THE GRANDE CAMPAGNIE DES MUSIQUES À OUÏR

La Campagnie des Musiques à Ouïr (France): Denis Charolles - drums, percussions, voice, trombone, etc.. Fred Gastard - bass sax, tenor sax, soprano sax, keyboard Julien Eil - baritone sax, bass clarinet Sylvain Bardiau - trumpet This surprisingly witty company juggles a variety of music styles, takes pleasure in playing on various sounding objects. Regardless of what these fellows play, the audience willingly gets carried away by their cheerful spectacles. Denis Charolles, the old-timer and soul of the group, is a percussion and reed virtuoso as well as an inventive improviser. He is in demand in numerous French madcap projects – Charolles works with a number of groups. His musical vocabulary combines elements of popular French music, folklore, and free jazz. He has collaborated with scores of distinguished improvisers including Marc Ducret, a French guitarist well known in Lithuania. Saxophonist, composer and arranger Fred Gastard partakes in many projects as a composer and improviser such as Melosolex, read more...