Luminous "Gnaoui-jazz" fusion at the closing

The meeting between the two confirmed stars of the European jazz scene Jean Marie-Machado, Andy Sheppard and the Mâallem Hamid Kasri, accompanied by four Gnaoua musicians, made the ramparts of the historic Chellah site vibrate, while enchanting the aficionados who came in large numbers to attend the closing of the "Jazz" event of the capital. A French pianist and composer who spent his childhood in Morocco, Jean Marie-Machado studied classical music before teaching himself pop and jazz. Alongside the moving British saxophonist Andy Sheppard, an improviser gifted with a great melodic sense, they take a "Jazz" look at French impressionist classical melodies composed by Fauré, Ravel and Poulenc. Hamid Kasri stands, for his part, as a true ambassador of Gnaoua music. With his soloist voice, he unites the Gnaoua music of the North and South and has managed, by crossing his know-how with that…