Mogno j030
Release date : 21/3/2009
Price : 12€

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"Al Orkesta" is :

Joe Higham : sax, clarinets
Jean Paul Estiévenart : trumpet
Jacques Pirotton : guitar
Olivier Stalon : bass
Stephan Pougin : drums

Recorded by Max Blesin @ Movida Nuevo 2008 and Mixed by David Minjauw in the same year / cover design by Signé Lazer / marketed by Mogno Music - www.mognomusic.com / ©2008 SABAM all rights reserved Réalisé avec l’aide du Ministère de la Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles - Service des Musiques non classiques

Eric Moens, Jacques, Steph, Jean-Paul, Olivier, David & Max, Peter Maguire, Bart.D, Seb.DK, Bai.K & Odex.P, Valve, Geoff Leigh, Mr Green & Mr Rainbow, Hamed El Basri, J.Cowe, Jahangir Selimkhanov, my family (past and present) and children. Inspiration - without knowing it - from Tom & Phil Bancroft (AAB/Caber), Chris Mentens & Chris Speed. Also all the great musicians in Belgium whom are too many (and not enough space) to name, unless the CD became an LP!

Al Orkesta : "Where are we now?"


Joe Higham's 'Al Orkesta' evolved from his interest in various folk forms found in English, Arabic, Turkish and Jewish music and is also influenced by the many prog-rock-oriented groups from the 70s. Joe Higham strives to retain and present core ingredients from the original source music - rhythm, melody, tempo, mood and ambience to produce a series of ‘off centre’ musically interesting pieces that provide creative space for the soloists.
« Avec ce nom, on peut imaginer de l'oriental. Il y a aussi du klezmer, du slave & bref, c'est folk et jazz a la fois. Mais si l'on sait que ce long solo d'un saxo qu'on penserait nostalgique des Carpates sera suivi d'un balancement rythmique solide d’où la distorsion n'est pas absente, c'est folk et jazz et rock a la fois. » - Philippe Dethy

YouTube :
Joe Higham's Al Orkesta - Saz Samai (Live at Flagey)
Joe Higham's Al Orkesta - Horo Krivo (Live at Flagey)



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