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Orchestre National De Jazz: With Carla [2 CDs] (ONJ Records)

Launching Sylvaine Helary's tenure as artistic director of the Orchestre National de Jazz, this expansive 17-piece ensemble revisits twelve Carla Bley compositions through Remi Sciuto's inventive arrangements, blending brass, reeds, strings, rhythm section and improvising soloists in a vivid orchestral tribute that preserves Bley's wit, formal daring and stylistic breadth through new contemporary perspectives.
 

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Sylvaine Helary-flute

Remi Sciuto-saxophones, clarinet, musical saw

Lea Ciechelski-alto saxophone, flute

Hugues Mayot-tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

Sylvain Bardiau-trumpet

Quentin Ghomari-trumpet, flugelhorn

Jessica Simon-trombone

Mathilde Fevre-French horn

Fanny Meteier-tuba

Anne Le Pape-violin

Laure Franz-violin

Guillaume Roy-viola

Juliette Serrad-cello, voice

Antonin Rayon-piano, Hammond organ

Illya Amar-vibraphone, percussions

Sebastien Boisseau-double bass

Mathias Allamane-double bass

Franck Vaillant-drums

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UPC: 3521383505328

Label: ONJ Records
Catalog ID: ONJ534444
Squidco Product Code: 37714

Format: 2 CDs
Condition: New
Released: 2026
Country: France
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold 6 Panels
Recorded live at Theatre de Cornouailles, Scene Nationale de Quimper, France, on November 22nd, 2025; except CD1, track 2 and 3, at Auditorium Opera de Dijon, France, on September 27th, 2025, by Erwan Boulay, Guillaume Jay, Manon Fayard and Paul Boulier.
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"Sylvaine Hélary, enjoying a solid classical training, having plunged into the vertigo of improvisation with Bernard Lubat, this flutist is one of those soloists who establish a natural link between contemporary music, jazz and various currents of new music. Her curiosity leads her to projects that are often multidisciplinary, such as Spring.

She was part of the Surnatural Orchestra for ten years. She plays in duet with Noémi Boutin (Myssil and show young public Entre Chou and Loup), recently includes the new sextet of Marc Ducret (Chronicles of the frozen sea), Ensemble Dédales by Dominique Pifarély, Didier Levallet's quintet Croise), Ève Risser (White Desert Orchestra), Morgen Naughties (Tam De Villiers and Karsten Hochapfel), and Michel Édelin's quintet (Flute Fever).

She is invited to be part of the new creation of Alexandra Grimal (Steam over rice) and Jozef Dumoulin's next quintet. She collaborates with many musicians such as Robin Fincker, John Niekrasz, Marco Quaresimin, Nicole Mitchell, Edward Perraud, YJN (D. Yvinec), Dgiz, Dominique A and Fantazio. New York (Kris Davis, Matt Mitchell, Tim Berne, Dan Weiss, Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey) and Chicago (The Bridge # 5 with Eve Risser, Mike Reed, Fred Lonberg-Holm). She realizes her dreams of writing and composition in her acoustic quartet Spring Roll (Antonin Rayon, Sylvain Lemêtre and Hugues Mayot), her trio (Antonin Rayon and Emmanuel Scarpa) and her new quartet Glowing Life Ray, Benjamin Glibert, John Niekrasz)."

- Website translated by Google (http://www.sylvainehelary.com/biographie/)
9/14/2026

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Léa Ciechelski is a creative alto saxophonist prominently active in contemporary jazz, free improvisation, and avant-garde circles, Ciechelski's playing is celebrated for its emotional clarity, lyrical inventiveness, and exploration of nuanced textures, frequently collaborating across genres to explore new musical territories.

-Squidco 9/14/2026

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"Hugues Mayot is a saxophonist and clarinettist from Lorraine born in 1980 currently member of the ONJ of Olivier Benoît. After studying at the conservatories of Metz, Strasbourg, and the CNSM of Paris, he is recruited by Marc Ducret to participate in his great orchestra "The Meaning of the March".

From then on, he multiplies collaborations in the field of jazz and improvised music: André Minvielle, Magma, Radiation 10, Vincent Peirani, François Jeanneau, Paul Brousseau, Bruno Chevillon, Daniel Zimmerman, Han Bennink, Médéric Collignon, Sylvain Rifflet, Jeanne Added, The Campania of Musics at Ouïr, The coronation of the Tympanum, Michael Moore, Antoine Berjault, Yvinec's ONJ, Ciné X'tet, Kolkhoze Printanium, Surnatural Orchestra, Didier Levallet, Sissel Vera Pedersen, Pascal Schumacher, Sophia Ribeiro, Stéphane Payen, Serge Lazarevich, Toma Gouband, HSB, Umlaut Big Band, Jean Wolf Longnon Big Band, United Colors of Sodom etc ...

But also in the field of world music and traditional music : Orlando Poleo, Brice Wassy, ​​Martha Galarraga, Gustavo Ovalles, Chérif Soumano, Osain Del Monte.

Or in the world of song or "current" music : Catherine Ringer, Olivia Ruiz, Katrine, Dominique A, Rover, Agnès Jaoui, Mike Ladd, Doctor L, Franck.

Currently, he writes and plays in his 2 projects as leader : What if? , electric quartet with Jozef Dumoulin, Franck Vaillant and Joachim florent, and L'Arbre Rouge , acoustic quintet with Théo and Valentin Ceccaldi, Joachim Florent and Sophie Bernado.

He is also co-leader of Ikui Doki and Peemai groups. As a devoted sideman , he participates in the new project of Fidel Fourneyron "Que Vola? Pierre Durand's Roots Quartet, Sylvaine Hélary's Spring Roll, Gleizkrew's Philippe Gleizes and Bertrand Beruard's Beps.

Distinctions: Victories of jazz with Marc Ducret and André Minvielle. Soloist Award at the Esprit Jazz competition, 3 group prizes at the Defense Contest with Radiation 10, Pitch Quartet and The Sound Pocket.

Miscellaneous: Contributes to the creation of the cartoon soundtrack "Silex and The City", to the children's book "The Subaquatic Symphonies". He wrote the music for two documentaries by director Thomas Ermel "In the Ropes" and "The Holy Mountain"."

-Hugues Mayot Website (Translated by Google) (https://huguesmayot.fr/)
9/14/2026

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"Sylvain Bardiau is a French trumpet and flugelhorn player, known for the groups Cartel Carnage, Journal Intime, Les Dentelles À Mamie, Orchestre National De Jazz, Ping Machine, Wildmimi."

-Discogs (https://www.discogs.com/artist/1775561-Sylvain-Bardiau?noanv=1&page=2)
9/14/2026

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Fanny Meteier is a skilled tubist and vocalist, Meteier uniquely explores the expressive possibilities of brass instrumentation combined with voice, performing frequently in experimental jazz and improvisational contexts, and bringing an unconventional musical perspective to her numerous artistic collaborations.

-Squidco 9/14/2026

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Guillaume Roy is a Montreal horn player, arranger, orchestrator, and educator. Trained at the Conservatoire de musique de Rimouski and McGill University, he performs regularly with orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout Quebec.

-Squidco 9/14/2026

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"Antonin Rayon (* 1976) is a French jazz musician (piano, Hammond organ, Clavinet).

Rayon had piano lessons from the age of six, first with Victoria Melki in Paris, then to study at the Ecole de Jazz et de Musiques Actuelles in Lausanne and at the Conservatory in Nîmes . He worked from the early 2000s, mainly as a keyboardist and organist u. a. with Marc Ducret, Alexandra Grimal, Sylvaine Hélary (Spring Roll). In 2013, he played in the quartet with Richard Bonnet, Tony Malaby and Tom Rainey in New York City, the album Warrior (margin). As a pianist he played with Marc Ducret (Tower Bridge, 2014) and Dominique Pifarély (Tracé provisoire, ECM 2016). In the field of jazz he was involved between 2003 and 2015 in nine recording sessions, most recently with Dominique Pifarély (Trace Provisoire)."

-Wikipedia (Translated by Google) (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Rayon)
9/14/2026

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"Franck Vaillant: Artist-musician

..

Self-taught drummer, Franck Vaillant is first and foremost, a musician who loves adventure in the broad sense.

.. ..

Also a composer and sound designer, he composed and produced 7 albums under his name which remain unclassifiable.

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He is an original and creative musician who adds his personal touch to all his collaborations. He knows how to use the different "colors" that a drum set can offer, because in addition to making us stomp while listening to it, he colors the music like a percussionist.

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He likes to combine everything that is impactable, from traditional batteries to personalized, tampered with, electrified batteries.

.. ..

Franck has participated in more than 70 albums and performed around the world with a multitude of musicians of all stripes."

-Franck Vaillant Website (Translated by Google) (https://www.franckvaillant.com/about)
9/14/2026

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