Mourad Benhammou & His Soulful Drums

He trained by listening to the great masters of bop and performing in Parisian clubs, before collaborating with numerous French and American musicians.

In 1998, he released his first record as a leader. Following a trip to the United States, where he met his mentor Walter Perkins, he founded the quintet Jazzworkers, dedicated to hard bop. Renowned for his swing and devotion to this tradition, he was described in 2021 by Jazz Magazine as "one of the best contemporary drummers in the field of bop and hard bop".