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Django ala Creole Evan Christopher Release Date: 2008 Recording Date: not listed Fremeaux b& Associes 505 |
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TRACK LIST AND REALAUDIO® LINKS 1. Douce Ambience (5:21) 2. Farewell Blues (4:08) 3. Dinette (4:13) 4. I Know That You Know (5:25) 5. Manoir De Mes Reves (5:24) 6. Low Cotton (5:47) 7. Nuages (3:59) 8. Melodie Au Crepescule (4:55) 9. Insensiblement (5:37) 10. Tears/Djangology (5:15) |
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| PERSONNEL Evan Christopher - clarinets Dave Blenkhorn - guitar Dave Kelbie - guitar Sebastien Girardot - double bass |
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| NOTES: English Notes inside booklet In late-August, 2005, powerful Hurricane Katrina compromised an inadequate U.S. Federal levy system leaving 80% of the city of New Orleans under water. Among the over four-thousand displaced musicians was clarinetist Evan Christopher, a California native who first moved to the Crescent City in 1994. With little more than his clarinet and a suitcase full of clothes, Christopher chose Paris, France for his exile at the invitation of the City of Paris. During this artist residency, funded by an American program called French-American Cultural Exchange, he worked diligently to raise awareness about the musical culture of New Orleans through concerts and masterclasses. He also formed his own groups, the JazzTraditions PROJECT and Django à la Créole. For Django à la Créole, the idea was simple enough: Spice up the Hot Club texture pioneered by Django Reinhardt by emphasizing hallmarks of New Orleans Jazz including blues, rhythms of the monde Créole, and collective improvisation. The project debuted in August 2007 with performances in Great Britain and a small international jazz festival in Haugesund, Norway. As early as February 2007, Christopher began commuting back to the United States to work with touring New Orleans groups but in December, just prior to his move back to New Orleans, he made this recording. The quartet released the CD in New Orleans during the 25th anniversary of the famous French Quarter Festival. This re-working of tradition is the main goal and focus of Django à la Créole. These virtuoso musicians know that the style-specific language that anchors them in the respective traditions of their instruments must be rendered faithfully and personally before they can be reinterpreted. Anything less would be at best unimaginative repertory, or a museum piece; at worst music for nostalgia's sake which inevitably reduces art to a parody of itself. Lastly, it should be stated that the group's hope for this CD recording marks an attempt to return to an earlier model for jazz. Another important aspect of traditions, especially jazz, is that they do not evolve naturally in the vacuum of the musicians' creative world. The listening audience must help to celebrate the traditions as well. Instead of a performance inviting one to purchase a CD, Christopher and company hope that this recording will serve as an invitation to experience their music the way it was intended. Live. |
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