#Meet LE QUINT’UP

Quint’Up really gets the groove going! Led by Mario Canonge and Michel Zenino, this quintet brings together five exceptional musicians to create a style of jazz fuelled by hard bop, Caribbean rhythms and an irresistible desire to share.

Here, everything is in motion: the melodies dance, the improvisations take flight and the grooves settle in without asking permission. Alex Duthil, on France Musique’s Open Jazz programme, describes it as “a torrent of energy, swing, mastery and swaying grooves”. It’s hard to sum up the experience any better.

Alongside Canonge and Zenino are Arnaud Dolmen, one of the most distinctive drummers of his generation and a Victoires du Jazz award winner; Josiah Woodson, a Grammy Award-winning trumpeter; and Ricardo Izquierdo, a Cuban saxophonist renowned for the richness of his playing.

Every two months, #RdvAvec invites an artist or a band to pick up where they left off. Concert after concert, the music gains depth, repertoires are reinvented and new horizons open up. Because some adventures deserve more than just one encounter.