NO RUSH ! Andy Emler MegaOctet

• 1 Ouv' la case 02:33
• 2 No rush 05:37
• 3 Think or sink 09:07
• 4 Fondamental 6 12:31
• 5 Three thoughts for two 11:07
• 6 Minicrobe 2 02:14
• 7 Just a beginning 08:40
• 8 Good timing 04:25
• Total Runtime 56:14

Info for NO RUSH !

No Rush!' is the ninth studio recording of the Andy Emler MegaOctet, a small, big band of musicians in the form of an exceptional laboratory of human alchemy and sound.

"No Rush! Let's take our time, listen, and compose." For Andy Emler, this moment of intense loneliness (Covid lockdown) was the occasion to listen to 20th Century Music (Arnold Schönberg, Witold Lutoslawsky, György Ligeti, Maurice Ohana, Philippe Manoury, Tristan Murail, Bernard Cavanna, etc.), followed by an intense phase of inspired composing. The result is a suite composed especially for nine virtuoso musicians, including the return of return of guitarist Nguyên Lê who participated in the first version of MegaOctet in 1989.

Once again, Andy Emler is here as pianist, composer, arranger, director, and conductor; the catalyst of inspiration, and the energy and enthusiasm of the participating musicians. No Rush! takes its time. It is architectural, adventures, full of passion, humour, songfulness. A benchmark for contemporary orchestral jazz writing by any measure!

Andy Emler, piano, direction
Laurent Blondiau, trumpet
Philippe Sellam, alto saxophone
Guillaume Orti, alto saxophone
Laurent Dehors, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
François Thuillier, tuba, saxophone horn
François Verly, percussion, marimba, tabla
Eric Echampard, drums
Claude Tchamitchian, double bass
Nguyên Lê, guitar

Andy Emler
A French composer, pianist, organist, improviser, conductor born March 12, 1958 in Paris.

A pianist by training, with a very early taste for improvisation, Andy Emler appears with rock and pop groups. After traditional studies at the Paris Conservatory, he pursued his first aspirations and launched into all kinds of experiences with musicians such as Antoine Hervé, Michel Portal, François Jeanneau, Woody Shaw, Trilok Gurtu…

In 1989 he founded the Andy Emler MegaOctet, an ensemble showcasing improvising musicians coming from a classical background as well as jazz and rock. He has played with many ensembles, and in 2000, with Thierry Virolle, he created the company Aime l’air.

While accepting the constraints of written composition (pieces based on the fundamental note E in E total, an obsessive rhythmic swaying in triple time in Obsession 3…), he likes to create free play within a defined framework (Ciel de sable, concerto for improvising pianist and orchestra, 2015). Often virtuoso, his output bears the influences of all 20th century styles of music (Du slam à l’Atlas for 5 soloists of the MegaOctet and 5 Moroccan musician-singers, 2011). A catalyst for encounters, he responds to the compositional demands of all formats of orchestras or the mixing of professional and amateur musicians (Le fun des oufs for 4 soloists and 4 wind bands, first performed at the Musica festival in 2015; Triple concerto, a été malmené for jazz trio and symphony orchestra, 2015).

Also a teacher, Andy Emler trains teachers at the Conservatory in improvisation, encouraging the creation of passageways between classic music and jazz.

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