After celebrating their 10th anniversary by releasing their second album Spicy Boom Boom in 2021, Balaphonics are back to mark a new beginning. This brassband from the Paris region is ready to give you a taste of their afro-funk specialities, in a fusion as explosive in energy as it is diverse in mood. The icing […]

First performance by legendary trombonist Glenn Ferris with his new quartet. Legendary trombonist GLENN FERRIS has played a wide variety of jazz styles throughout his career, alongside such iconic artists as Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, Billy Cobham, Steve Lacy, Philly Joe Jones, Marital Solal, Henri Texier, Michel Petrucciani, Archie Shepp and many more. He has […]

Sélène Saint Aimé accompanies pianist Ignacio Plaza Ponce on his second album Arrullos Like lullabies - arrullos in Spanish - pianist Ignacio Plaza Ponce's music wanders between light and darkness, low tones and airy voices. Accompanied by Matteo Pastorino on bass clarinet and Sélène Saint-Aimé on double bass and vocals, the trio plunges us into […]

With Fred Wesley, mentor of the 2018 IMEP • Paris College of Music graduates FRED WESLEY GENERATIONS TRIO Decades after his work with James Brown and George Clinton established him as one of the architects of funk, Fred Wesley has a new project that connects him to his jazz roots and to the future: Generations. […]

With Etienne Mbappé, mentor of the 2020 & 2021 promotion of IMEP • Paris College of Music Etienne and Swaéli invite us to take part in their joyful, generous, laugh-out-loud creation. Their mutual admiration gives rise to high-flying, deeply benevolent exchanges! Their music emanates the freedom of jazz, the spicy flavors of Africa, and the […]

Marcus Miller, 30 years in the music business, 2 Grammy Awards in the USA, The Edison Prize in Holland for his body of work, La Victoire du Jazz in France in 2010, to name but a few of the accolades he has received around the world. In 2013, he was named UNESCO Artist for Peace […]