Album

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

“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)

Album

Equal = Orchestra

Christine Jensen, Marianne Trudel, Tara Davidson

Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal

🏆 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)

Album

Equal = Orchestra

Christine Jensen, Marianne Trudel, Tara Davidson

Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal

🏆 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)

🏆 Prix OPUS 2021-22: Album of the year - Jazz - Nominated Conseil québécois de la musique