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Megapolis Jazzarium


reference number : J2061
release date : 15/03/2014
 

about this album

Invited by the «Symphony Orchestra of Brittany» and strongly
supported by the Estran in Guidel (France), Guillaume Saint-
James embarked on writing an extension of the album Polis.
Megapolis, composed for symphony orchestra and jazz sextet,
is the composer’s vision of the city.

Megapolis offers a link between written and improvised music.
It is the encounter between two worlds that interact, where
stronger relationships are established. The composition, a
concerto with contrasting alternating tutti and solo passages,
reveals each instrumental section of the symphony orchestra
and invites the sextet to dialogue with the musicians.
The work is centred around eight urban scenes which entice the
listener to visit an imaginary city, replete with contrasts some
thrilling some pitiful.

Acclaimed by the music press as ‘Ellingtonian’ or ‘retinal’ music
Megapolis conjures visions that the artist transforms into
sequences where humour and rhapsody co-exist naturally; where
expansive audio spaces meet rythmic jewels in an amplitude
and flow that are the heritage of not only the great masters of
classical music but also the legacy of the jazz artists such as
Duke Ellington, Bernard Hermann, John Barry ou Maria Schneider.

tracklist

1. Balkanik Station
2. Taxi +
3. Rumba Baloo
4. Un Papillon Pour Maria
5. Iruten Ari Nuzu
6. Start Pilote
7. Ceux Qui Restent
8. Pursuit

Connexions


other works with Didier Ithursarry
Orphicube >> perception instantanée
Brass danse orchestra >> La danse du souffle
Orphicube >> Atomic Flonflons
Brass danse orchestra >> La danse du temps

other works with Christophe Lavergne
Le Gros Cube >> La martipontine
Le Cube >> Le Thé
Le Gros Cube >> LE PAX, Le Gros Cube VS Katerine
Le Gros Cube >> Polar mood
Le Cube >> Autorité Culinaire
Francis et ses peintres >> la paloma
Qüntêt >> vents dominants
LPT3 >> deja 7h!?...
Le Cube >> Frelon Rouge
Le Gros Cube >> Queen bishop
Orphicube >> perception instantanée
Alban Darche hyprcub >> Crooked House
Qüntêt featuring Desdamona >> Mots croisés/ Crosswords
LPT3 >> Vents Divers
Orphicube >> Atomic Flonflons
Jean-Christophe Cholet - Alban Darche - Mathias Ruëgg >> Le tombeau de Poulenc
Le Gros Cube #2 >>
Le Gros Cube #2 >> Histoire sans paroles
David Chevallier quartet >> Curiosity

other works with Jean-Louis Pommier
Le Gros Cube >> La martipontine
Le Gros Cube >> LE PAX, Le Gros Cube VS Katerine
Le Gros Cube >> Polar mood
Qüntêt >> on the road enfin...
A suivre... x'tet >> paris-calvance
Le souffle des terroirs >>
A suivre... x'tet >> variations alterees
Qüntêt >> vents dominants
LPT3 >> deja 7h!?...
D. Casimir & Yolk en cuisine >> Phonotaxis ou le génome de la vache
A suivre... x'tet >> suite... de danses
Le Gros Cube >> Queen bishop
Brass danse orchestra >> La danse du souffle
Qüntêt featuring Desdamona >> Mots croisés/ Crosswords
LPT3 >> Vents Divers
Clover >> Vert Emeraude
Yves Rousseau 7tet - >> Fragments
Santi Quintans' TIPTRICK >> Kiss the Joy
Le Gros Cube #2 >>
Clover >> Paradigme
Le Gros Cube #2 >> Histoire sans paroles
Brass danse orchestra >> La danse du temps


other works with Geoffroy Tamisier
Le Gros Cube >> La martipontine
Le Gros Cube >> LE PAX, Le Gros Cube VS Katerine
Le Gros Cube >> Polar mood
Le Cube >> Autorité Culinaire
Quartethno >> quartethno
OLH Acoustic >> une vie sans lune
Jazzophone cie + Tim Berne >> mosaiques
OLH Acoustic >> G. meets K.
Le souffle des terroirs >>
Geoffroy Tamisier trio >> au bonheur des anges
Quartethno >> tawada
Georgui Kornazov quintet >> staro vreme
Le Gros Cube >> Queen bishop
Brass danse orchestra >> La danse du souffle
PACIFIC >> PACIFIC
Nathalie Darche joue Geoffroy Tamisier >> 15 berceuses
Le Gros Cube #2 >>
Le Gros Cube #2 >> Histoire sans paroles
Dandy Dandie >> Hypnos & Morphée
Brass danse orchestra >> La danse du temps