Good news! After 'Lyon', France's MJA's impressive first eponymous album released in 2003, they return with an elegant second album! Bruno Hovart, the main brain behind the groove of MJA, notorious cyber funkateer (known for the deep house, hip hop, and soul productions of Patchworks, Mr President, The Dynamics...), and the astonishing Mr Day (AKA Eric Duperray), channelling his angelic voice and soulful phrases tuned to his Grant Green guitar style, remain together more than ever in complicity.

Bird of Spring, this new album shows that MJA is more than a strong duet, it is a mythical quartet. From the tune "Bird of Spring" all the way to the thirteenth track of this 2006 session, one finds within this magical framework the astounding Ronget and Devigne, two sharpshooters of the new jazz generation who breathe much inspiration.

Light and subtle, MJA gives birth to a springtime jazz. Crystallized with the insets of Hard Bop, stirred with US soul, flirting with hip-hop, this project brings jazz back to the hip-shaking dancefloor (Escapism). Like in the 60's, when Cannonball "Buckshot LeFonque" Adderley liked to see jazz get down, get up and sweat. The "Affair" has always had this frightening effectiveness.

This digital groove, which at the same time remains natural, innate, is a mystery, a miracle! It is part of the calling card of this Lyon formation. A fusional relationship between machines and vintage instruments, doubled with a respectful and meticulous appreciation of music history is at the base of this identity.