The ONJ's album With Carla, led by Sylvaine Hélary, features 12 vibrant Carla Bley covers arranged by Rémi Sciuto to celebrate her avant-garde spirit.

With Carla marks the beginning of flutist Sylvaine Hélary's tenure as Artistic Director of the Orchestre National de Jazz, celebrating the extraordinary legacy of visionary composer Carla Bley through twelve newly conceived arrangements by saxophonist and arranger Rémi Sciuto. Rather than offering straightforward reinterpretations, the project embraces Bley's adventurous spirit by expanding and reimagining her compositions while remaining faithful to the originality, wit, and boundless creativity that defined her remarkable career.

The program journeys through every facet of Bley's musical world, from celebrated jazz compositions and expansive orchestral works to intimate chamber pieces, vocal writing, and infectious grooves. Performed by seventeen exceptional soloists alongside a featured string quartet, the arrangements blend rigorous orchestration with improvisational freedom, creating a vibrant dialogue between Bley's compositions and Sciuto's own distinctive artistic voice.

Presented across two CDs, With Carla stands as both a heartfelt tribute and an inventive contemporary interpretation, celebrating one of jazz's most influential composers while launching a bold new artistic chapter for the Orchestre National de Jazz.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Musique Mécanique
• Préludvi
• Útviklingssang
• Ups And Downs
• …And Ups Again
• In India

Disc 2:

• Wrong Key Donkey
• Hypothèses
• Exaltation
• Religious Experience
• Major
• End of Vienna

Additional Details

Label: ONJ Records

Genre: Jazz

Language: English

Run Time: 85 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/04/26

UPC: 3521383505328