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“Zouk Out is my personal conception of a jazz with Caribbean influences. It respects our musical traditions, which are punctuated by the powerful original marker of the drum. Less popular than its Spanish-speaking and English-speaking island sisters, the syncopations specific to the French West Indies are no less melodious. Zouk Out is a reflection of

Martinican pianist Mario Canonge and Marseilles double bassist Michel Zenino form an atypical duo that juggles all the standards like balancing musicians in the history of jazz. They have been performing at Le Baiser Salé every Wednesday night for over ten years, and as they are also excellent composers, they wanted to write a repertoire

mitan is a Jazz CD! Mario claims it out loud. It is a « half-time », a turning point in his life and career. Ever since « Rhizome » Mario has been searching the perfect alchemy between Jazz and Caribbean music, more traditional and often lighter. The same Caribbean music he’s been playing over the

2013 / Jazz à Porquerolles Since several years now, Mario Canonge and Michel Zenino are playing the jazz standards every week at le Baiser Salé. Never the same ones, drawn on their own huge knowledges, and played with fineness and virtuosity – as usual! During the course of Summer 2011, they played at Jazz à

Jazz In 2004, with Rhizome, Mario took his jazz turn, without abandoning the West Indies, by any means. He is now successfully exploring this path, often with his accomplice Michel Zenino, but also with French Caribbean jazz musicians who are now widely recognised, such as Arnaud Dolmen and Michel Alibo. Caribbean standards Christmas themes, Marius

Mario Canonge is a pianist from Martinique F.W.I. He starts playing in his teen years and accompanies the church choir at Francois Church in Martinique. In1979, he starts studying music in Paris and takes part in several bands. In the early 80s, he mainly plays Latin music, notably with Manigua, before forming along with Nguyen

Welcome to Mario Canonge‘s website. On the music scene for several decades, this remarkable jazzman has become a key figure in the realm of jazz. Not only recognized for his talent, but for his compositions as well. As a leader, he has written some of the most beautiful pieces of Caribbean music of the last