A.M.A.Ze

is a mixture of original compositions and adaptations of French songs.As a composer Michel Zenino achieved succes with his sextet by winning first prize in the orchestra competitions at the festivals of Sorgues and Paris-La Defense as well as the Sacem prize for the double-bassist. Claude Carrière described “Derive Gauche” Zenino’s album of deranging arrangements, as “a wonderful repertoire of genuine symphonies and French songs as never heard before...” In the group AMAZe we find these qualities of the double-bassist, combined with more freedom for the solo artist (“a virtuoso of great sensitivity”) than in his previous work. This new group is an unique combination of the drummer Jean-Pierre Arnaud (formely with Johnny Griffin) with whom Michel began his jazz career in Marseille. This exciting rythm section has performed with among others, Steve Grossman, Archie Shepp, Barney Wilen, Siegfried Kessler and the Belmondo Brothers;The saxophonist Christophe Monniot plays in Daniel Humair’s Baby-Boom and created the Cie des musiques à ouïr”; And the pianist Frank Avitabile, who won the”Django d’or” in 1999, the “Victoire du Jazz” in 2004, and who devide his time between his own trio, his solo albums world tours with Manu Katche. All in all, an explosive coctail! The quartet played to an ecstatic audience at their first concert at the coemedia in Miramas: the newspaper “La Provence” exclaimed in its headline “Zenino set the house on fire!”

Michel Zenino has performed with :

Toots Thieleman, Archie Shepp, Barney Wilen, James Carter, Steve Grossman, Arturo Sandoval, Mal Waldron, Erik Truffaz, Dave Douglas, Norma Winstone, Hermeto Pascoal, Christian Vander, Sophia Domancich, Franck Avitabile, Danillo Perez, Sam Woodyard, Chico Freeman, Cyrus Chestnut, Eddie Henderson, Didier Lockwood, Simon Goubert, Alain Jean-Marie, Mario Canonge, Simon Spang-Hansen, Alex Tassel, André Ceccarelli, Joe Cohn, Meredith D’Ambrosio, Christian Escoudé, Manuel Rocheman, Clifford Jarvis, Laurent De Wilde, Teddy Edwards, Glen Ferris, Michel Grailler, Romane, Urbie Green, François Jeanneau, Bert Joris, Mark Levine, Jean-Michel Pilc, Turk Mauro, Stochelo Rosemberg, Bill Mobley, Nelson Veras, Hod O’Brien, Billy Pierce, Donald Brown, Philip Catherine, Sarah Lazarus, Aldo Romano, René Urtreger, Catherine Ringer and many others....

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