OZMA QUINTET« WELCOME HOME »

archive

6TH ALBUM (2016) - CRISTAL RECORDS

One foot in the liberty of jazz, the other in electro’s trance, both hands covered in greasy rock, the energizing quintet, OZMA, unveils its new repertoire. Everything here happens with humour and emotion, we smile, we come together, we dance following the incessant inventions of these five young musicians interacting on the fly.

The songwriters drummer Stéphane Scharlé and bassist Edouard Séro-Guillaume, deliver tight, nervous melodies echoed by pop hymns and formidable grooves. From their rich scores emerge improvisations as duo, trio or tutti inhabited by savage howls of the trombone of Guillaume Nuss’ trombone and Julien Soro’s saxophone and the whispered secrets of Tam de Villiers’ guitar. This fearsome phrases are all pulsed by a groove reactor, the complicit rhythm section forged by ten years of touring around the world.

At times soothing, at times powerful, these five seasoned jazzmen put their senses of drama and timing at the service of a new and narrative music. Oscillating between risk and tradition, between nerve and love of sound, OZMA presents an invigorating 6th album!

Released: October 21, 2016 on the label Cristal Records, distributed by Harmonia Mundi.

Welcome Home was hailed as one of the best 2016 jazz album (Les Inrocks / Jazz news).


Partners

Line up

Édouard Séro-Guillaume: bass, composition
Stéphane Scharlé
: drums, composition
Tam de Villiers: guitar
Julien Soro: saxophones
Guillaume Nuss: trombone

Othersshowson tour

NEW CREATIONPARIS QUI DORT

Meritxell Neddermann & Stéphane Scharlé

NEW SHOWOZMA-XX

OZMA QUINTETHYPERLAPSE

PHOTO-CONCERTCROSSROADS

Crossroads OZMA Compagnie Tangram Photo-concert

MOVIE-CONCERTTHE LOST WORLD

The Lost World Movie concert OZMA Compagnie Tangram

MOVIE-CONCERTTHE THREE AGES

Buster Keaton Three Ages OZMA Movie-concert

MOVIE-CONCERTBATTLESHIP POTEMKIN

Battleship Potemkin Eisenstein OZMA Movie-concert