Magic Malik Quartet Xp

LINE UP:MALIK MEZZADRI flute/voixMAÏLYS MARONNE pianoJEAN-LUC LEHR basseVINCENT SAUVE batterie With the Quartet XP – XP for Expérience, of course – Magic Malik continues to make his way on open ground, where jazz reinvents itself at every moment.

A flautist with a singular gaze, curious about everything, he handles sound the way one plays with light: shifting shadows, bringing unexpected colours to the surface.

His flute speaks, breathes and plays, carried by that instantly recognisable energy that runs through all of his music.

Alongside him are three musicians as inventive as they are attentive: Maïlys Maronn on piano, whom you may also have heard in the Kafrobeat adventure, Jean-Luc Lehr on bass, steeped in traditions from India, Africa and Eastern Europe, and Vincent Sauve on drums, somewhere between intuitive jazz and aleatoric music.

Together they turn the stage into a space for collective play, where shifting grooves, surprising harmonies and fleeting melodies follow one another, and nothing is ever fixed.

Following a blazing live album recorded at Le Baiser Salé, praised for its freshness and spontaneity, the Quartet XP continues on its way: a music that is alive, demanding and generous all at once, to be followed with eyes closed and heart wide open.