OZMA

Imagine John Coltrane playing with Rage Against The Machine, Amon Tobin remixing Pink Floyd, and Billy Cobham jamming with Daft Punk...

OZMA is a supercharged quintet, creating music both adventurous and accessible that the group has been able to share through 8 dynamic albums. A key figure in modern French jazz, OZMA has been touring the world for over twenty years. With more than 600 concerts across 43 countries on four continents, the quintet champions bold music that blends rock energy, electronic textures, and the freedom of jazz.

Under the direction of drummer Stéphane Scharlé, the Strasbourg-founded group has built an engaging musical universe, exploring interdisciplinary dialogues and giving birth to numerous multidisciplinary creations that transcend stylistic boundaries. Their projects often include collaborations with artists from around the world and a strong sensitivity for visual music, with the creation of photo-concerts and film-concerts set to masterpieces of the seventh art.

For their newest adventure, the album The Day We Decided to Live at Night (2025), Stéphane Scharlé has brought new members to the team. Together with his long-time partner, bassist Édouard Séro-Guillaume, a fresh wave of young talent helped bring this intense record to life: Musina Ebobissé on saxophone, Martin Ferreyros on guitar, and a new addition to the instrumentation, Dan Jouravsky on keyboards, replacing the trombone.

This album, like each OZMA project, reflects a constant desire to push boundaries, explore new artistic territories, and build bridges between cultures and disciplines, offering a universal, vibrant, and resolutely contemporary narrative.