He moved to Paris in 1988, playing with Henri Texier, Michel Portal, Noël Akchoté, and Julien Lourau.

In 1999, he was engaged in Koreni (Roots) with Karim Ziad from Algeria, Kudsi Erguner from Turkey, and Vlatko Stefanovski from Macedonia.

On Transpacifik (2003) he started collaborating with Scott Colley and Nasheet Waits, and continued on Xenophonia (2006) with Ben Perowsky and Ari Hoenig, as well as Frenchman Remi Vignolo.

He won the Victoires du Jazz prize in France in 2007 for Xenophonia and in 2013 for Soul Shelter[2] as the Best Albums of the Year.

[1] He was born to a Bosniak mother, while his father comes from the prominent Bosnian family Zulfikarpašić, who originate from Foča in Bosnia and Herzegovina.