Jazz Articles about Christophe Monniot

Christophe Monniot & Le Grand Orchestre du Tricot: Jericho Sinfonia

by Glenn Astarita
June 5, 2018

Prize-winning French composer / saxophonist Christophe Monniot and Le Grande Orchestra du Tricot impart the element of surprise on this rapidly moving endeavor that includes spoken word dialogues at various intervals throughout the program. However, all the text is presented in French on the CD package, and the same is true for the spoken word narratives. Yet Stephane Berland of Ayler Records summarized the storyline that references the Old Testament, a Pasolini interview, and a scientific take on vibration (wave ...