CD: Oraison
Raphaël Imbert Quartet
release date: 7 May 2021
Oraison is a musical meditation on memory, history and time, articulated in a jazz language. Raphaël Imbert bases his reflections on his own experiences as an inhabitant of a village in Haute Provence, Oraison, which is the only village in France to have given its streets the names of soldiers who died in combat during the First World War or by some other act of resistance during the Second World War.
It is believed that the name "Oraison" is of Provençal origin and means "the place where the wind blows". Where the spirit blows! Oraison, a series of original compositions in the form of a secular oratorio without text, is an opportunity for Raphaël Imbert to propose a spiritual and narrative journey with a precise plan, a series of evocative portraits, a different way of remembering and a means of proposing life and reliving through a memory enriched by creation.
A deep and communicative emotion that is able to unfold its full effect in the "classic" quartet format of saxophone, piano, double bass and some of the most innovative improvisers on the French jazz scene.
It is believed that the name "Oraison" is of Provençal origin and means "the place where the wind blows". Where the spirit blows! Oraison, a series of original compositions in the form of a secular oratorio without text, is an opportunity for Raphaël Imbert to propose a spiritual and narrative journey with a precise plan, a series of evocative portraits, a different way of remembering and a means of proposing life and reliving through a memory enriched by creation.
A deep and communicative emotion that is able to unfold its full effect in the "classic" quartet format of saxophone, piano, double bass and some of the most innovative improvisers on the French jazz scene.