Elie Chemali – Piano
An organist by training, Elie Chemali taught himself piano when he arrived in Paris at the age of twenty. He completed his training by following the professional program (piano, writing, composition and arrangement) of the American School of Modern Music in 1995 and 1996, then studied at the IACP with Marc Chalosse and François Theberge in 1997 and finally with François Jeanneau at the CNSMDP.
After having participated in the recording of several albums as a musician (Cesaria Evora:Sodade, 1994,Fairouz:Ela Assi, 1995,Sheryl Crow: album with the eponymous title, 1996), and composer (Khaled,Liberté, 2009, Grand Corps Malade: the titles Education Nationale and Rachid Taxi on the album 3e Temps, 2010, the title Je t’aime que moi for Agnès Bihl), Elie Chemali devoted himself to writing and recording his first album as a leader: On the Rhodes.
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Dominique Lermerle – Contrabass
Born in 1955 in Paris, it has been forty years that Dominique Lemerle has put his beautiful sensitivity at the service of jazz and musicians like François Chassagnite, Chet Baker, Bernard Maury, Jimmy…and also, Sean Gourley, Elios & Boulou Ferré, Johnny Griffin, René Mailhes, Deborah Brown, Katy Roberts and many others, as a true pillar of jazz rhythm sections: bebop, Django tradition, free, swing, Dominique Lemerle is on all adventures.
Chris Henderson – Drums
Chris Henderson is a versatile drummer who has been a fixture on the live music scene in his adopted home of Paris, France for more than forty years. He has performed around the world with storied artists including the Sun Ra Arkestra, Harold Mabern, Marion Brown, Patricia Kaas, Justo Almario and Ed Blackwell, along the way eagerly absorbing influences from dancehall music to Makossa. True to one of his heroes, Art Blakey, Henderson has served as a real jazz ambassador for decades.
William Davenport alias Mra Oma
Trumpet & Flugelhorn
He has performed with Warren(WIS)Smith, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, Wayne Dockery, J.R. Mitchel, Byard Lancaster, Sun Ra Orchestra, Sunny Murray, Kirk Lightsey, Grachan Moncur III, Zane Wayne Massey, Eli Fountain, Vincent Holmes Jr., Ron Williams, Jack Gregg, Joe Ford, Chris Dailey McCraven & many others. In New York City (1978), he formed the first addition group of the band “ Brotherhood” Performing at major Jazz Clubs, TV programs & Festivals. Since then, many great Musicians as performed in the band from around the world.
Mark Sims – Trombone
Born in New York and arrived in Paris in the mid 80’s. He has accompanied, Luther Allison, Randy Weston, Sam Rivers big Band, Isaac Hayes, Alfredo Rodriguez, Roberto Torres, Azuquita, Teta Landau, and the Gospel Choir – « Les Cent Voix. » He has toured extensively with Bernard Allison, Salif Keita, Mory Kante and Khaled. and of course, many others.
