Jazz Articles about Manuel Hermia

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Orchestra Nazionale Della Luna: Selene's View

by Ian Patterson
November 19, 2024

In the interests of full disclosure let us dispense with the notion that Orchestra Nazionale Della Luna is an Italian band. Or an orchestra. ONDL was founded by Finnish pianist Kari Ikonen and Belgian saxophonist/flautist Manuel Hermia in 2015, with additional Belgians in the shape of double bassist Sébastien Boisseau and drummer Teun Verbruggen making the quartet arguably the most important Finnish-Belgium exchange since Finland and Belgium first traded fuel for cars and tractors. As for the claim to lunar ...