Credits:

Jean-François Verdier, Victor Hugo Franchescatti Orchestra, Awek Blues.

Description:

Blues band meets symphony orchestra! Awek Blues, a blues band with over 25 years of history, and Orchestre Franche-Comté Victor Hugo, led by Jean-François Verdier, conductor, international soloist, and principal clarinetist of the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris. Awek Blues has performed all over Europe and has been invited to many prestigious festivals, including the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the largest jazz festival in the world. On this album, the orchestra's symphonic sound blends beautifully with the crisp rhythms of a well-established blues band. The "Sinfonia Blues," written for this album by Thierry Maillard, one of the leading composers and pianists in French jazz, brings out the charm of both genres and shows the audience a new musical possibility that has never existed before, a coexistence of blues and classical music. It is a coexistence of blues and classical music, and conveys to the audience new musical possibilities never before seen. Tokyo M-Plus