Author: Lorraine Desmarais Trio

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 11-09-2007

Details: For those who like to enjoy the holiday season with an unusual, fresh musical approach, Analekta offers Jazz for Christmas by the Lorraine Desmarais Trio. The album promises to delight jazz aficionados and convert more conservative music lovers! Lorraine Desmarais conquers audiences and critics alike wherever she performs. Recognized around the world as an outstanding jazz pianist and composer, Lorraine Desmarais makes her awaited Analekta recording debut with festive music. The Montreal pianist and her accomplishments (Camil Bélisle, drums) and Frédéric Alarie (bass) – with the special participation of the incomparable Jean-Pierre Zanella (saxophone) - brilliantly reinvent classics including Jingle Bells and Schubert's Ave Maria in an irresistible fashion. Jazzophiles as well as people who want to think outside the box when it comes to holiday music, will find in this Jazz for Christmas the perfect antidote to the blues triggered by the end of the year celebrations. With saxophonist Jean-Pierre Zanella as guest soloist, Lorraine Desmarais revisits and even reinvents essentials such as Jingle Bells or Schubert's Ave Maria by surprising us with her remarkable arrangements. Lorraine Desmarais, who has established herself as an important voice of modern jazz in Quebec as well as abroad, is accompanied by her accomplices Camil Bélisle (drummer) and Frédéric Alarie (double bass player) on this first recording. on the Analekta label.

UPC: 774204986223

EAN: 0774204986223

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood