Concert as part of the 29th edition of the MIMI festival.

Innovator in music, Camel Zekri is the grandson of the great Gnawa master Hamma Moussa of Biskra in Algeria who gave him his first musical training. Today, he is one these rare enlightened conveyors able to make the connection between the depth of traditional music and the globalised expression of modern music. Enriched by nearly twenty years of actions for the survival of the Diwân's traditional custom, the artist develops an approach where experimental music - which he practises since 1995 - also has its rightful place and where modernity meets tradition. This 2014 creation promises an inspired encounter between Camel Zekri and Marseille-based drummer Ahmad Compaoré, with whom he collaborates once more to display this fusion of world music with great talent.

Camel Zekri: guitar
Okba Soudani: voice, darbuka
Karim Benbelkheir: voice, percussion
Aïssa Zekri: voice, krakebs
Ahmad Compaoré: drums
Jules Bernable: electric bass
Ilyan Zekri: saxophone
Jérôme Lacquet: trumpet
Charlie Maussion: trombone

FEE: 10€ / 15€

Tel: +33 (0)4 95 04 95 50

More info: here / Booking: here

Grand Plateau, Friche la Belle de Mai, 41 rue Jobin, 13003 Marseilles.

Concert as part of the events "Jazz on the Beach" proposed by Henri Fiore.

NAFAS means « breath » in literary Arabic : vital breath, it is the force that nurtures, inspires and creates. Ahmad Compaoré, Fred Pichot and Sylvain Terminiello have imagined an eclectic and mixed present-day music, transcending cultures and social belonging. Between world and jazz fusion, their repertoire travels along the shores of the Mediterranean mixing oriental, African, Spanish-Arabic or klezmer influences, sustained by improvisation and spiced up with a touch of electro.

Ahmad Compaoré: drums, percussion
Fred Pichot: saxophones, flute, machines
Sylvain Terminiello: bass

FEE: admission free

Booking: +33 (0)6 09 53 40 41 (Henri) / +33 (0)4 91 77 66 89

Chez Marco, Anse du Prophète, 327 Corniche Kennedy, 13007 Marseilles.

Public performance as part of the 19th edition of the Festival de Marseille.

A proposal by Espace Méditerranéen de l'Adolescence, AP-HM, Festival de Marseille and PIANOANDCO.

The new common creation by pianist Nathalie Négro and drummer Ahmad Compaoré has proposed 6 work sessions with the participation of the resident teenagers of the Espace Méditerranéen de l'Adolescence (E.M.A.), who have been included in the creation process. You are invited to discover this shared experience of transmission and explore the links between art music and improvised music.

Nathalie Négro: piano
Ahmad Compaoré: percussion

FEE: admission free upon reservation only

Booking: 04 88 44 45 19 / communication@pianoandco.fr

More info: here

Théâtre de Verdure, Hôpital Salvator, 249 boulevard Sainte-Marguerite, 13009 Marseilles.

As part of the 18th edition of the Festival de Robion, concert as an opener for Jupiter & Okwess International.

A mix of unbridled jazz, fusion and rock, the AHMAD COMPAORÉ TRIO proposes a perfect blend of electric and acoustic music. On the border between white Africa and black Africa, the multiplicity of repertoires skilfully explores various genres, producing compositions with universal inspiration where the psychedelic riffs of the strings meet the tribal beats of the percussion instruments. Revisiting ethno jazz or improvisation, the trio thus takes an innovative look at Western music, African tradition and their respective tempos...

Ahmad Compaoré: drums, percussion
Aurélien Arnoux: electric guitar
Jules Bernable: electric bass

The ticket office opens at 19:30. Drinks and catering on site.

FEE: 11€ / 14€

Tel: +33 (0)4 90 05 84 31

More info: here

Théâtre de Verdure, 142 avenue du Luberon, 84440 Robion.

Concert as part of the events "Jazz on the Beach" proposed by Henri Fiore.

A mix of unbridled jazz, fusion and rock, the AHMAD COMPAORÉ TRIO proposes a perfect blend of electric and acoustic music. On the border between white Africa and black Africa, the multiplicity of repertoires skilfully explores various genres, producing compositions with universal inspiration where the psychedelic riffs of the strings meet the tribal beats of the percussion instruments. Revisiting ethno jazz or improvisation, the trio thus takes an innovative look at Western music, African tradition and their respective tempos...

Ahmad Compaoré: drums, percussion
Aurélien Arnoux: electric guitar
Jules Bernable: electric bass

FEE: admission fee

Booking: +33 (0)6 09 53 40 41 (Henri) / +33 (0)4 91 77 66 89

Chez Marco, Anse du Prophète, 327 Corniche Kennedy, 13007 Marseilles.