Michel Alibo - Intemporel

Michel Alibo 'Intemporel' Double bass, bass: Michel Alibo Drums: Tilo Bertholo Piano: Xavier Belin Guitar: Ralph Lavital Guests Mélodie Spartacus – Flute A professional, self-taught bassist, Michel Alibo was accompanying Manu Dibango at the age of 16!

He has been on the music scene for 50 years, playing every colour of music. Jazz, zouk, fusion, Afro-Caribbean or North African music, he stamps his style with a funky, groovy touch.

Acoustic, electric fusion, traditional or contemporary, a beaming, sunny musician with a sparkle in his eye, he breathes music with the humility of the greats he has accompanied: Eddy Louiss, Salif Keita, Andy Narell, Michel Jonasz, Kassav, Touré Kunda, Angélique Kidjo, Karim Ziad, Ralph Thamar, Edith Lefel, MC Solaar, Les Nubians… Dancing with his electric bass and, more recently, with his double bass.

A mainstay of recording studios in the 80s and 90s, Michel Alibo is among the founders of landmark musical projects in jazz and Caribbean music: Sixun, Sakiyo, Sakésho, and has forged a long-standing partnership with pianist Mario Canonge.

Surrounded by the cream of the new wave of Caribbean jazzmen, and with a real gift for passing things on, Michel Alibo, as bandleader, invites us to experience a timeless musical rainbow.