Human Meeting is an encounter. Thierry Lange-Berteaux and Mario Canonge have known each other for some twenty years, and sometimes play together. For a concert in Montbazon in 2022, organized by the Jazz Club de Tours, the two leaders were accompanied by two loyal musicians, double bassist Guillaume Souriau and saxophonist Ricardo Izquierdo. The result […]
On October 2 and 6, Guadeloupe la 1ère will broadcast a documentary and concert dedicated to Martinican pianist and jazzman Mario Canonge. Entitled “Mario Canonge, une vie de musique”, the 52-minute documentary will be broadcast on Monday October 2 at 8:35 pm as part of the “Horizons” program. Directed by Mariette Monpierre and written by
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Three months after the release of the second volume of his Quint’Up with Michel Zenino, the prolific pianist returns in a trio formation, accompanied by Michel Alibo and Arnaud Dolmen, in a new album infused with Caribbean flavors. This opus, recorded live, preserves the magic of improvisation and the camaraderie that binds the musicians. Deeply
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Mario Canonge and Michel Zenino like to take on challenges, and their first album together, Quint’Up, released in 2017, was a product of that spirit. They had started playing as a duo around jazz standards in 2008, at le Baiser Salé every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., an uncommon time for jazz clubs. After a decade,
The meeting of two generations of musicians – Mario Canonge, from Martinique, one of the greatest representatives of Caribbean music who has been living in France for forty years and whose collaborations are countless (Kassav, Voulzy, Dee Dee Bridgewater…), and the 35-year-old Guadeloupean singer Erik Pédurand – around a strong subject: capital, which allows them