Colombian Trance

¡Ya Voy! is the magic of a meeting between traditional Colombian music and improvised music. It is the story of four musicians who travel…

¡Ya Voy! sings its utopia and creates a colorful, ever-moving imaginary folklore.

Alejandra Charry and Moises Zamora Mesù grew up together in the village of Cabuyal Candelaria, in western Colombia, in the Valle del Cauca region. She arrived in France in 2004 with her voice and her cello, while he still lives there with his marimba and multiple instruments.

On the other side of the continents, Sakina Abdou and Thibault Cellier have crossed paths on European jazz and improvised music stages for over a decade without ever having had the chance to play together.

On one side, traditional Colombian music with its lilting triple meter, its hymns celebrating freedom, its tradition of voice and percussion, dance and trance, and its social, ritualized relationship to music. On the other, jazz and improvised music with their sense of freedom, commitment, the appropriation of traditions, and the celebration of the moment.

The richness of sharing this diversity lies at the heart of this music, which carries strong cultural legacies. At the intersection of this encounter emerges a free music—one that lets the heart go wherever it must.

This quartet is also the meeting of two improvisational traditions: one rooted in traditional music, the other in free jazz. Different foundations, different functions, yet the same sensitive thread that connects the four musicians: the desire to resonate together. Voice, saxophone, marimba/percussion, and double bass come together in a raw, full sound—one that sings and explores with eyes wide open!

• Alejandra Charry Voice, percussion
• Sakina Abdou Tenor saxophone
• Moises Zamora Mesú Marimba de chonta, percussion
• Thibault Cellier Double bass