Album
Equal = Orchestra
Christine Jensen, Marianne Trudel, Tara Davidson
Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal
Christine Jensen presents the concept of an Equal=Orchestra, a musical collaboration between like-minded musicians from Montreal and Toronto, featuring their own musical and artistic voices. The ensemble presents four movements from the first two Orchestre national albums by jazz de Montréal : an intrumental version of Starbright by conductor Christine Jensen, Soon, Vent Solaire and La Vie Commence Ici by pianist Marianne Trudel, and Code Breaking by guest composer Tara Davidson.
Christine Jensen: conductor, composition
Tara Davidson, Caoilainn Power, Annie Dominique, Claire Devlin, Samuel Blais : saxophones
Jocelyn Couture, Lina Allemano, Rachel Therrien, Bill Mahar: trompettes
Dave Grott, William Carn, Taylor Donaldson, Jean-Sébastien Vachon: trombones
Marianne Trudel: piano, composition
Steve Raegele: guitar
Adrian Vedady: double bass
Rich Irwin: battery
Released on April 28, 2022
🏆 Prix OPUS 2021-22: Album of the year - Jazz - Nominated Conseil québécois de la musique
Press
“Trudel’s composition Soon, imbued with a melodic generosity that runs through much of her music.” Paul Wells, Positive Jam (Canada, 2022)
« Soon is audacious and reveals delicate improvisations that are at times quite surprising. La Vie Commence Ici reminds of the magnificent days of John Coltrane’s Africa Brass with an elegance very much like Gil Evans.” Christophe Rodriguez, Jazz Nights Outings, (Quebec, Canada, 2022)