[embed]https://youtu.be/boZ-RALkaP8[/embed] FRÉDÉRIC LOISEAU Born in Tours in 1964, Frédéric Loiseau first studied economics before pursuing a musical education at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles, where he trained with Joe Pass and Joe Diorio. After returning to France in 1989, he refined his craft with...
[embed]https://youtu.be/wJyiaVfGPnw[/embed] MANU DOMERGUE Manu Domergue has always conducted his musical training between voice and instrument (the French horn, then the marching horn, a rare instrument commonly called "Mellophone"), convinced that one did not go without the other. After classical studies and a thorough exploration of Jazz at the...
[embed]https://youtu.be/qSFjDbdObkU[/embed] CLAUDE EGEA After studying at the University of Toulouse, Claude Egea became a member of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse from 1982 to 1991, before joining the Orchestre National de Jazz until 1996. During this period, he participated as a musician for several television...
[embed]https://youtu.be/HrPMwpwFtBk[/embed] STÉPHANE GUILLAUME Stéphane Guillaume began to rub shoulders with the world of jazz musicians at the age of 17, while he was awarded a 1st prize from the Paris Conservatory in classical saxophone. He would blow out his 20 candles on tour with the Orchestre National...
[embed]https://youtu.be/y97ARX3yA0E[/embed] JEAN-MICHEL CHARBONNEL Jean-Michel Charbonnel discovered Jazz, electric bass and double bass in the Jazz and Orchestra workshops of the Dreux Conservatory; while he learned the clarinet there. He obtained a Master's degree in Musicology at the Sorbonne, he followed internships, took private lessons, while multiplying engagements...
[embed]https://youtu.be/sT2_gLPFvPo[/embed] ANTHONY JAMBON Anthony Jambon, born in 1990, started playing guitar at the age of 7, first in classical music before moving towards jazz and improvised music in his teens. Based in Paris since 2011, he quickly acquired a solid reputation in French jazz clubs, notably at...
[embed]https://youtu.be/DmAuyavElyg[/embed] BENOIT SOURISSE Born in Grenoble in 1964, Benoît Sourisse, pianist/organist, moved to Paris in 1986. With his alter/ego André Charlier they created the Charlier/Sourisse tandem. (9 albums and close collaborations with Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Garrett, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Alex Sipiagin…). Travel companion and musical director of violinist Didier...
[embed]https://youtu.be/KgJrT9_goGo[/embed] Bastien Ribot Born in 1986 in Toulouse, Bastien Ribot studied classical music with Aimée Auriacombe at the conservatory. Then he discovered Gypsy Jazz, which led him to perform with the big names of the style such as Angello Debarre, Steve Laffont, Tchavolo Schmitt, Rocky Gresset or...
[embed]https://youtu.be/0QFD1LCsO88[/embed] ANDRÉ CHARLIER Born in VERVIERS (Belgium) in 1962. André Charlier began playing drums in 1978. He studied at the Liège Conservatory in the Jazz class and took lessons with Vinnie Johnson and Bruno Castellucci. He studied at the Musician Institute of Los Angeles in 1985-1986. In 1988-1989,...