Mehdi Chaïb studied saxophone at conservatory from the age of 8. He discovered Jazz and improvisation at 17, and moved to Paris in 2000 to study at the American School of Modern Music, and join two musicians’ collectives: Tarace Boulba and Zetlab. His 2003-2008 African tour (Mali, Senegal, Morocco, Comoros) represented a major development in terms of expression. Mehdi has participated on many album, creation and tour projects around the world, with artists such as Naissam Jalal, Fanfaraï Big Band, Bab L’bluz, Jazz Liberatorz, Hamid Khan, Artefact, Doudou N’Diaye Rose, and more. He has also collaborated with Gnaoua master musicians Hamid El Kasri, Hassan Boussou, Karim Ziad, Amazigh Kateb, and Mehdi Nassouli, among others. Mehdi is always on the lookout for sounds from different continents, percussions, songs, and complex metres, and he enjoys the pleasure of sharing and listening. For the past 10 years he has undertaken the transmission of both oral tradition and written music, training amateur and young professional in internships and masterclasses.