Orchester National de Jazz
The Orchester National de Jazz is a French big band in which well-known French jazz musicians (including musicians living in France) work together.
history
In 1986 the Orchester National de Jazz was founded on the initiative of the musicologist Maurice Fleuret under Jack Lang as Minister of Culture. The orchestra is financed by the French Republic. The respective artistic director puts together an ensemble and is responsible for the music programs that are played. The arrangement does not rely on a tutti of the wind instruments; rather, the individual voices are performed polyphonically in order to have a contemporary basis for the soloists' improvisations .
The artistic directors were first the saxophonist and flautist François Jeanneau for a year , then the saxophonist Antoine Hervé (1987–1989). This was followed for three years by Claude Barthélemy (1989–1991), Denis Badault (1991–1994), Laurent Cugny (1994–1997) and Didier Levallet (1997–1999). From 2000 to 2002, Paolo Damiani and François Jeanneau were joint leaders. From 2002 to 2005 Barthélemy was again in charge, followed by the vibraphonist Franck Tortiller (until 2008). Bassist Daniel Yvinec led the ensemble until the end of 2013, only to be replaced by Olivier Benoît from January 2014 to 2018 ; In 2016 the orchestra presented a cross-section of its varied history at the Jazz à la Villette festival ; all ten previous directors of the ONJ each conducted their own composition. Frédéric Maurin will lead the orchestra from 2019 to 2022.
Discographic notes
- 86 ( Label Bleu , 1986) with François Jeanneau, Christian Martinez, Eric Mula, Michel Delakian, Denis Leloup , Jean-Louis Damant, Yves Robert , Didier Havet , Éric Barret , Jean-Louis Chautemps , Richard Foy, Pierre-Olivier Govin, Bruno Rousselet, Marc Ducret , John Scofield , Andy Emler , Denis Badault , François Verly, Michel Benita , Aaron Scott
- Orchester National de Jazz 87 (Label Bleu, 1987)
- African Dream (Label Bleu, 1988/89) with Antoine Hervé , Philippe Slominski, Antoine Illouz, Michel Delakian, Christian Martinez, Denis Leloup, Glenn Ferris , Bernard Camoin, Jacques Bolognesi , Patrice Petitdidier, Didier Havet, Gilbert Dall'Anese , Francis Bourrec, Laurent Dehors , Alain Hatot, Pierre-Olivier Govin, Jean-Pierre Solves, Nguyên Lê , Philippe Guez, François Moutin , Étienne M'Bappé , Mokhtar Samba , Pierre-Michel Balthazar
- Claire (Label Bleu, 1989) with Jean-François Canape , Patrick Fabert, Yves Favre, Luca Bonvini, Michel Godard , Michael Riessler , Bobby Rangell , Claude Barthélemy, Gérard Pansanel , Serge Lazarevitch , Mico Nissim , Jean-Louis Matinier , Renaud Garcia -Fons , Jean-Luc Ponthieux, Christian Lété , Manuel Denizet
- Jack-Line (Label Bleu, 1991) with the same line-up as 1989 as well as Claire Fargier-Lagrange, Gérard Siracusa , Xavier Garcia
- A plus tard (Label Bleu, 1992) with Élise Caron , Claude Egéa, Claus Stötter , Geoffroy de Masure , Jean-Louis Pommier , Didier Havet, Philippe Sellam , Rémi Biet, Simon Spang-Hanssen , Denis Badault , Nedim Nalbantoğlu, Lionel Benhamou , Laurent Hoevenaers, Heiri Känzig , François Laizeau , Xavier Desandre Navarre
- Monk - Mingus - Ellington (Label Bleu, 1993)
- Bouquet final (Label Bleu, 1994)
- Yesternow ( Verve , 1994)
- In Tempo (Verve, 1996, with Claude Egea, Claus Stötter, Flavio Boltro , Phil Abraham, Bernard Francois, Philippe Legris, Christian Laisné, Denis Barbier, Stefano Di Battista , Stéphane Guillaume , Pierre-Olivier Govin, Lucky Peterson , Laurent Cugny , Benoît de Mesmay , Lionel Benhamou , Frédéric Monino , Stéphane Huchard , Brent Nance)
- Reminiscing (Verve, 1996)
- Merci, merci, merci (Verve, 1997, with Flavio Boltro, Pierre Drevet, Serge Plume , Jacques Peillon, Phil Abraham, Philippe Legris, Denis Barbier, Stefano di Battista, Pierre-Olivier Govin, Stéphane Guillaume, Laurent Cugny, Benoît de Mesmay , Frédéric Favarel, Frédéric Monino, Stéphane Huchard)
- ONJ Express (Evidence, 1998)
- Séquences (Evidence, 1999)
- Deep Feelings (Evidence / Frémeaux & Associés 2000), with Jeanne Lee , Didier Levallet, Harry Beckett , Michel Feugère, Nicolas Folmer , Phil Abraham, Yves Robert, Lionel Surin, Chris Biscoe , Frédéric Couderc, Jean-Rémy Guédon , Richard Foy, Sophia Domancich , Serge Lazarevitch, François Laizeau, Ramón López
- Charméditerranéen ( ECM , 2001, with Paolo Damiani, Anouar Brahem , Gianluigi Trovesi , François Jeanneau, Thomas de Pourquery , Jean-Marc Larché , Médéric Collignon , Alain Vankenhove, Gianluca Petrella , Didier Havet, Régis Huby , Olivier Benoit , Paul Rogers , Christophe Marguet )
- Admirabelamour (Label Bleu, 2003, with Médéric Collignon, Geoffroy Tamisier, Jean-Louis Pommier, Sebastien Llado, Pascal Benech, Vincent Mascart, Philippe Lemoine, Vincent Limouzin, Didier Ithursarry , Claude Barthelémy, Alexis Therain, Nicolas Mahieux, Olivier Lété, Jean -Luc Landsweerdt)
- La fête de l'eau ( Le Chant du Monde , 2004, with the same cast plus Charlène Martin)
- L'ONJ traverse le Canada (Frémeaux & Associés, 2004 - DVD)
- Close to Heaven - A Tribute to Led Zeppelin (Le Chant du Monde, 2005, with Jean Gobinet, Jean-Louis Pommier, Michel Marre , Éric Séva , Franck Tortiller, Vincent Limouzin, Xavier Garcia , Yves Torchinsky , Patrice Héral , David Pouradier Duteil )
- Électrique (Le Chant du Monde, 2007, with Joel Chausse, Jean Gobinet, Jean-Louis Pommier, Michel Marre, Éric Séva, Franck Tortiller, Vincent Limouzin, Yves Torchinsky, Patrice Héral, Claude Gomez)
- Around Robert Wyatt (Bee Jazz, 2009, with Robert Wyatt , Arno , Camille , Daniel Darc, Irène Jacob , Rokia Traoré , Yael Naim , Eve Risser , Vincent Lafont, Antonin-Tri Hoang , Rémi Dumoulin, Matthieu Metzger, Joce Mienniel, Guillaume Poncelet, Pierre Perchaud , Sylvain Daniel , Daniel Yvinec, Yoann Serra )
- Shut Up and Dance (2011) with compositions and arrangements by John Hollenbeck
- Piazzolla (Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi, 2012, with Sylvain Bardiau, Joce Miennel, Rémi Dumoulin, Matthieu Metzger, Antonin-Tri Hoang, Eve Risser, Vincent Lafont, Pierre Perchaud, Sylvain Daniel, Yoann Serra, Daniel Yvinec and arrangements by Gil Goldstein )
- The Party (Jazz Village, 2013 with Michael Leonhart, Sylvain Bardiau, Antonin-Tri Hoang, Matthieu Metzger, Joce Mienniel, Rémi Dumoulin, Eve Risser, Vincent Lafont, Pierre Perchaud, Sylvain Daniel, Yoann Serra, Daniel Yvinec)
- Europa Paris (ONJazz, 2014), with Olivier Benoît, Jean Dousteyssier, Hugues Mayot, Alexandra Grimal , Fabrice Martinez, Fidel Fourneyron, Théo Ceccaldi , Sophie Agnel , Paul Brousseau, Bruno Chevillon , Éric Echampard
- Europa Berlin (ONJazz, 2015), with Olivier Benoît, Jean Dousteyssier, Hugues Mayot, Alexandra Grimal, Fabrice Martinez, Fidel Fourneyron, Théo Ceccaldi, Sophie Agnel, Paul Brousseau, Bruno Chevillon, Éric Echampard
- Europa Rome (ONJazz, 2016), direction Olivier Benoît
- Europe Oslo (ONJazz, 2017), direction Olivier Benoît
- Rituel (ONJazz, 2020), conductor Frederic Maurin
Web links
- ONJ website
- Orchester National de Jazz at Discogs (English)
supporting documents
- ↑ new leader of Orchester National de Jazz: Olivier Benoît ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 25, 2016.
- ↑ SWR2 Jazz Session: ONJ 30 ans! January 24, 2017
