ORCHESTRE DE LA LUNE was formed by American composer and instrumentalist Jon Handelsman as a vehicle for his orchestral music.
With a full and rich horn section, a high energy rhythm section, and voices added to some pieces, ODLL plays sophisticated and exuberant music, often inspired by popular dance forms, and expressed in a compositional style that freely mixes diverse currents of jazz.
News
– New album “Dancing Bob” (Cristal Records / Pias – May 2017)
Selected by radio FIP as featured album for the month of May 2017
“From wild sambas to classy funk Orchestre de la Lune deploys a large stylistic palette with great ease”
– LES INROCKS
“Sparkling horn section (…), spectacular rhythm section (…), sunny, between energy and refinement”
– M&C
Group
Bobby Rangell
alto sax / flute
baritone sax / flute
trumpet
trumpet
trombone
Philippe Georges
trombone
Didier Havet
tuba
guitar
percussion
Cyril Atef
drums
Brad Scott
voice
Kania Allard
voice
Rosa Grace
voice
Jon Handelsman [bio]
direction / composition / sax tenor / flute / clarinet
Photos: © JF Humbert
Media
Discography
Dancing Bob
10 tracks | 52 mins | 2017 | Cristal Records / Pias
“From wild sambas to classy funk Orchestre de la Lune deploys a large stylistic palette with great ease”
LES INROCKS
“Sparkling horn section (…), spectacular rhythm section (…), sunny, between energy and refinement”
M&C
Light and Dark
9 tracks | 56 mins | 2001
“there are self-productions which sound better than ‘official’ recordings”
Jazz Magazine
“(the) music has an energy at once primitive and sophisticated”
Libération
“festive jazz guaranteed”
Nova Mag
Orchestre de la Lune is available on most major music platforms:
