Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos
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Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos (OJM) honours Miles Davis, the great hameleon of jazz. When he joined Gil Evans, the golden age of big bans had already passed, but the Canadian arranger had a bold proposal in mind: the recording of an album in the form of a suite with a jazz orchestra extended to unusual instrumentation (including horns, clarinets, flutes, and much more). The album was called Miles Ahead, and it was followed by two others crowning this fruitful partnership: Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain. Jazz history would no longer be written without these chapters, which, according to Miles, sought to bring the melody back to the centre of improvisation. OJM will reconstitute the unique sounds of these records, a challenge to some ensembles.
