Didier Levallet Octet - Scoop

There were two Levallet, Marais, Pifarely albums posted here in the past (in 2015), hopefully you can access those with the search function at the top left (if need be).  Then he appeared presumably on the Pandemonium from Jeanneau so I was curious to hear this one which is in an octet formation from 1983.  The bass player's discography is here, btw.  The music on this LP is big band and more jazzy than I would have liked, I suppose it hinges well with the 1980s Jeanneau material.

Note the side-long suite called Azimuts on side two.  Oddly enough, there is no pianist, and the guitarist is his old friend Marais.  Obviously composition and arrangement duties are from Levallet.

The track called Sweet Lacy, as sample: