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This record is the result of a particularly inspired approach. An eclectic composer and a pianist of a rare elegance, Jean-Marie Machado<\/strong> has accustomed us, since the eighties, to opening the doors of modern jazz to other musical worlds. With his variable geometry ensemble Danzas he took a new step in 2006 by creating several works taking their inspiration from sources as diverse as song, traditional music, dance and classical music. In Cantos brujos all these aesthetics are mingled in a fascinating abyss.<\/p>\n Starting point of the adventure, El Amor Brujo by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, known to French music lovers as L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122amour sorcier. This work dating back to 1915 was rst a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153gitaneria\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, a narrated and sung ballet-pantomime for chamber orchestra, then it knew a version for symphonic orchestra and was transformed into a ballet. A hundred years later Jean-Marie Machado takes it up and decides to adapt it under the name of Cantos Brujos<\/strong>, while preserving the script of the libretto written by the playwright Gregorio Mart\u00c3\u00adnez Sierra. The result is a series of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153witch songs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, each one being a chapter of this fantastic tale: Candela, a gypsy woman with a touch of witchcraft, is haunted by the ghost of her former lover; to be able to love Carmelo freely she gets rid of the ghost by asking a friend to seduce him…<\/p>\n This argument, which Theophile Gautier would not have disowned, is the pretext for a lush suite of twenty pictures. Jean-Marie Machado wanted to preserve the story and the philosophy of the written text as well as the melodies, but he has done a great deal of rearranging and rewriting. For example the obvious amenco aspects have been softened and the Arab-andalusian and African sides have been enhanced. While the original partition lasted 25 minutes it is reincarnated here into a one-hour long ceremony adorned with creative variations, preludes, interludes and postludes. Just like a colorist re ning his creations up to perfection, Jean-Marie Machado worked along three common lines. First he integrates Manuel De Falla in his own composition; at this point it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fascinating to notice that both men are coming from the same Iberian melting pot and that they share, though a century apart, a strong thirst for popular and traditional music. Then in his reconstruction of this work he brings out a whole mysterious angle, arousing disturbing atmospheres, as En la Cueva – la noche and Chispas brujas, together with rituals providing ecstatic moments: the reptilian drive of Canci\u00c3\u00b3n del amor dolido, the little tango of Pantomima, Andante tranquillo. The recording, made at La Buissonne studios<\/strong> from September 7th to September 9th 2022 by G\u00c3\u00a9rard de Haro, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the twelfth man of the orchestra\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as Jean-Marie Machado says, reveals all the subtleties of a music where the blue note of jazz mingles with the glowing hues of impressionist themes that sometimes evoke French music – Debussy, Ravel or Poulenc who was himself in uenced by De Falla… – even sometimes the Second Viennese School.<\/p>\n We can also nd there the re ections of the third stream, that music genre born in the fties and in which composers such as Gunther Schuller and John Lewis wanted to build bridges between jazz and classical European music. And one thinks of course of Gil Evans and his science in arranging, used in particular for Miles Davis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 album Sketches of Spain, in which Manuel de Falla was already present. Multiple references which are as many good fairies bent over the cradle of Cantos Brujos, a daring work by Jean-Marie Machado which will remain as a beacon in the history of today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s music.<\/p>\n (PASCAL BUSSY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Translated by GENEVI\u00c3\u02c6VE FERRER)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n JEAN-MARIE MACHADO\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0 PIANO, COMPOSITIONS, ARRANGEMENTS <\/p>\n Recording, mixing, mastering \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Studios la Buissonne \/ Pernes les Fontaines, France <\/p>\n <\/p>\n https:\/\/www.jeanmariemachado.com<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This record is the result of a particularly inspired approach. An eclectic composer and a pianist of a rare elegance, Jean-Marie Machado has accustomed us, since the eighties, to opening the doors of modern jazz to other musical worlds. With his variable geometry ensemble Danzas he took a new step in 2006 by creating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unkategorisiert"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nFinally he composes with the pal- ette and sounds of the eleven high ying musicians who accompany him, whether they are old timers such as the blower Jean-Charles Richard or newcomers like the percussion player Ze Luis Nascimento. This enables him to forge numerous pieces of bravery : the accordion lament of El c\u00c3\u00adrculo m\u00c3\u00a1gico, the tribal chirpings of Danza ritual del fuego led by the caj\u00c3\u00b3n, the cello solo of Chispas brujas, the swing of Danza y canci\u00c3\u00b3n del juego de amor and there are so many more to discover.<\/p>\n
\nKARINE S\u00c3\u2030RAFIN\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0 VOICE
\nCECILE GRENIER\u00c2\u00a0 -\u00c2\u00a0 VIOLA
\nCECILE GRASSI\u00c2\u00a0 -\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0VIOLA
\nGUILLAUME MARTIGNE\u00c2\u00a0 -\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0CELLO
\nELODIE PASQUIER\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0 CLARINET, BASS CLARINET
\nJEAN-CHARLES RICHARD\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0 SOPRANO AND BARITONE SAXOPHONES
\nFRAN\u00c3\u2021OIS THUILLIER\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0 TUBA
\nST\u00c3\u2030PHANE GUILLAUME\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0 FLUTES
\nDIDIER ITHURSARRY\u00c2\u00a0 -\u00c2\u00a0 ACCORDION
\nZE LUIS NASCIMENTO\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0 PERCUSSIONS<\/p>\n
\nRecorded 7, 8, 9 and mixed 21, 22, 23 September 2022 by G\u00c3\u00a9rard de Haro assisted by Matteo Fontaine
\nMastered by Nicolas Baillard at La Buissonne mastering Studio
\nCover photo and Booklet by Delphine Chomel
\nGraphics by Roman Gigou
\nProduced by Cantabile and G\u00c3\u00a9rard de Haro & RJAL for La Buissonne
\nCompositions by Jean-Marie Machado 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19
\nCompositions by Manuel de Falla 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20
\nC\u00c3\u00a9cile Grenier Soloist alto on tracks 11, 12
\nC\u00c3\u00a9cile Grassi soloist alto on track 19, 20
\nTexts by Gregorio Mart\u00c3\u00adnez Sierra 2, 14, 18, 20
\nAll tracks rearranged and rehabilitated by Jean-Marie Machado
\nArtistic direction by Jean-Marie Machado and G\u00c3\u00a9rard de Haro<\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gjcw4LQImBc<\/a> – Teaser<\/p>\n