Christophe Dal Sasso, Dal Sasso Big Band – Le Carnajazz des animaux (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Christophe Dal Sasso, Dal Sasso Big Band – Le Carnajazz des animaux (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 48:47 minutes | 536 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Klarthe Records Jazz

At the head of a breathtaking jazz orchestra, Christophe Dal Sasso revisits “Le Carnaval des animaux” by Camille Saint-Saëns. With the exception of a few pieces (Le Cygne, Aquarium), this work is characterized by humor and lightness, perhaps even mockery and irony. Under the fertile pen of one of France’s greatest jazz orchestrators and arrangers, the text of the 14 movements remains faithful to the original. The work of arrangement and re-orchestration opens up areas of improvisation for outstanding soloists such as David El-Malek, Sophie Alour, Thomas Savy, Pierre de Bethmann and Julien Alour. This adaptation nonetheless lends a more moving, even introspective character to certain pieces. The rhythm of piano, double bass and drums plunges us into a whirlwind of swing, with all the animals dancing merrily away. How joyful! How beautiful is “Le Carnajazz des Animaux”!

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Christophe Dal Sasso – Ressac (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Christophe Dal Sasso – Ressac (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:05:52 minutes | 758 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Discograph

The composer, arranger and flutist Christophe Dal Sasso delivers an impressionist disc where he plays with artistic forms, colors, feelings, and gives them to share. After having written extensively for orchestras of varying dimensions, and after rich collaborations with the Belmondo brothers, the saxophonist David Liebman or the star of the Brazilian song Milton Nascimento, Christophe Dal Sasso ventures into a new direction today, seeking to establish correspondences between forms and artistic practices.

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