Vieille prière bouddhique
Context
Second track of Hymne au soleil (B.Flat, 2003), credited to the Belmondo Brothers. The instrumentation brings together bass clarinet, bassoon, English horn, French horn and tuba around the quintet.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to French jazz, Third stream. Among the origins and influences of French jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Traditional revival, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, Jazz in France (interwar years), Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East.