Piazzolla ! Orchestre National de Jazz - Live at Paris Jazz Festival.

Format:

Video

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Argentines.

Musical performances.

Musicians.

Local Subjects:

South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Argentines.

Musical performances.

Musicians.

Genre:

Performance

Physical Description:

1 online resource (54 minutes)

Other Title:

Piazzolla ! ONJ - Live at Paris Jazz Festival

Place of Publication:

Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 2012.

Language Note:

In French.

In English.

Original language in French.

Original language in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

One of the great musical innovators of the 20th century, Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) was instrumental in revolutionizing Argentine tango. Through his pionerring compositions and the extraordinary work he did with the vivid ensembles he led, Piazzolla – himself a master of the bandoneon – revitalized the tango genre with bracingly fresh ideas. By the last decade of his life, the adventurous Argentine bandleader had become a world music superstar, whose recordings and electrifying performances had disseminated his musical vision around the globe. Daniel Yvinec, the artistic director of Orchestre National De Jazz, was among those inspired by Piazzola’s work. Collaborating with the renowned American arranger Gil Goldstein, Yvinec supervised a recording in 2012 – Piazzolla! – featuring the virtuosic players of the ONJ. Performing at the Paris Jazz Festival that same year, the ONJ demonstrated how superb musicians playing inventive arrangements can transform the work of an iconic composer while simultaneously honoring him. Goldstein’s individualistic charts allow the band to find their own voice within classic compositions. Utilizing a range of brass, reed and keyboard instruments, the ONJ is able to clothe their Piazzolla-leaning repertoire in diverse and colorful musical attire. Standout instrumentalists include the pianist Eve Risser, guitarist Pierre Perchaud, and the saxophonists Antonio-Tri Hoang, Remi Dumoulin and Matthieu Metzger. (Metzger’s extended solo on his unusual SysTalk box is among the highlights of this exciting performance.) With the band’s injection of intense jazz improvisation and reworked rhythmic ploys, this is hardly a reverent take on tango. Yet Piazzolla might well have appreciated the intensity and passion that the ONJ regularly employ. And as an innovator himself, he certainly would have approved of the band’s sense of daring and risk. Steve Futterman

Notes:

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