Tickets are available for our 2 exceptional 20 years show in Paris and Strasbourg, the link is here : PARTY TIME !!
To celebrate our 20 years we will create the crazy OZMA-XX show ! More info here : The show
We are back on the road! Ukraine, France, Spain, Germany… Check out the nexts concerts on our AGENDA
We are happy to unveil “A Leila”, first title of our new live series called : Road Trip Live Show
After 7 month without any gig, OZMA is back on the road ! Check out the concerts
Discover High, Far and Loud, OZMA’s webseries that traces one year of world tour! On the menu: fun, amazing landscapes and a lot of music 😉
On April 26th at midnight we will perform at the biggest jazz fair in Europe. The concert will be livestreamed on our facebook page => @ozmajazz, check it out !
These next Months OZMA is on French Tour with the movie concert THE LOST WORLD, see the agenda
40 bands for 764 applications!!! OZMA has been selected to showcase it’s new repertoire at the « European Jazz Meeting » in Bremen this April!
A few days ago we recorded our new album HYPERLAPSE @ Downtown Studios in Strasburg. It will be released in Nov 2019 on Cristal Records / Sony Music Distribution
We have arrived in India for the last part ouf or 2018 world tour, here are the concerts!
This november, we’re heading for Indonesia ! 6 concerts and a meeting with local musicians. Check out our agenda !
This October we’ll discover China for the first time, 11 concerts from Harbin to Hangzhou ! Check out our agenda
On September 29th, OZMA will play at the Saint Jazz festival. Sharing the evening with amazing Reggie Washington
After a chilly summer, the whole crew is ready for a crazy Asian Fall Tour !
In June we don’t stop ! Soon we’ll be on the road again in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia & Lesotho ! Check out the agenda !
OZMA will tour through Germany, Austria, Hungary and Czech Republic from 11th till 26th of May, check out the tour dates !!
Late April, OZMA created and presented in Marrakech a first step of it’s new Photo-concert CROSSROADS on the work of Leila Alaoui
To celebrate this new year and the release of our first live album, check out this special offer :
2018 => World Tour ! => Morocco, Central Europe, South Africa & Asia !
Until then check out this vidéo !!
07/12 OZMA 5tet @ Bix Jazzclub, Stuttgart, De
08/12 OZMA 5tet @ Jazzschmiede, Düsseldorf, De
OZMA is back on track with concerts at the great Batojazz Festival in Chanaz (Fr) and later in September for an amazing Colombian Tour !
This year again let’s meet at AJMi’s Têtes de Jazz
July 10th till 15th at 10:30 am OZMA Movie Concert
July 9th till 12th at 9:30 pm OZMA 5tet
1/07 Jardins en Scène / Marck
2/07 Wolfijazz festival / Wolfisheim
8/07 Charlie Jazz / Vitrolles
First pictures of a great evening at the AJMi
Next shows in Avignon from July 9th till 15th for the Têtes de Jazz Festival
Next show OZMA at the AJMi for the INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY
Check it out ! HERE
Yeayy !! Welcome on OZMA’s brand new website, the only place on earth where you can listen to ALL OZMA’s music !
HYPERLAPSE
2020
Composed by drummer Stéphane Scharlé, OZMA 7th album HYPERLAPSE is a bewitching and jubilant road book dedicated to ten cities crossed by the band during an incredible 2018 tour.
OZMA ON FIRE (Live)
2017
OZMA’s first Live release in more than 15 years of touring. Recorded at the AJMi Jazz Club in Avignon on April 30th 2017 this Live shows the playing pleasure and craziness of the quintet. The roof is on fire !!
WELCOME HOME
2016
The return of the trombone in OZMA after two albums as a quartet. “Welcome Home” is all the class and flippancy of five cheeky guys with masterful technique, a good dose of humor and emotion, probing, nervous melodies, pop anthems, formidable grooves, wild growls, whispered secrets, ravaging riffs, surplus energy, devilish jousts, counterparts with counterpoints, dreamlike countries and sonic explosions.
NEW TALES
2013
The music of New Tales tells the story of a fictional character, a modern vagabond who decides to travel the world and discover it with his own eyes, in all its splendor but also sometimes all its ugliness. OZMA presents a new repertoire that captivates with strength and passion, and opens up new sound horizons, adding voice, keyboard and electronics to its instrumentarium.
PEACEMAKER
2011
An album inspired by travels around the world, evocations of major works and barely veiled claims. A true musical hinge between the past, the present and an uncertain future. The imaginary developed in this 3rd opus takes us through Pop, Rock and Modern Jazz horizons whose thread is the improvisation and spontaneity of young musicians in full maturity.
STRANGE TRAFFIC
2009
An incisive and colorful album with original compositions nourished with live energy and projecting a mutant jazz. Lyrical and uncompromising choruses, frenzied collective improvisations, themes that sometimes flirt with blues, instrumental pop-rock, free-funk, calypso …
ELECTRIC TAXI LAND
2007
Inherited from the freedom of rock, the rigor of the swing, without forgetting a good dose of groove and a group spirit. Timeless flights, raging pests, “Electric Taxi Land” teems with winks. A modern fusion that neither Frank Zappa nor George Clinton would deny, and for which Julien Lourau and Steve Coleman would most likely feel more than sympathy … Dave Holland in quintet too!
OZMA
2005
STÉPHANE SCHARLÉ / Drums - Composition
Impressive athlete with ceaseless energy, armed with a personality which charms through its dynamism. He is the supervisor of nuance and narration. He pulls the group from piano to forte with only the force of his drumsticks; a sensitive and crystalline colorist with lightning reflexes. Under the hood, he has a motor made of metal and granite which roars of telluric rock, which he unleashes only when necessary.
ÉDOUARD SÉRO-GUILLAUME / Bass - Composition
A weakness for science fiction, a love of the imaginary, he loves losing himself in stories that excite the neurons and that much is audible. Ingenious architect, his bass is endlessly inventing harmonic progressions which alter the baroque and push and shove the pop versions. Between serious lows and bantering high notes, he unchains the soloists, occasionally scolding them; he inserts himself in phrases extracted from the earth and softens their landing by creating large, comfortable spaces.
JULIEN SORO / Saxophones
Formidable ping-pong player, gastronomic expert, he eats up music in momentous proportions, he is delighted and nourished by it. He plays what he hears and he hears quite a bit. Once he has his sax in hand, his implication is total. His discourse is personal and singular, a powerful proposition without being overbearing. Eloquent and funny, on stage he is like he is when hosting a dinner: generous and gluttonous, perhaps a bit moody, yet assuredly moving.
GUILLAUME NUSS / Trombone
Olympian handyman, insatiable partier, Bond-like seducer, each note of his trombone hits the bullseye. His groove is relentless, his lyricism is poignant, and he juggles the obvious, the appropriate and the exact and never misses. His trombone has a suave and delicate touch but he also knows how to “peel the wallpaper off the walls” when he has to! His perfect pitch serves his roaring horn.
TAM DE VILLIERS / Guitar
Tireless orator, politics and history buff, this English guitarist dreams music, lives in an immense interior world from which emerges an incorruptible and fuliginous musical thought. With his sort of convulsive, calming beauty, he astonishes through his stupefying, volcanic virtuosity. Still, his naïve pop accompaniments are reassuring, enveloping the group’s sound in his passionate universe.
Stéphane Scharlé
Phone : +33667925020
scharle.stephane@gmail.com
Julie Cottier
Phone : + 33 6 44 10 55 24
diffusion@lacompagnietangram.fr
Estelle Coupey
Phone : + 33 6 27 05 28 42
production@lacompagnietangram.fr
Samira Ben-Embarek
Phone : + 33 5 46 44 83 84
samira.ben@cristalgroupe.com
Eric Debègue
Phone : + 33 5 46 44 96 48
eric.debegue@cristalgroupe.com
Julie Cottier
Phone : + 33 6 44 10 55 24
ozma@cristalgroupe.com
Nicholas Bild
Phone : +49 421 69643980
nico@berthold-records.de
Marcel Westphal
Phone : +49 221 500 859 11
marcel.westphal@qrious.de
