Parcours Métropolitain

Propelled by its two drummers, Spiritus Fonktus develops its numerous inspirations through intense compositions. An electric journey, combining vintage and modernity, power and subtlety, energy and creativity. On percussive rhythms, the voices cohabit with rich instrumental parts, developed through themes, improvisations, riffs and atmospheres, in a generous and deep sound. A very personal and original universe emerges from it, where one finds accents of funk, soul, pop, jazz, rock, afrobeat, electro… An unusual group at the service of a music without border always faithful to its first inspiration, the groove!

An evening of jazz from five continents with the support of the Metropole Aix-Marseille-Provence and in partnership with the City of Gardanne.

Photo credit © DR

A talented violinist, singer and composer of the contemporary scene, Yilian Cañizares dazzles with her unique aesthetic, but also with her authentic presence and immense charisma on stage. Born in Havana and living in Switzerland for the past 20 years, she is gaining success with her visionary Afro-Cuban style mixed with her virtuoso violin and jazz sensibility. She returns today with a project recorded in Brazil. A true musical, spiritual and cultural marriage between this country and her native land, Cuba. Embark on the journey!

 

This concert is proposed within the framework of an AJC – Pro Helvetia partnership, in order to promote Swiss artists in France, and more specifically on the AJC network.
Marseille Jazz des cinq continents is a member of AJC, the network for the dissemination of jazz in France and Europe, which works to promote the circulation of artists and the emergence of new talent. AJC is supported by the French Ministry of Culture, the BNP Paribas Foundation, SACEM, ADAMI, SPEDIDAM, SPPF, CNM and the Institut Français. www.ajc-jazz.eu
An evening with the support of the Metropole Aix-Marseille-Provence and the City of Auriol.

 

Photo credit © Franck Socha

Imagined by Marion Rampal, L’île aux chants mêlés explores the creolization of music and songs. “This island where songs are mixed, it really exists!” Borrowing from the figures of travel writers, musicologists, collectors, and troubadours or bluesmen, their bundle on their shoulder, the musicians become foraging explorers, dreamy sailors and lovers of utopias. They follow, for example, a tune that left Brittany for Canada, went down to Louisiana with the Acadians, and which, taken up by a Creole singer, met the blues; they admire its metamorphoses and witness the invention of musical traditions. The island in search of which our three sailor-musicians leave is the ever singular place of this concrete utopia, creolization, a land which, potentially, can be located anywhere, in Japan, Ireland, as well as the Caribbean.

An evening with the support of the Metropole Aix-Marseille-Provence and the City of Ceyreste.

 

 

 

Photo credit © Martin Sarrazac

Recording sessions with the Buena Vista Social Club, a soloist position in a European symphony orchestra at the age of 13, a Zenith tour with Jean-Louis-Aubert… Ana Carla has lived a thousand lives. The young Cuban cellist, trained in classical technique, has found her way in composition by drawing her inspiration from Latin American folklore, nourished by jazz improvisation and rock energy. “I’m not just a performer, I’m an artist in my own right. Her triumphant solo tour leaves no room for doubt: the young artist is living life to the fullest. A flower in her hair and a wide smile, she is nevertheless of a depth that transports, her commitment to the place of women in music is complete. “I like to be totally in the moment. Today, she offers us her repertoire re-orchestrated in a quartet, with drums, piano and Cuban percussion: thrilling!

An evening with the support of the Metropole Aix-Marseille-Provence and the City of Pélissanne.

Photo credit © Dominique Souse

Whole, authentic and generous, Sandra Nkaké is an author, composer, performer and never stops exploring and reinventing her musical universe. After three albums and a Victoire de la musique award in 2012, she has seduced audiences and critics alike on stage at the biggest pop, soul and jazz festivals in France and abroad. Her latest album is a jewel of powerful and intimate soul songs that speak of violence, sharing, uprootedness, broken dreams, reality that exceeds dreams, the happiness of being able to close one’s wounds and express one’s joys in song. Emotions guaranteed.

An evening in partnership with the Théâtre La Colonne Scènes&Cinés, scène conventionnée art et territoire, and with the support of the Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence.

 

 

Photo credit © Benjamin Colombel

Since they met thirteen years ago, Adrien Sanchez, Maxime Sanchez, Florent Nisse and Gautier Garrigue have individually made a name for themselves on the French and European jazz scene, with a succession of projects and collaborations with renowned artists and emerging groups. One of these bands has become the common thread of their respective careers: Flash Pig.
Born from a common desire to play an open, uncompromising music that would not turn its back on a certain jazz tradition, Flash Pig is a quartet that emphasizes the collective more than the individual and that finds its inspiration as much in the jazz scene of the 70’s as in the sound and spirit of some contemporary musicians like Sean Paul or Lana Del Rey. Awarded many prizes, the quartet has a rare density, never demonstrative, confirming the status of spearhead of Flash Pig in the new scene.

An evening with the support of the Metropole Aix-Marseille-Provence and the City of Plan-de-Cuques.

Photo credit © Nik DxO