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Brussels Jazz Orchestra & Naima Joris: Saudade

By Angelo Leonardi
March 12, 2025
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Brussels Jazz Orchestra & Naima Joris: Saudade

Dopo il disco con

Camille Bertault

vocals
b.1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Camille Bertault dedicato a Serge Gainsbourg del 2023, la Brussels Jazz Orchestra torna a incidere con una cantante e presenta al pubblico del jazz

Naima Joris

" data-original-title="" title="">Naima Joris , singer-songwriter molto apprezzata nell'Europa settentrionale per le sue interpretazioni introspettive ed evanescenti.
Figlia di

" data-original-title="" title="">Chris Joris, uno dei protagonisti del jazz in Belgio, Naima ha debuttato tardivamente nel 2020, ottenendo un ampio e inatteso successo con i cinque brani dell' EP a suo nome, tanto liricamente intensi quanto strumentalmente disadorni.
Negli anni successivi sono venuti altri album (Tribute To Daniel Johnston, While The Moon, Bloom e il recente Enjoy The Silence) tutti caratterizzati dalla particolare cifra intimista, in percorsi poetici di cristallina bellezza. Quello della Joris �� un canto dalla cifra colloquiale e d'incantevole essenzialit��, che sembrerebbe poco affine alla collaborazione con l'estroversa big band di

Frank Vaganée

saxophone, alto
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Vagan��e. Il risultato �� invece eccellente, in un percorso che rilegge brani del repertorio di

Abbey Lincoln

vocals
1930 - 2010

" data-original-title="" title="">Abbey Lincoln, Amalia Rodrigues, Cesária Évora,

Leonard Bernstein

composer / conductor
1918 - 1990

" data-original-title="" title="">Leonard Bernstein e altri.

Il canto dall'intimo appeal e dalle calde ombreggiature si coniuga con raffinate orchestrazioni (in equilibrio tra il mainstream orchestrale storico e il

Gil Evans

composer / conductor
1912 - 1988

" data-original-title="" title="">Gil Evans anni cinquanta) in un contrasto davvero affascinante: ci riferiamo al lavoro di

Pierre Drevet

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Pierre Drevet,

Lode Mertens

trombone

" data-original-title="" title="">Lode Mertens e

Dieter Limbourg

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Dieter Limbourg. Ultima considerazione �� per "Gaivota," antico successo di Amalia Rodrigues e scelta insolita in dischi jazz, che Naima interpreta in modo toccante.

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Track Listing

Some Other Time; Three Hours; Quand C��est; Gaivota; Down Here Below; Le Sommeil

Personnel

Brussels Jazz Orchestra

band / ensemble / orchestra

Additional Instrumentation

Naima Joris: vocals; Brussels Jazz Orchestra: Serge Plume, Nico Schepers, Pierre Drevet, Jeroen Van Malderen: trumpet; Marc Godfroid, Lode Mertens, Frederik Heirman, Laurent Hendrick: trombones; Frank Vagan��e, Dieter Limbourg, Kurt Van Herck, Bart Defoort, Joppe Bestevaar: reeds; Hendrik Braeckman: guitar; Nathalie Loriers: piano; Bart De Nolf: double bass; Tony Vitacolonna: drums;

Album information

Title: Saudade | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: Self Produced

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