Orchestre National de Jazz
Orchestra National de Jazz is a French jazz ensemble originally created at the initiation of Jack Lang, at that time Minister of Culture. Its first leader was François Jeanneau.
Members
ONJ François Jeanneau, 1986
- François Jeanneau : soprano and tenor saxophone, director
- François Chassagnite, Michel Delakian, Christian Martinez, Éric Mula : trumpet, bugle
- Jean-Louis Damant, Denis Leloup, Yves Robert : trombone
- Didier Havet, tuba
- Éric Barret, Jean-Louis Chautemps, Richard Foy, Pierre-Olivier Govin : tenor and soprano saxophone
- Bruno Rousselet : bassoon, bass clarinet, bass saxophone
- Marc Ducret : guitar
- Andy Emler : piano électrique, synthesizer
- Denis Badault : piano acoustique, synthesizer
- Michel Benita : double-bass, electric bass
- Aaron Scott : drums
- François Verly : vibraphone, marimba, percussion
ONJ Antoine Hervé, 1987 to 1989
- Antoine Hervé : piano, director
- André Ceccarelli, Mokhtar Samba : drums
- Pierre-Michel Balthazar, François Verly : percussion
- Jean-Marc Jafet, Étienne M'Bappé, François Moutin : double-bass, bass
- Philippe Guez : keyboards
- Nguyên Lê : guitar
- Patrice Petitdidier : french horn
- Didier Havet : tuba
- Jacques Bolognesi, Bernard Camoin, Glenn Ferris, Denis Leloup, Gilles Salommez : trombones
- Michel Delakian, Antoine Illouz, Christian Martinez, Philippe Slominski : trumpet, bugle
- Francis Bourrec, Gilbert Dall'anese, Laurent Dehors, Pierre-Olivier Govin, Alain Hatot, Jean-Pierre Solves : saxophones
ONJ Claude Barthélémy, 1989 to 1991
- Claude Barthélemy : director, guitar
- Manuel Denizet, Christian Lété : drums
- Renaud Garcia-Fons, Jean-Luc Ponthieux : double-bass, electric bass
- Serge Lazarevitch, Gérard Pansanel : guitar
- Jean-Louis Matinier : accordion
- Mico Nissim : piano
- Michel Godard : tuba
- Yves Favre, Luca Bonvini : trombone
- Jean-François Canape, Patrick Fabert : trumpet, bugle
- Michael Riessler, Bobby Rangell : saxophones
ONJ Denis Badault, 1991 to 1994
- Denis Badault : director, piano
- François Laizeau : drums
- Xavier Desandre Navarre :percussion
- Heiri Kaenzig, Bob Harrison : double-bass, electric bass
- Lionel Benhamou : guitar
- Laurent Hoevenaers : cello
- Nedim Nalbantoglu : violin
- Didier Havet : tuba
- Jean-Louis Pommier, Geoffroy de Masure : trombone
- Claude Égéa, Claus Stötter : trumpet, bugle
- Rémi Biet, Laurent Blumenthal, Philippe Sellam, Simon Spang-Hanssen : saxophones
- Élise Caron : vocals
ONJ Laurent Cugny, 1994 to 1997
- Laurent Cugny : director, piano
- Stéphane Huchard : drums
- Frédéric Monino : electric bass
- Lionel Benhamou, Frédéric Favarel : guitar
- Benoît de Mesmay : keyboards
- Bernard François, Jacques Peillon : french horn
- Philippe Legris, Christian Laisné : tuba
- Phil Abraham : trombone
- Claude Égéa, Serge Plume, Claus Stötter, Pierre Drevet, Flavio Boltro : trumpet, bugle
- Stefano Di Battista, Boris Blanchet, Pierre-Olivier Govin, Stéphane Guillaume : saxophones
- Denis Barbier : flute
ONJ Didier Levallet, 1997 to 2000
- Didier Levallet, director, double-bass
- Harry Beckett, Michel Feugère, Nicolas Folmer : trumpet, bugle
- Lionel Surin : french horn
- Phil Abraham, Yves Robert : trombone
- Chris Biscoe : alto saxophone, alto clarinet
- Frédéric Couderc : tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet
- Jean-Rémy Guédon, tenor saxophone
- Richard Foy, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- Serge Lazarevitch, guitar
- Sophia Domancich, piano
- François Laizeau, : drums
ONJ Paolo Damiani, 2000 to 2002
- Paolo Damiani : director, cello
- Christophe Marguet : drums
- : double-bass
- Olivier Benoit, Manu Codjia : guitar
- Régis Huby : violin
- Didier Havet : tuba
- Gianluca Petrella, Guéorgui Kornazov : trombone
- Médéric Collignon, Alain Vankenhove : trumpet, bugle, cornet
- François Jeanneau, Javier Girotto, Christophe Monniot, Thomas de Pourquery, Jean-Marc Larché : saxophones
- Laure Donnat : vocals
ONJ Claude Barthélemy, 2002 to 2005
- Claude Barthélemy - director, guitar, oud, composition
- Jean-Luc Landsweerdt - drums
- Vincent Limouzin - vibraphone, marimba
- Nicolas Mahieux - double-bass
- Olivier Lété - electric bass
- Didier Ithursarry - accordion
- Alexis Thérain - guitar
- Sébastien Llado - trombone
- Jean-Louis Pommier - trombone
- Pascal Benech - trombone bass
- Médéric Collignon – pocket cornet
- Geoffroy Tamisier - trumpet, bugle
- Vincent Mascart - saxophones
- Philippe Lemoine - saxophones
ONJ Franck Tortiller, 2005 to 2008
- Franck Tortiller-: director, vibraphone, composition
- Vincent Limouzin - vibraphone, marimba
- Patrice Héral - drums, voix
- David Pouradier-Duteil - drums
- Yves Torchinsky - double-bass
- Jean Gobinet - trumpet, bugle
- Éric Séva - saxophones
- Jean-Louis Pommier - trombone
- Michel Marre - tuba
- Xavier Garcia - samples, electronics
- Herbert Joos - trumpet, bugle
- Bruno Wilhelm - saxophones
- Éric Bijon - accordion
- Joël Chausse - trumpet, bugle
- Claude Gomez - samples, electronics
ONJ Daniel Yvinec, 2009 to 2013
- Daniel Yvinec- artistic director
- Ève Risser - piano, prepared piano, alto flute
- Vincent Lafont - keyboards, electronics
- Antonin-Tri Hoang - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Matthieu Metzger - saxophones, electronics
- Joce Mienniel - flutes, electronics
- Rémi Dumoulin - tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Guillaume Poncelet - trumpet, bugle, synthesizers
- Sylvain Bardiau - trumpet, bugle, trombone
- Pierre Perchaud - guitar, banjo
- Sylvain Daniel - electric bass
- Yoann Serra - drums
ONJ Olivier Benoit, 2014 to 2017
- Olivier Benoit – artistic director, guitar, composition
- Bruno Chevillon – artistic counsel, double-bass, electric bass
- Jean Dousteyssier - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Alexandra Grimal - tenor and soprano saxophone
- Hugues Mayot - saxophones, clarinet
- Fidel Fourneyron - trombone, tuba
- Fabrice Martinez - trumpet, bugle, saxhorn
- Théo Ceccaldi - violin, alto
- Sophie Agnel - piano, nOpianO/chordophone
- Paul Brousseau - keyboards
- Éric Échampard - drums
Discography
- 1986 : ONJ 86, Label Bleu
- 1987 : ONJ 87, Label Bleu
- 1989 : ONJ 88-89 African Dream, Label Bleu
- 1990 : Claire, Label Bleu
- 1991 : Jack Line, Label Bleu
- 1992 : À plus tard, Label Bleu
- 1993 : Monk - Mingus - Ellington, Label Bleu
- 1994 : Bouquet final, Label Bleu
- 1996 : In Tempo, Verve Records
- 1996 : Reminiscing, Verve Records
- 1997 : Merci, Merci, Merci, Verve Records
- 1998 : ONJ Express, Evidence Records,
- 1999 : Séquences, Evidence,
- 2000 : Deep Feelings, Evidence - Frémeaux & Associés,
- 2002 : Charméditerranéen, ECM Records
- 2003 : Admirabelamour, Label Bleu
- 2004 : La fête de l'eau, Le Vocals du Monde
- 2004 : L'ONJ traverse le Canada, DVD Frémeaux & Associés
- 2005 : Close to Heaven, Le Vocals du Monde
- 2007 : Électrique, Le Vocals du Monde
- 2009 : Around Robert Wyatt, Bee Jazz
- 2010 : Shut Up And Dance, Bee Jazz
- 2012 : Piazzolla!, JazzVillage
- 2014 : The Party, JazzVillage
- 2014 : Europa Paris, ONJazz Records
- 2015 : Europa Berlin, ONJazz Records