Mourad Benhammou & Jazzworkers Quintet  at 38 Riv

The jazz of Mourad Benhammou & Jazzworkers Quintet follows in the footsteps of Hard Bop, born in the 50s around Art Blakey, Lenny Mc Browne, Frank Butler, Horace Silver and Lee Morgan. The quintet brings together musicians who are making headlines in French and international jazz clubs and festivals.A drummer of reference on the French scene, Mourad is above all an unclassifiable, a man curious about everything, whose spontaneity and availability have become his trademarks.He plays at today's biggest festivals and collaborates with young musicians as well as living legends of American jazz. Mourad imposes his swing, his musicality and his implacable efficiency. A mediator between generations, he feels invested with a "duty to remember", which he has made his mission. For him, being a musician also means passing on a technique, a style, an oral tradition - in short, an art of living....

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The jazz of Mourad Benhammou & Jazzworkers Quintet follows in the footsteps of Hard Bop, born in the 50s around Art Blakey, Lenny Mc Browne, Frank Butler, Horace Silver and Lee Morgan. The quintet brings together musicians who are making headlines in French and international jazz clubs and festivals.A drummer of reference on the French scene, Mourad is above all an unclassifiable, a man curious about everything, whose spontaneity and availability have become his trademarks.He plays at today's biggest festivals and collaborates with young musicians as well as living legends of American jazz. Mourad imposes his swing, his musicality and his implacable efficiency. A mediator between generations, he feels invested with a "duty to remember", which he has made his mission. For him, being a musician also means passing on a technique, a style, an oral tradition - in short, an art of living.

Le Jazz de Mourad Benhammou & Jazzworkers Quintet s'inscrit dans la lignée du Hard Bop né dans les années 50, autour d'Art Blakey, Lenny Mc Browne, Frank Butler, Horace Silver et Lee Morgan. Le quintet rassemble les musiciens qui font l'actualité des clubs de Jazz et des festivals français et internationaux.Batteur de référence sur la scène française, Mourad est surtout un inclassable, un curieux de tout dont la spontanéité et la disponibilité sont devenues les marques de fabrique.Il se produit dans les plus grands festivals du moment et collabore aussi bien avec des jeunes musiciens qu’avec des légendes vivantes du jazz américain. Mourad a su imposer son swing, sa musicalité et son implacable efficacité. Médiateur entre les générations, il se sent investi d’un « devoir de mémoire » dont il a fait sa mission. Pour lui, être musicien c’est aussi transmettre une technique, un style, une tradition orale, en bref, un art de vivre.

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