Dal Sasso & Shekinah Rodz Octet

Christophe Dal Sasso flutes/composition/arrangements Shekinah Rodz vocals/flute/sax/percussion Vincent Lafont keyboards Raphael Illes tenor sax Jerry Edwards trombone Manuel Marchès double bass Karl Jannusk drums Nadia Tighidet percussion/vocals With The Spirit of 3, Christophe Dal Sasso, in collaboration with American saxophonist/singer Shekinah Rodz, takes us somewhere unexpected, though the tireless composer never strays too far from his first loves, jazz and classical repertoire.

Drawing on his past writing for big bands, choirs and symphonic orchestrations, he delivers a repertoire that is as deep as it is festive, at the crossroads of Mediterranean, African and Indian rhythms, with his seven-piece ensemble and a singer/percussionist. Three, again.

A truly fundamental number that exalts everything binary within us, our arms, our eyes, our ears, right down to our heartbeats. Three, to speak of birth, life, death. But above all life! And so the trance began...

Intuition has this wonderful quality: it often turns out to be right…