Description

The Grand Sorcier quintet blends maloya and free jazz, two musics of resistance and freedom.<div> With this group, Stéphane Hoareau seeks to blend the ternary rhythms and formulas representative of Réunion Island with the high-voltage, unconstrained instruments and improvisations of free jazz. And what if the holy grail for every musician, like for poets, were, in Rimbaud's words, to "find a language"?</div><div><br></div><div> This is the artistic quest of a lifetime, forged through notes, sounds, untamed rhythms, and rites of passage. The title, Grand Sorcier (Great Sorcerer), which derives from the Mozambican etymology of the word "maloya," celebrates the powerful healing aspect of this music. For ultimately, isn't "finding a language" also about creating magical formulas?</div><div><br></div>