{"id":5931,"date":"2017-09-07T17:02:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T16:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onj.org\/?page_id=5931\/"},"modified":"2018-08-29T17:09:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T16:09:25","slug":"the-city-was-yellow-the-chicago-suite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onj.org\/en\/the-city-was-yellow-the-chicago-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CITY WAS YELLOW: THE CHICAGO SUITE"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE ONJ INVITES\u00a0MIKE REED<\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

CREATION JANUARY 2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

MIKE REED <\/strong>composition, arrangements, drums
\nOLIVIER BENOIT<\/strong> guitar
\nJEAN DOUSTEYSSIER<\/strong> clarinets
\nTIM HALDEMAN<\/strong> tenor saxophone\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>GREG WARD<\/strong> alto saxophone
\nCHRISTOPHE MONNIOT<\/strong> alto and sopranino saxophones
\n<\/span>FIDEL FOURNEYRON<\/strong> trombone
\n<\/span>FABRICE MARTINEZ<\/strong> trumpet, flugelhorn
\n<\/span>SOPHIE AGNEL <\/strong>piano
\n<\/span>PAUL BROUSSEAU<\/strong> Fender Rhodes
\n<\/span>JASON ROEBKE<\/strong> double bass
\n\u00c9RIC ECHAMPARD<\/strong> drums<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The ONJ invites one of the most emblematic musicians on the Chicago scene for a creation in homage to the American city.<\/p>\n

It was following a trip to Chicago, organized by the ONDA in November 2016, that Olivier Benoit imagined this new urban evocation whose transatlantic resonance with the Europa cycle comes as the culmination of the end of his mandate at the head of the ONJ (December 2018). For this brand new project conceived in partnership with the French-American network The Bridge<\/em><\/a>, the Artistic Director chose to entrust the orchestra and the writing of the programme to drummer, composer and conductor Mike Reed<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0<\/span>As a figure of the new generation of the AACM, and also as the creator of the Pitchfork Music Festival, co-programmer of the Chicago Jazz Festival, and director of both Constellation, one of the city’s most dynamic venues, and the Hungry Brain, this musician and poly-technician has progressively drawn attention as one of the most singular artistic voices of the contemporary jazz landscape, thanks to works that form a skilful blend of Chicagoan traditions and across the board experiments, historical consciousness and liberated research.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To be presented at the end of January 2018 at the Sons d\u2019Hiver Festival, the new creation The City Was Yellow: The Chicago Suite<\/i> revisits a series of pieces by leading composers and ensembles from the Windy City <\/i>over the previous 30 years:Ed Wilkerson, Ari Brown, Rob Mazurek, Geof Bradfield, Tortoise, Rich Corpolongo, Jason Adasiewicz<\/span>\u2026 A repertoire specially arranged by Mike Reed for the ONJ, joined by the musicians of his favourite post-bop quartet, People, Places &\u00a0Things, a name that appears as a return to the sources of all artistic equations and explorations.<\/span><\/p>\n

CONCERTS<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

JANUARY 27, 2018<\/span><\/strong>
\nCREATION<\/span><\/strong>
\nSONS D’HIVER\u00a0FESTIVAL
\nCACHAN \/ FRANCE
\n<\/strong><\/span>
\n APRIL 27, 2018<\/strong><\/span>
\nJAZZ OR JAZZFESTIVAL
\nORL\u00c9ANS \/ FRANCE<\/span>
\n + THE SYNC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n