Old School Funky Family

7:30 PM & 9:30 PMSince its creation, OLD SCHOOL FUNKY FAMILY has established itself as a true sound laboratory, where funk, jazz, afrobeat, and video game music influences fuse

*7:30 PM & 9:30 PM* Since its creation, OLD SCHOOL FUNKY FAMILY has established itself as a true sound laboratory, where funk, jazz, afrobeat, and video game music influences merge into a unique identity.

Led by Jérôme Martineau-Ricotti, composer and artistic director of the project, the group has refined an original writing style over the years, highlighting the expressive power of its saxophone quartet and the irresistible dynamism of its rhythm section (sousaphone, drums, guitar, keyboards).

Their latest album, entitled *'Peluches Vol. I'*, goes against the grain of an era that is sometimes too seriously adult. Inspired by often-mocked naivety and lightness, this opus celebrates the simple and instinctive joy of music, the kind that makes you dance, vibrate, and soar.

Aware of the privilege of being able to practice a profession where one can say "I'm going to play," this new album is conceived as a tribute to pure energy and the joys of childhood, cradled by the sunny music that the group strives to continue to honour today.

Paul-Antoine Roubet / soprano saxophone Illyes Ferfera / alto saxophone David Mimey / tenor saxophone Julius Buros / baritone saxophone Pierre Latute / sousaphone Joël Riffard / guitar Arthur Guyard / keyboards Jérôme Martineau-Ricotti / drums *— As part of the Jazz Sur Seine festival*