Studies
Classical (contrebass, harmony) at conservatoires de Montpellier and Saint Maur.
Jazz with Pierre Michelot, Patrice Caratini, André Hodeir and Ivan Jullien in different workshops AFDAS and with Big Band UER.
Main part
I played and recorded with Claude Bolling, Michel Legrand, Eddy Louiss, and also with Diana Ross, Tony Bennett and Ray Charles
Today
I played mainly with :
- Didier Lockwood trio (+ Jean-Marie Ecay on guitar),
- Singer Annick Tangora (Bibi Louison, Eve-Marie Bodet and François Laizeau),
- Double Jeu (Romane, Stochelo Rosenberg and Stéphane Huchard)
- Emile Spányi (piano) + Sylvain Clavier (batterie)
- my own Trio with Pierre Perchaud (guitar) and André Charlier (drums)
- I teach at CMDL de Dammarie les Lys, Didier Lockwood’s school.
discography non exhaustiv
- Eddy Louiss « Multicolor Feeling Fanfare »
- Michel Legrand and Toots Thielemans « The warm shade of memory »
- Michel Legrand and Stéphane Grappelli « Douce France »
- Michel Legrand Big Band « Live au Petit Journal »
- DJOA « Pigment », « Credo Créole » et « Calalou »
- Didier Lockwood Quartet « Round about silence »