Piazzolla! Orchestre National De Jazz

Orchestre National de Jazz, Daniel Yvinec

The music of composer Astor Piazzolla is a national treasure in his home country of Argentina. With his ingenious use of traditional forms such as the tango in non-traditional ways, Piazzolla's music always nods to the past while remaining strikingly modern. He frequently crossed borders to mesh musical styles and blur the lines between genres. The mindset of Daniel Yvinec and his Orchestre National de Jazz is totally in tune with this philosophy. Yvinec worked closely on the conception of this album with the brilliant musician and arranger Gil Goldstein. Their arrangements focus on the melodies and rhythms found throughout the Argentinean master's works <0x2014> the essential components that give this music its very special flavor. Piazzolla! by the ONJ offers a new and audacious look at this composer that is full of surprise and wonder.