Artists
Christian Altehülshorst trumpet, fluegelhornPierre Bernard flutes, bass flute
Michel Debrulle drums, percussions
Nicolas Dechêne guitar
Louis Frères bass
Michel Massot sousaphone, euphonium, trombone
Stephan Pougin drums, derbuka, congas, bongos, daf
About
“Dance Dance” is the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Rêve d’Eléphant Orchestra! Their fifth album is a break from the past, notably with the arrival of two young new musicians. It also signals the first coproduction between the Flemish label W.E.R.F and the Igloo label.
20 years after the release of their first release for De WERF, « Racines du Ciel » (Roots of Heaven), Rêve d’Elephant Orchestra is joining the Igloo catalogue for their fifth album and a new line-up. On bass, we find the youthful Louis Frères, first heard with the Metropolitan Quartet (alongside Antoine Pierre and Igor Gehenot). This musician with a deep sound brings a superb composition to the Dance Dance repertoire. The young German trumpet-player Christian Altehülshorst also joins the team of elephants. A virtuoso of incredible sensibility, he enables the group to explore new frontiers.
But the band has not forgotten its roots and habits that make Rêve d’éléphant Orchestra a group that identifiable from the very first notes!
To quote Didier Levallet introducing the band at the Jazz Campus En Cluni- sois; his words are still totally valid when talking about “Dance Dance”:
«This quite big orchestra of seven musicians produces music that is at the same time of great exuberance, of great generosity, of great free- dom, of great rigour in writing too, very pictorial, very joyful; it really is an orchestra that gives pleasure. It is music that surprises you in a good way. It’s very open to many things, a lot of influences that go from one thing to another completely naturally. I do not find it artificial at all. It’s not world music. It’s still jazz because it’s the way you play it that counts, regardless of the source.»
But the band has not forgotten its roots and habits that make Rêve d’éléphant Orchestra a group that identifiable from the very first notes!
To quote Didier Levallet introducing the band at the Jazz Campus En Cluni- sois; his words are still totally valid when talking about “Dance Dance”:
«This quite big orchestra of seven musicians produces music that is at the same time of great exuberance, of great generosity, of great free- dom, of great rigour in writing too, very pictorial, very joyful; it really is an orchestra that gives pleasure. It is music that surprises you in a good way. It’s very open to many things, a lot of influences that go from one thing to another completely naturally. I do not find it artificial at all. It’s not world music. It’s still jazz because it’s the way you play it that counts, regardless of the source.»
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