Grand Sorcier

From maloya to free jazz: the spells of Grand Sorcier At the initiative of protean guitarist Stéphane Hoareau (G!rafe, Trans Kabar...), the quintet Grand Sorcier mixes the spirit of maloya and that of free jazz... Two musics of resistance and freedom! Grand Sorcier seeks to mix the ternary turnings and the representative formulas of maloya, the instruments and the boosted improvisations, out of the shackles, of free jazz. To lead all these beautiful people, the guitarist made the musicians aware of the manufacture of maloya, its structures, its cells, its question-and-answer constructions, with saxophonists used as singers: an initial framework conducive to taking boldest risks.