L’Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal at the roots of R&B

Singer Marie-Christine Depestre joins the Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal (ONJM) to express the jazz genes of R&B and soul. Needless to say, funk and groove expressions were first associated with modern jazz, before they were taken up by R&B practitioners. And so? The natural link between these two musical universes deserves to be underlined in triple. Thus, the R&B classics “Think”, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” have been arranged ONJM-style by trombonist and chef Jean-Nicolas Trottier, with soloist Marie-Christine Depestre bringing it all together.

MUSICIANS:

Orchestre National de Jazz de Montréal (ONJM)

Guest singer: Marie- Christine Depestre

Conductor: Jean-Nicolas Trottier

Saxophones, flutes and clarinets: Jean-Pierre Zanella, Samuel Blais, Frank Lozano, Annie

Dominique, Alexandre Côté

Trumpets: Jocelyn Couture, Aron Doyle, David Carbonneau, Bill Mahar…

Trombones: Dave Grott, Taylor Donaldson, David Martin, Bob Ellis

Piano: Jérôme Beaulieu

Guitar: Andy Dacoulis

Double bass: Rémi-Jean LeBlanc

Drums: Kevin Warren

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