“In the family of wind instruments, there is a brotherhood of the highly gifted, blessed by the gods. They are musicians whose breath is naturally colored with music. As soon as they put their instrument to their lips – whether it is a saxophone, a trumpet, a flute or a harmonica – the music is there, right away, guileless and inescapable. Like a truth that immediately plunges the listener into a state of weightlessness with the sheer honesty of its inner voice. This lyrical endowment is called charm. Lester Young, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Stan Getz and a few others have succeeded in harnessing this gift, which transforms breath into “something blue that appeared like a wing” (Victor Hugo). Olivier Ker Ourio definitely belongs to this clan of the chosen.
With this first album under the label Dreyfus Jazz, Olivier Ker Ourio invites us to take a new and elemental voyage… this gentle nomad of the harmonica has chosen, for each track, fellow travelers in his own image. All are true adventurers of musical freedom: pianists Manuel Rocheman and Jean-Michel Pilc, guitarists Sylvain Luc and Louis Winsberg, vocalists André Minvielle and Danyel Waro, trombonist Glenn Ferris and kayamb player Laurent Dalleau, not to forget a fantastic rhythm section with André Ceccarelli and Diego Imbert… At every turn, we find charm and magic, swing and poetry. How rare!”
Jazzman 2008 – Pascal Anquetil (* * * *)

PRESENTATION NEW ALBUM “LIFE AS IT IS”(CONTINUO JAZZ) – CD RELEASE 27 MARCH 2026

NEW ALBUM “LIFE AS IT IS”(CONTINUO JAZZ) / 1ST SINGLE “CAP LA HOUSSAYE” RELEASE6 MARCH 2026

DUET OLIVIER KER OURIO / MANUEL ROCHEMAN “AFFINITIES” – “Un été 42” – 2025 (STUDIO LA MENUISERIE)

DUET QUENTIN DUJARDIN / OLIVIER KER OURIO “SERENDIPITY” – “En t’attendant” – 2023

SINGULAR INSULARITY – “Soufflèr” – 2020 – “SINGULAR INSULARITY”




DUET with SYLVAIN LUC onTSF JAZZ – “À BICYCLETTE”