Ensemble Pierre Robert - Caeleste Convivium - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On this CD you'll find the original New York recording session with a sextet of great musicians including Eugene Chadbrourne and John Zorn. The music was organized in small rhythmic fragments and melodies in between of which the improvisers could sail free. We were coming ever closer to the concept of accomplished musical structure. In fact, for years this was considered one of the best combos to emerge from the nascent New York scene. - Andrea Centazzo.

The music on this album is a fine example of jazzmen from different cultures and countries integrating and proving that the spirit of authentic New Orleans music still survives. The key figures, both black New Orleanians, have done much to keep their native music in it's original form on the map. Gregg Stafford and Michael White were in The Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band so spirituals and blues would come naturally to both of them as this album shows. They represent the later generation of New Orleans musicians who grew up influenced by the revered veterans who inhabited Preservation Hall.

Ensemble Pierre Robert - Motets Pour la Messe Du Roy [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/20/2004