Sylvain Kassap Sextet - OCTOBRES (2022)

An extension to a cycle of recordings that started in 1985 with his Saxifrages Octet, clarinetist Sylvain Kassap leads his sextet through original compositions that integrate jazz, compositional and avant rock structures into a unique chamber jazz form, a sophisticated approach to writing as Kassap commemorates the 1917 October Revolution in Russia.

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Between resignation and social struggles, from melancholy to a shining hope, the music moves forward, like an unstoppable wave. Brilliant soloists in a resolutely collective work: great music! Xavier Prévost, excerpt from the liner notes

All compositions by Sylvain Kassap except “La Semaine Sanglante” by Jean-Baptiste Clément / Pierre Dupont, arrangement by Sylvain Kassap.

Sylvain Kassap: clarinets
Sophia Domancich: piano, Fender Rhodes
Christiane Bopp: trombone
Aymeric Avice: trumpet, flugelhorn
Hélène Labarrière: double bass
Fabien Duscombs: drums