Trace, 2011)
Before 2010
Stan Laferriere — To my Guitar Heroes (Black & Blue , 2009)
Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra — Duke Ellington is Alive (Juste une Trace, 2009 — Grand prix du Hot Club de France)
China Moses & Raphaël Lemonier — This One's for Dinah (MadeInChina Productions/ Blue Note France/ EMI, 2008)
Aurélie Tropez, Alexandre Cellier & Christian Gavillet — Double album Live au Festival de Musique Improvisée de Lausanne (2CD, 2008)
Les Red Hot Reedwarmers — Apex Blues (Stomp Off Records, 2008)
Pink Turtle — Pop in Swing (2007)
Les Red Hot Reedwarmers — Play The Music Of Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra - King Joe (Stomp Off Records, 2006)
Kirby Memory — Pastel Blue (2006)
Les Jazzticots — High Fever (JT2000, 2006)
Aurélie Tropez & Alexandre Cellier — Rencontre (2005)
Les Jazzticots — Static Strut (JT2000, 2000)
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