Julien Coriatt — Brand New Quintet

JULIEN CORIATT piano/comps/lead AMINA MEZAACHE flutes DAMIAN NUEVA double bass SONNY TROUPÉ ka drum STEFANO LUCCHINI drums The Brand New Quintet makes its grand return with a resolutely… brand new repertoire?!

At the crossroads of jazz and creole music, the group offers an evening in Caribbean colors, vibrant with rhythms, traditions and living heritage.

Led by a high-flying line-up, pianist Julien Coriatt surrounds himself with Amina Mezaache, an essential figure in world music and jazz in France, developing a singular language between traditions and modernity; Sonny Troupé, master of the ka drum, inscribes his playing in the Guadeloupe heritage while projecting it towards contemporary forms; Stefano Lucchini, renowned Italian drummer, brings finesse and energy nourished by major European stages; Damian Nueva, double bassist with deep and subtle groove, anchors the ensemble with elegance; while Julien Coriatt federates these universes in sensitive and bold writing.

Five exceptional musicians, with rich and singular journeys, whose complicity and artistic demands give full force and singularity to the project. With the Julien Coriatt Brand New Quintet, music becomes celebration.

Between jazz and Caribbean sonorities, it explores the roots and summons memory. This new repertoire pays homage to the past, fully anchors itself in the present and sketches a luminous, open and inspiring future.