Sanz Benjamin

Benjamin Sanz, drummer and composer, has served, co-led, recorded or is at the origin of numerous projects influenced by the musical currents of Black American, African and contemporary European music. As a sideman he has played internationally with David Murray, Archie Shepp, Oliver Lake, Sabir Mateen, Joëlle Léandre, Mike Ladd, Napoleon Maddox and Iswhat, Roy Campbell, Bobby Few, Joe Fonda, Lobi Traore, Abdoulaye Traore and many others. He co-led for ten years (2000/2010) the African jazz band, Benkadi, with guitarist Hervé Samb. He has performed in numerous venues across the United States, Europe, and Africa, recording in ensembles ranging from rhythm-and-blues/hip-hop, with musicians such as Bruce Mack and Jared Nickerson, to contemporary music and creative jazz with Frederick Galiay, Joce Mienniel, and Elsa Biston. For eight years, until 2014, Benjamin organized a music lab at La Miroiterie in Paris, promoting the exposure of different scenes to a wide audience. In 2014, he co-founded the MiRR collective, which works on aesthetics derived from African, American, and contemporary roots music.

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