Marockin' Brass

An organic mix of gnawa & brass music from Brussels.Marockin’ Brass is a gnawa-jazz band from Brussels defined by many international artistic exchanges. One can hear in the music of lead saxophonist and composer Luc Mishalle the result of a long-lasting love and a thorough analysis of (north)-African rhythms. On these rhythms, they layer their melodic lines that refer to jazz, contemporary music as well as to non-western musical vocabulary. The result is astonishingly fresh and sounds as if Brussels had always been a harbour at the Mediterranean sea.In October 2018 the group released its 4th album Beats & Pieces. For this release, they teamed up with tunisian producer Sofyann Ben Youssef and drummer Roel Poriau. Previously Marockin Brass’ also collaborated with saxophonist Trevor Watts (UK), djembé player Adama Dramé (BF) and jazz trumpeters Byron Wallen (US) and Jean-Paul Estiévenart (BE). Their current line up also features upcoming jazz talents like Esinam Dogbatse and Eric Yovogan.Line up:
Luc Mishalle - artistic coordination & tenor & soprano sax
Eric Yovogan - trumpet
Esinam Dogbatse - flute & percussion
Véronique Delmelle - baritone & alto sax
Jean Gnonlonfoun - drums & percussion
Pascal Rousseau - tuba
Driss Filali - artistic coordination, vocals, krakeb & sentir
Badr Derras - vocals & bendir
Abdessamad Semlali - vocals & bendirMarockin' Brass is produced by MetX Moving Music, Brussels. More info on www.metx.be