Jazz concert.

When John Coltrane arrives on the jazz scene, all has been said. He will make a synthesis of it and transcend it. Out of these fireworks, a spirit will emerge. A spirit of freedom, of rebellion, of power of sound, of greatness of music essential to the advent of a better world in which all cultures would meet, a spirit that jazzmen apply themselves to bring back to life in order to pay an honest tribute to this humble and mysterious saxophonist: John Coltrane. The musicians there on stage are seekers, understanding the musical language at best to bring the audience into this journey both technical and mystical, roots and clouds, thunder and lightning.

Rémi Abram: saxophones
Bernard Abeille: double bass
Frédéric Orsi: piano
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

Doors open at 19:30. Food and drinks available on the premises.

FEE: 10€ + 3€ membership

Booking: +33 (0)6 09 53 40 41 (Henri) / +33 (0)6 25 47 01 55 (Agnès)

More info: here

Le JAM, 42 rue des Trois Rois, 13006 Marseilles.

Concert as part of the 19th edition of the " Gnawa & World Music Festival" in Essaouira.

Jamaaladeen Tacuma is an American jazz and funk bass player. He showed interest in music at a young age, performing with the organist Charles Earland in his teens. In 1975, aged 19, he joined Ornette Coleman's band Prime Time. He released his first solo album "Show Stopper" in 1983. During his career, he has collaborated with such well-known artists as James Blood Ulmer, Carlos Santana or David Murray. He currently performs with the band Free Form Funky Freqs (Vernon Reid and G. Calvin Weston).

Jamaaladeen Tacuma will present a selection of his repertoire and unveil his artistic world before inviting Maâlem Hassan Boussou to join him on stage for a "jazz, funk, gnawa" fusion filled with roots and origins. A concert that promises intense moments through a colourful and emotional fusion.

Jamaaladeen Tacuma: bass
Wolfgang Puschnig: saxophone, flute, hojak
Ahmad Compaoré: drums
King Britt: electronics
+ Maâlem Hassan Boussou & The Gnawa Masters

TARIF : 240 Dhs

Tél : +212 5 22 27 26 03/04 / info@festival-gnaoua.net

Plus d'infos : here

Festival Gnaoua & Musiques du Monde, Place Moulay Hassan, 44000 Essaouira - MOROCCO.

Jazz & fusion concert.

Partners for many years, saxophonist Thierry Maucci and bass player Christophe Cuzzucoli wished to invite drummer Ahmad Compaoré for a new encounter dedicated to jazz and its improvised musical derivatives. A journey through jazz and world music revisited by this original and daring trio. Mixing, between swing and binary form, improvisation and free exchange, a different vision of jazz "classical" musical writing in every shape and form.

Thierry Maucci: saxophones
Christophe Cuzzucoli: bass
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

Doors open at 19:30. Food and drinks available on the premises.

FEE: 10€ + 3€ membership

Booking: +33 (0)6 09 53 40 41 (Henri) / +33 (0)6 25 47 01 55 (Agnès)

More info: here

Le JAM, 42 rue des Trois Rois, 13006 Marseilles.

Double bill concert: traditional music & world electro.

* CAMEL ZEKRI DIWAN *

Located at the foot of the Aurès Mountains, gate of the desert, Biskra like all Southern Algeria is the land of the Diwan, a ceremony practised by the Gnawas of the region. Throughout the years and following the mixing between the Arab, Berber and African nomadic populations settled down in this area, the Diwan has evolved greatly, becoming the melting pot of a fraternal encounter between the populations, especially through music. Camel Zekri is reputed to be one of the best specialists of the Sahara music. He gathers all his knowledge and experience into the Diwan in order to carry to its highest the voice of an electric Gnawa blues of a new genre.

Camel Zekri: artistic direction, guitar, voice
Bachir Temtaoui: voice, percussion, bagpipes
Karim Ben Belkheir: voice, percussion, bagpipes
Aïssa Zekri: voice, percussion
Ahmad Compaoré: drums
Loya: DJ, electronics
Jérôme Lacquet: trumpet
Ilyan Zekri: saxophone
Jules Lefrançois: trombone

* JAAL *

Alaoua Idir and Jean-Luc Frappa, the two former leaders of the band DEZORIENTAL are back with JAAL, their new musical adventure. An interlude, like a dot, a suspension caught in the air, the air precisely that blows between the two shores of the Mediterranean Sea. As if Satie and Bach had been wandering around the Maghreb, travelling trough the Middle-East as far as India and Pakistan, not forgetting New-York to finally end up in France. On stage, it is a rhythmic and colourful journey. Oud, harmonium, accordion, bass, drums and a hint of electro succeed in turns to chant the mixing, the encounter.

Alaoua Idir: lute
Jean-Luc Frappa: accordion, harmonium
Antony Gatta: percussion

FEE: 13€ / 16€

Tel: +33 (0)4 74 19 14 20

More info: here

Les Abattoirs, 18 route de l'Isle d'Abeau, 38300 Bourgoin-Jallieu.

Jazz concert.

These three musicians invite you to a journey around some of the compositions by double bass player Christian Brazier. Selected among his albums entitled: Pérégrinations, Le Temps d'un rêve, Mémoire vive, Circumnavigation..., they will be the opportunity for a tribute to sailor and writer Bernard Moitessier. This new encounter with Ahmad Compaoré and Edmond Hosdikian, partners in the band ORIENTAL FUSION, will take you along unknown shores filled with melodic phrases and improvised digressions. Immediate boarding...

« If the melodic outline is original enough to capture attention, one approves these musics firstly in that they are worthy, proud, radiant, providing emotion and hope but also terrible mourning... » - Jazz Magazine

Christian Brazier: double bass
Ahmad Compaoré: drums, percussion
Edmond Hosdikian: saxophones

Doors open at 19:00. Food and drinks available on the premises.

FEE: 10€ + 3€ membership

Booking: +33 (0)6 09 53 40 41 (Henri) / +33 (0)6 25 47 01 55 (Agnès)

More info: here

Le JAM, 42 rue des Trois Rois, 13006 Marseilles.

Jazz concert.

Invention of right here, right now... Arrrgh, is the moment passed, missed or caught? Very special next appointment with Original Motion, third encounter still as a trio. An exceptional event with one of the musicians who fly the flag, the shortest way, one of these explorers of the "right here, right now" concept, a reference in improvised music: bassist Barre Phillips.

Barre Phillips: double bass
Aurélien Arnoux: guitar
Ahmad Compaoré: drums

Doors open at 19:30. Food & and drinks available on the premises.

FEE: 10€ + 3€ membership

Booking: +33 (0)6 09 53 40 41 (Henri) / +33 (0)6 25 47 01 55 (Agnès)

Plus d'infos : here

Le JAM, 42 rue des Trois Rois, 13006 Marseilles.