Member Since: 4/12/2007
Band Members: Rasul Siddik - Trompette Boris Blanchet - Sax Ténor Matthieu Jérôme - Piano Idriss Mlanao - Contrebasse Benjamin Sanz - Batterie
Influences: Moi, Boris Blanchet, Rasul siddik, Idriss Mlanao, Matthieu Jerome, les amis - friends, la famille, Big sid Cattlet, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis - alive musicians too - David Murray, Herve Samb, Mokeit van Linden, Ousmane Keita, Sonny Rollins, Tony Williams, Ron Carter, Bourama Diabate, Eddy, Friedrich Hunderwasser, Freddy, les belles meres, Bobby Few, Duke Ellington, Archie Shepp, Me' Shell Ndegeocello, Mark Rothko, Spiridon Chichiguine, Hamid Drake, Ed Blackwell, Dave Liebman, Steve Grossman, Don Moye, 3d Family, Totonho & Os Cabras, Jean Luc Guillonet, Max Roach, Henry Grimes, Les Falaises, Yoro Sidibe and music of the hunters, Sunny Murray, Sara Renaud, Sing Sing Rhytmes Dakar, Bira Fall, Jamaladeen Tacuma, Louis Armstrong, Cheick Tidiane Seck, The Baï Fall music, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Raha Raissnia, Ernest Dawkins, Kenny Baron, Cecil Taylor, Matthew Shipp, Gonzague Octaville, Vijay Iyer, William Parker, Charles Waters, Don Byron, Steve Coleman, Olu Dara, Youssou N'dour, Ibro Diabate, Kandia Kouyate, François Ladrezeau, Oumou Sangaré, Bata drums, Andrew Barker, Clay Ross, Philippe Gleizes, Joe Henderson, Sam Rivers, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Herbie Hancock, Paco Sery, Richard Bona, Linlay Marthe, Public Enemy, Defunkt, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, JT Lewis, Pheroan Aklaf, Weather Report , Roy Hargrove, l' AACM, Corey Wilkes, Donald Byrd, Sonny Simmons, Horace Parlan, Steve Mac Craven, Elmo Hope, Spike Lee and 3 acres and a Mule productions, Les Macaqs Troubadours, Charly "Unkl' Benz" Sy, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Aida Kahnn, Kifketake Bolokifkos Bablafaya, Matt Lavelle, Mark Baron, Marc Ducret, Nature, City, Roy Haynes, Bruce Sherfield, El hadj Sory Kouyate, Leena Conquest, Mam' Sokhna Fatih, Maman Jerome, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Fred Anderson, Joelle Leandre, Andrew Hill, Alice Coltrane, fellowship, Jason Moran, Arthur Blythe, La Villa Mais D'Ici, Cachao and Cachaito Lopez, Ishmael Reed, James"Blood" Ulmer, Sonny Boy Williamson, Mississipi Fred mac Dowell, Otis Rush, Lester Bowie, Kenny Kirkland, John Hicks, Ornette Coleman, Vernon Reid, Elsa Biston, Dawaun Parker, Allan, Roy Campbell, Andrew Bemkey, The Time, Georges Clinton, Funkadelic, Prince, Atlan, Stravinsky, Sibelius, great grand mother, grand mother, mother all together, Byard Lancaster, Lansine Kouyate, David Neerman, Paul Motian, Eric Dolphy, Dali, Thelonious Monk, Brian Blade, The Roots, Nina simone, Olivia Newton, Pharoah Sanders, Moebius, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Eric mac Pherson, jam sessions...
Sounds Like: Benjamin Sanz Quintet
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None