Jean-Michel Defaye: 2 Dances: Trombone: Instrumental Work

Composed by Jean-Michel Defaye in 1954  Deux Danses is the piece that put him under the international spotlight. Written for Trombone and Piano it quickly became standard for the Trombone repertoire and would fit advanced players skills. The first part called Danse Sacrée is a slow lyrical melody that is re-used through the piece until the cadenza and the second Danse Profane has a samba rhythm with a really cheerful end. These two pieces both contain some basics of Jazz. As a pianist composer producer and arranger Jean-Michel Defaye mainly createdpieces for brass and wind instruments. He won the Premier Second Grand Prix de Rome in 1958 and the Belgian Queen Elizabeth composition competition in 1959.