Think Big is an unprecedented quartet which has the air of a libertarian manifesto. A ground of experimentation furiously alive. The French double bass player Thibault Cellier and the French saxophonist Raphaël Quenehen got to know each other for 20 years within the collective of artists “Les Vibrants Défricheurs” and the band “Papanosh” (Laureate Jazz Migration 2013, Echoes of France selection Jazzahead 2015). Along with them, Mike Reed, drummer and composer, hyper-activist on the Chicago’s scene and member of the AACM, plus Ben Lamar Gay, his long-time partner, trumpetist and multi-instrumentalist coming from the same galaxy. Think Big toured twice in Europe, it’s the first introduction of the quartet in the USA. They also record a new album, to be released on BMC Records.

Think Big has been made possible through Jazz & New Music, a program of Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation, in partnership with the French Embassy in the United States with support from the French Ministry of Culture, Institut français, SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique) and the CNM (Centre National de la Musique).

Le collectif Les Vibrants Défricheurs est conventionné par le Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication / DRAC Normandie et par la Région Normandie, soutenu par les Villes de Rouen, Sotteville-lès-Rouen et Le Petit-Quevilly (76)