Inspired by two piano Antilles names, Marius Culti and Alain Jean-Marie, French Mario Canonge is a pianist known for his incredible virtuosity, and also the exciting synthesis that jazz and West Indian music. After his first album released in 1992, Retour au sources in which Mario Canonge Antillean music back to its origins, followed by many other discs. In 1994, performs alongside his friend, the singer Ralph Thamar an album in homage to Marius Culti, star of West Indian music. His last album, Rhizome, recorded in New York in 2004, once again mixing the influences of Mario Canonge and its famous guests such as the American Roy Hargrove on trumpet, the Swarwtz-Bart Jacques guadalupeano on sax or Cameroon Richard Bona on bass.
During a career spanning more than 20 years, Mario Canonge participated in some fifty recordings and countless concerts in the most famous clubs such as the New Morning in Paris, festivals in Louisiana La Fayette, Angoulême in France or Moers Germany. Eager to exchange experiences and music, puts his talents to the styles and meeting different cultures, from Cape Verde to Haiti, from Cuba to his native West Indies.
Barranquijazz is the most important festival in Colombia and the Caribbean, and has a history of more than 13 years presenting Latin jazz musicians and world-class jazz, widely recognized global and local artists. The presentation of Mario
Canonge in Barranquilla is possible through the joint efforts of the Foundation Barranquijazz New Music Festival, The Alliance Française de Barranquilla Colombo, the Embassy of France, and the city of Barranquilla.
To learn more about this talented artist, please visit: http://www.mariocanonge.com/
In his career that is about to turn 20 Mario Canonge has delivered 5 albums to his audience. He was always looking for different experiences and musical exchanges and has used his talent to work with many different styles and cultures, from Cape Verde to Haiti and from Cuba to his native Martinique. Mario Canonge is indeed a central and essential element of Caribbean music, but mostly an ambassador in the world of the musical heritage of the French Caribbean island Martinique. "There is a relationship between my hometown and all other parts of the world and I want to try to reflect that relationship in music," says the artist. Canonge
was surrounded by music from an early age and grew up in a family of talented pianists who drove his passion for music. Although it only went to the piano during his teens and very young came to be part of 'La chorale du François', a small chorus of a community south of Martinique. His greatest inspirations in his college student days in France were Marius Culti and Alain Jean-Marie, two legendary pianists of the Antilles.
After playing with a variety of groups in 1992 recorded his first studio album entitled "Retour aux sources (Back to my roots). Their album was recorded in just three days and managed to sell 15,000 copies. After over 15 years Mario Canonge brings his most recent album Rhizome. With it has reached an important point in his career, because there has managed to capture a world view essentially based on diversity. For Mario Canonge, who has played in the company musicians like Roy Hargrove, Richard Bona, Jean Pierre Silson Koquerel and Gino, what you like about this genre is improvisation and interaction among musicians.
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Piano: Mario Canonge
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(FEAT. ROY HARGROVE - RICHARD BONA) RHIZOME''''
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In This time it introduced the dynamic quartet of pianist Mario Canonge, a native of the French island of Martinique, accompanied by tenor saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart, the French island of Guadeloupe, electric bassist Michael Aliber, Martinique and Horacio "The Black" Hernandez, the Cuban drummer based in the United States for some years.
A group level, the quartet sounded very attached and displayed lots of fire and intensity. In general, performed (two sets) Canonge several original pieces contained in his latest CD, entitled "Rhizome" (O Plus Music, 2004).
Among them, we recall the first set to "Mamman-Dlo," Madikéra "," Plein Sud "and" Mamicon Volant "(the latter in a piano solo) to go after the interval with" Open the Door " "Ela Haiti" and "Rhrizome", all within jazz fusion style of Caribbean music with expressions like "Beguine", "Bele" and "Gwo Ka ...
With regard to the improvisations of soloists, we noticed that the pianist M. Canonge has an exciting style, although his phrasing was somewhat repetitive, with little taste of jazz. J. tenor sax Schwarz-Bart, who had seen years ago in Puerto Rico with the group's percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo, he demonstrated a good sound in all registers of the instrument, phrasing and passionate and quite beautiful "swing" in their enforceable. Bassist Michael Aliber, who used a four-string electric bass, played in an acceptable manner, on all to follow. Paragraph
deserves the huge performance of "Black" Hernandez on drums (played with a borrowed), who excelled with his style too "sensitive" (with a great sense of dynamics and color), accompanied with a "timing" perfect , a "swing" overwhelming and admirable handling of the three dishes (yes this was it!). In addition, we find once again its total independence of the four members (although this time it brought its key walk) and enjoy their own large bill. No wonder, the "Black" is considered worldwide one of the greatest drummers Latin jazz today.
Here we enter that in the last two pieces of the second set, there were two guests that enhanced the musical atmosphere of the night. They were two Puerto Ricans who played very well: the trumpeter Carlos Soto and Alejandro Torres drawer.
After playing in Canada, several cities in the U.S. of A., Mexico, Haiti and Puerto Rico, be leaving the next day to stand in Guadalupe and conclude the tour a month and a half days later in Venezuela. -------------------------------------------------
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In his career that is about to turn 20 Mario Canonge has delivered 5 albums to his audience. He was always looking for different experiences and musical exchanges and has used his talent to work with many different styles and cultures, from Cape Verde to Haiti and from Cuba to his native Martinique. Mario Canonge is indeed a central and essential element of Caribbean music, but mostly an ambassador in the world of the musical heritage of the French Caribbean island Martinique. "There is a relationship between my hometown and all other parts of the world and I want to try to reflect that relationship in music," says the artist. Canonge
was surrounded by music from an early age and grew up in a family of talented pianists who drove his passion for music. Although it only went to the piano during his teens and very young came to be part of 'La chorale du François', a small chorus of a community in southern Martinique. His greatest inspirations in his college student days in France were Marius Culti and Alain Jean-Marie, two legendary pianists of the Antilles.
After playing with a variety of groups in 1992 recorded his first studio album entitled "Retour aux sources (Back to my roots). Their album was recorded in just three days and managed to sell 15,000 copies. After over 15 years Mario Canonge brings his most recent album Rhizome. With it has reached an important point in his career, because there has managed to capture a world view essentially based on diversity.
For Mario Canonge, who has played in the company of musicians like Roy Hargrove, Richard Bona, Jean Pierre Silson Koquerel and Gino, what you like about this genre is improvisation and interaction among musicians.
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