The ONJazz is the French National Jazz Orchestra – which varies in size, but is always a big band - who have a revolving cast of artistic directors.
Since they have a revolving cast of directors, the only thing that you can count on is that they will present great players playing frighteningly good, stunningly complex music of electric jazz. That’s a pretty good and safe bet for going in blind, even if you don’t know them.

“For its 30th anniversary, the Orchester National de Jazz has...

"We wanted to follow a path that started from those mythical 70s, from that cultural revolution that gave space to a new dimension of counterculture. I also wanted to take up various quotes to ourselves, citations of atmospheres rather than musical in the strict sense, such as the song Tu, dedicated to Danilo Rustici, who passed away in February of this year, which is linked to There Will Be Time.
Dylan, to King Crimson, the recovery of our Neapolitan tradition, committed lyrics...In short, we try...

A 2002 live set. As anyone who has seen them knows, they really shine in a live setting, jamming the stuff even further into the stratosphere than on their studio albums. They are a fantastic, instrumental band , heavily influenced by You-era Gong, combined with their own definitive stamp. Some of the best spacey rock music of the last 15 years has been created by the Ozrics. If you miss Gong, Pulsar, Hawkwind, etc., you will flip over them.