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Majid BEKKAS
Majid BEKKAS
Abdelmajid Bekkas was born in 1957 in the Tabriquet neighbourhood in Salé Morocco. He spent his childhood in Zagora in read more
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Stéphane BELMONDO
Stéphane BELMONDO
Stephane Belmondo (born Hyères, Var, July 8, 1967) is a French jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and drummer. Including recordings made with read more
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Edwin BERG
Edwin BERG
Edwin Berg (Oss, Netherlands 1972) is today one of the young promises of Dutch jazz. He initiates early in music read more
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Andy BEY
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Patrice BLANCHARD
Patrice BLANCHARD
Currently based in New York City, Patrice Blanchard has been touring extensively in the United States and in multiple countries read more
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Samuel BLASER
Samuel BLASER
The fertile ground between hard bop and free jazz continues to attract the next generation of jazz artists, most notably read more
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Sébastien BOISSEAU
Sébastien BOISSEAU
Music or architecture ? I was born in Lille (in the north of France) in 1974 and grew up in read more
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Pierre BOUSSAGUET
Pierre BOUSSAGUET
Pierre Boussaguet was born in 1962 in Albi, France. The accordion was Pierre’s first instrument, quickly over shadowed by the read more
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Lynn CASSIERS
Lynn CASSIERS
Lynn Cassiers (born 1984, Antwerp) started lessons in music at the age of 14 and concluded her studies at the Royal read more
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Jean-Paul CELEA
Jean-Paul CELEA
Life and career Born on January the 6th 1951 in Philippeville in Algeria, Jean-Paul Céléa, is a French jazz and read more
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Guillaume de CHASSY
Guillaume de CHASSY
The pianist Guillaume de Chassy has created a very unique musical identity, that escapes classifications. Former chemical engineer who grew read more
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Ablaye CISSOKO
Ablaye CISSOKO
Ablaye Cissoko is a part of new generation of artists from Senegal. Son of a Griot, living in Saint Louis read more
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Manu CODJIA
Manu CODJIA
Emmanuel Codjia is a French guitarist born on the 25th of September 1975 in Chaumont. He starts to learn classical read more
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François COUTURIER
François COUTURIER
After studying musicology and classical piano, François COUTURIER founded in 1977 the band Impression. In 1987 he meets Jean Paul read more
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Arnault CUISINIER
Arnault CUISINIER
Graduated from the dance and music superior conservatoire of Paris in classical double bass and in jazz, Arnaud Cuisinier started read more
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Sylvain DANIEL
Sylvain DANIEL
Self-taught, 31 years old, Sylvain Daniel has his own idea of the bass. Trained as a horn player (he plays read more
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Daniel DARC
Daniel DARC
Daniel Darc (May 20, 1959 in Paris), born Daniel Rozoum, is a French singer, who achieved success with his band read more
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Riccardo DEL FRA
Riccardo DEL FRA
Riccardo Del Fra’s interest in music started at a very young age, choosing first the guitar, which he later swapped read more
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Benoît DELBECQ
Benoît DELBECQ
Benoît Delbecq (born 6 June 1966) is a French pianist and composer. He was born in St Germain en Laye, read more
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Matthieu DONARIER
Matthieu DONARIER
Matthieu Donarier learned to play the clarinet before turning his attention to the saxophone at the age of fifteen. Alter read more
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Pierre-François DUFOUR
Pierre-François DUFOUR
Born in 1984 in Bordeaux, Pierre-François Dufour started drums when he was two, piano and cello when he was seven. read more
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Jozef DUMOULIN
Jozef DUMOULIN
Jozef DUMOULIN was born in 1975 in Izegem, Belgium. He spent his childhood and youth in the countryside of Ingelmunster read more
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Rémi DUMOULIN
Rémi DUMOULIN
While asserting his own distinctive personality, Rémi Dumoulin, 36 years old, has a real flair for the collective, characterised by read more
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Trevor DUNN
Trevor DUNN
Trevor Roy Dunn (born January 30, 1968) is an American composer, bass guitarist and double bassist. Dunn came to prominence read more
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Prabhu EDOUARD
Prabhu EDOUARD
PRABHU EDOUARD is a reputed tabla player established both as a traditional and a contemporary musician. This percussionist of south-indian read more
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Stéphane EDOUARD
Stéphane EDOUARD
Originally from south of India Stéphane Edouard was born in France in a family where music is a shared art. read more
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Boulou & Elios FERRE
Boulou & Elios FERRE
Brothers Boulou and Elios Ferré are two French jazz guitarists, born respectively in 1951 and 1958. They were born in read more
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Stéphane GALLAND
Stéphane GALLAND
Stéphane Galland (born 27 October 1969) is a Belgian drummer. He got his first drumset at the age of 3 read more
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Philippe GARCIA
Philippe GARCIA
Philippe Garcia studied at the conservatory in Lyon (France), and spent 6 years in Turkey where he played in the read more
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Macha GHARIBIAN
Macha GHARIBIAN
Pianist, singer and daughter of the musician Dan Gharibian (founder of Bratsch) Macha Gharibian evolves in several kinds of music read more
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Rodney GREEN
Rodney GREEN
Some people seek out a career in music, and some just cannot escape it. As an only child growing up read more
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Michèle HENDRICKS
Michèle HENDRICKS
The daughter of Jon Hendricks, Michele has gradually emerged from her father’s shadow to carve out a niche of her read more
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Fred HERSCH
Fred HERSCH
Proclaimed by Vanity Fair magazine, “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade or so,” Fred Hersch balances his read more
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Antonin-Tri HOANG
Antonin-Tri HOANG
Antonin-Tri Hoang started playing classical clarinet when he was 9; but he quickly stepped into jazz music when he discovered read more
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Milt HOFFMAN
Milt HOFFMAN
The adventure started in France with the first volume of the triptych “Chansons sous les bombes “– music for troubled read more
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John HOLLENBECK
John HOLLENBECK
John Hollenbeck is a jazz drummer and composer from Binghamton, NY, USA. He also has interests in classical music, and read more
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Daniel HUMAIR
Daniel HUMAIR
His career Daniel Humair (born 23 May 1938 in Geneva) is a drummer, jazz composer and painter. According to the read more
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Olive HUTMAN
Olive HUTMAN
Olivier Hutman was born November 12th, 1954 in Boulogne, France. He is a pianist, arranger & composer. Musical education: 10 read more
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Irène JACOB
Irène JACOB
Irène Marie Jacob (born 15 July 1966) is a French-born Swiss actress considered one of the preeminent French actresses of read more
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Alain JEAN-MARIE
Alain JEAN-MARIE
Alain Jean-Marie is a jazz pianist born in 1945 in Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe. When he was 8 he learned piano read more
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Fred JEANNE
Fred JEANNE
Born in 1960 in Normandie, Frédéric Jeanne started studying piano when he was 7. He discovered jazz music and drums read more
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François JEANNEAU
François JEANNEAU
François Jeanneau used to be a part of the rock band Triangle. He took part to the elaboration of a read more
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Guillaume JURAMIE
Guillaume JURAMIE
Vocalist, pianist, guitarist, Guillaume Juramie got noticed by playing bass and double bass. After brilliant studies, baccalauréat, music studies at read more
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Stéphane KERECKI
Stéphane KERECKI
After his studies in Economics in Paris, Stéphane Kerecki entered the National Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris (CNSMDP) read more
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Khalid KHOUHEN
Khalid KHOUHEN
Percussionist, composer and producer, Khalid Kouhen was born in Morocco and has lived in France since 1978. Brought up with read more
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Gueorgui KORNAZOV
Gueorgui KORNAZOV
Gueorgui KORNAZOV was born in Sevlievo, Bulgaria, on the 30th of september 1971. He is a jazz trombone player,composer,arrangeur,producer. He read more
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Issam KRIMI
Issam KRIMI
Born in Aubervilliers, he initiates his musical course by studying classic piano in the CNR of La Courneuve Aubervilliers. He read more
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Joachim KÜHN
Joachim KÜHN
Joachim Kühn was a musical prodigy and made his debut as a concert pianist, having studied classical piano and composition with read more
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Vincent LAFONT
Vincent LAFONT
This talented enthusiast of keyboards – particularly the electric piano – and electronic sounds likes to travel through a musical read more
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Karen LANO
Karen LANO
Numerous jazzmen claim to have been influenced by pop and folk music. One notably remembers the interest shown by Charles read more
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Geraldine LAURENT
Geraldine LAURENT
Born in 1975, Geraldine Laurent started her musical studies with classical piano and began the saxophone at 13 years old read more
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Eric LE LANN
Eric LE LANN
Born at Ploeuc-sur-Lié (Côtes-d’Armor) in November 1957, Eric Le Lann was initiated to the trumpet by his father, a dentist read more
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Jean-Luc LEHR
Jean-Luc LEHR
Jean-Lun Lehr started music by studying classical piano from 1980 to 1989. Then he started learning bass and double bass read more
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Michael LEONHART
Michael LEONHART
Born into a musical family, Michael Leonhart has developed into one of the most imaginative musicians of his time, sought read more
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Dave LIEBMAN
Dave LIEBMAN
Early life & career David Liebman was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, on September 4, 1946. He read more
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David LINX
David LINX
David Link is a Belgian singer, composer, song writer, producer, multi instrumentalist born in 1925 in Brussels. Since the beginning read more
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Marcel LOEFFLER
Marcel LOEFFLER
Marcel Loeffler is a gypsy jazz accordionist born in Haguenau in 1956. Music has been a part of Marcel’s life read more
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Ramon LOPEZ
Ramon LOPEZ
Ramon Lopez is a Spanish drummer who has been living in France since 1985. Self taught man; he started drums read more
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Julien LOURAU
Julien LOURAU
Julien Lourau (born 1970) is a French jazz saxophonist. He is the son of sociologist René Lourau. Julien Lourau made read more
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Jan LUNDGREN
Jan LUNDGREN
In his youth, Jan Lundgren was often seen as one of the greatest talents in Swedish tennis since Björn Borg, read more
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Jean-Marie MACHADO
Jean-Marie MACHADO
Jean-Marie Machado spent his childhood in Marocco. Later on he starts to learn piano with concert performer Catherine Collard. He read more
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Tony MALABY
Tony MALABY
Originally from Tucson, Arizona ,Tony Malaby has been permanently based in New York since 1995 and has been a member read more
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Magic MALIK
Magic MALIK
Malik Mezzadri is a jazz Flautist born in 1969. He grew up in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe where he started recorder (fipple read more
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Christophe MARGUET
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Joe MARTIN
Joe MARTIN
Joe Martin is one of the most sought-after bassists on the current New York City jazz scene. Known for his read more
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Matthieu METZGER
Matthieu METZGER
Multifaceted saxophonist Matthieu Metzger likes going beyond the traditional techniques associated with his instrument, notably thanks to his passion for read more
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Joce MIENNIEL
Joce MIENNIEL
Joce Mienniel is a french flutist. He studied classical music and is also saxcophonist, composer, arranger, orchestrator, and uses electronic read more
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André MINVIELLE
André MINVIELLE
André Minvielle is a French musicien born 1957 in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. He spends his teenage between L’Ousse-des-Bois where his mother read more
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Giovanni MIRABASSI
Giovanni MIRABASSI
Giovanni Mirabassi is a Paris-based Italian jazz pianist, born in Perugia, Italy. Self-taught, he learned by listening to Bud Powell, Art Tatum, and Oscar Peterson. read more
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Ben MONDER
Ben MONDER
Ben Monder is an American jazz guitarist. A musician in the New York area for 25 years, he has performed read more
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Christophe MONNIOT
Christophe MONNIOT
Christophe Monniot is a jazz saxophonist born in Caen (France). He has a first prize in jazz and improvised musics read more
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Fabrice MOREAU
Fabrice MOREAU
Fabrice Moreau is a self taught musician. He was first interested in painting before starting his drummer career. He has read more
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Patrice MORET
Patrice MORET
Patrice Moret is a double bass player who, first and foremost, relies upon the great gravitational groove of deep tones, read more
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Thomas MORGAN
Thomas MORGAN
Thomas Morgan was born on August 14, 1981 in Hayward, California. He began to study the cello at the age read more
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Paul MOTIAN
Paul MOTIAN
Stephen Paul Motian 25 March 1931 – 22 November 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer of Armenian extraction. He first came to prominence read more
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François MOUTIN
François MOUTIN
François Moutin was born in Paris in a family of music lovers. He started guitar at 5, and piano and harmony read more
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Mark MURPHY
Mark MURPHY
Mark Murphy (born March 14, 1932) is an American jazz singer based in New York. He is most noted for read more
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Jean-Philippe MUVIEN
Jean-Philippe MUVIEN
1st prize of guitar from the Parisian national conservatoire, Jean-Philippe Muvien had a great career : plenty of internationals concerts read more
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Gille NATUREL
Gille NATUREL
Composer, orchestra conductor and sideman Gilles Naturel has all qualities of a great double bass player: swing, tempo, creativity and read more
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Jonathan Orland
Jonathan Orland
French jazz musician Jonathan Orland began playing music during his childhood in Paris, starting with the piano and the clarinet. read more
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Dré PALLEMAERTS
Dré PALLEMAERTS
Dre Pallemaerts plays the drums, teaches at the “CNSM” in Paris-France and at the “Lemmens Instituut” in Leuven-Belgium, works as read more
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Pierre PERCHAUD
Pierre PERCHAUD
“Openness” is the word to describe this 30-year-old classically-trained jazz guitarist, who can move effortlessly from the electric to the read more
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Guillaume PONCELET
Guillaume PONCELET
Born in Grenoble (France) in 1978, Guillaume Poncelet is a trumpet & keyboard player, composer, arranger, producer. Discography: Mc Solaar, read more
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Joe QUITZKE
Joe QUITZKE
Joe QUITZKE is a drummer, percussionist and composer born in 1969 in Sweden. He grew up in Andalousia where he read more
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Jérôme REGARD
Jérôme REGARD
Jerome Regard studied at the Lyon national music conservatoire, then at the Parisian conservatoire of musique with Jean-François Jenny Clark. read more
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Eve RISSER
Eve RISSER
Eve Risser actual musical researches are based on the exploration of paradoxal piano sounds. After musical studies in East of read more
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Rudy ROYSTON
Rudy ROYSTON
Born in Fort Worth, Texas, and raised in Denver, Colorado, Rudy Royston has been a professional teacher, drummer and percussionist read more
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Jérôme SABBAGH
Jérôme SABBAGH
Saxophonist and composer Jerome Sabbagh has been living in New York since 1995. He has recorded four albums as a read more
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Thomas SAVY
Thomas SAVY
After studying classical clarinet at Paris’ Conservatoire National de Région and getting a Premier Prix in 1993, Thomas Savy entered read more
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Yoann SERRA
Yoann SERRA
At just 32 years of age, Yoann Serra has already lived a thousand lives as a musician. One of the read more
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Philippe SOIRAT
Philippe SOIRAT
Philippe Soirat is a French drummer born in 1961 in Menton (France). After begin to learn music by himself, he studies read more
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Emil SPANYI
Emil SPANYI
Emil studied piano and composition in Budapest, then at the MHS GRAZ where he got a ”Magister Atrium”. First prize at read more
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Stéphane SPIRA
Stéphane SPIRA
Stéphane Spira is a French musician born in 1966. After studying in a engineer school, Spira ended up as an read more
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Ben STREET
Ben STREET
Ben Street is a New York-area jazz double bassist. He has played with many great jazz artists, notably Kurt Rosenwinkel read more
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Lionel SUAREZ
Lionel SUAREZ
Lionel Suarez is a French accordionist born in 1977 in Rodez (Aveyron). He is from a family of musicians and read more
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Eric SURMENIAN
Eric SURMENIAN
Eric Surmenian was born in 1973 in France. He started his musical education very early by practicing singing, dancing and read more
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Geoffroy TAMISIER
Geoffroy TAMISIER
With “Au bonheur des Anges” Geoffroy Tamisier offers us an album of delicacy and reticent sadness, which reveals all the read more
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Eric THIELEMANS
Eric THIELEMANS
Genre crossing/ blending percussionist/ drummer working from a classically trained ear via jazz drumming, free improv and all sorts of read more
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Rokia TRAORE
Rokia TRAORE
Rokia Traoré (born January 26, 1974) is a Victoires de la Musique award-winning Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist. Born in read more
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Bo VAN DER WERF
Bo VAN DER WERF
Saxophonist and composer, Bo Van der Werf is graduated from the Amsterdams Conservatory. He leads and writes for Octurn : read more
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Nelson VERAS
Nelson VERAS
Born the 6 august 1977 in Salvador-BA Brazil, Nelson Veras moved to Fance at 14 and played with Pat Metheny read more
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Jean-Philippe VIRET
Jean-Philippe VIRET
Born in Saint Quentin (France) in 1959, Jean-Philippe Viret will wait until he’s 18 to study music. The first decisive read more
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Christope WALLEMME
Christope WALLEMME
Born in 1964 from a French father and a Mauritius mother Christophe Wallemme spent a lot of time abroad – read more
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Robert WYATT
Robert WYATT
Robert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine,with a long and distinguished read more
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ONJ/Daniel Yvinec
ONJ/Daniel Yvinec
Daniel Yvinec is the first Artistic Director appointed to head the Orchestre National de Jazz for a renewable three-year mandate, read more
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Daniel YVINEC
Daniel YVINEC
Bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, Daniel Yvinec – who transforms himself into Yvinek when he devotes his energies to electronica read more
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Maxime ZAMPIERI
Maxime ZAMPIERI
After 5 years of studies at the drumming school A.D.R.I.E.M. in Lille, Maxime Zampieri gets the prize of the jury read more
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Gabriel ZUFFEREY
Gabriel ZUFFEREY
Born in Swizerland in 1984, Gabriel Zufferey grew up in a family full of musicians and music lovers. Only 2 read more
