Eric Barret
Éric Barret (born May 5, 1959 in Le Havre ) is a French jazz musician ( soprano and tenor saxophone , composition).
Live and act
Barret is self-taught as a musician. Already in 1978 he played in the Paris jazz clubs with Chet Baker , Jean-Louis Chautemps , Pepper Adams and Slide Hampton . Then he belonged to the quartet of Alby Cullaz and in 1981 to the quartet of Charles Bellonzi. In 1982 Patrice Caratini brought him to his Onztet . The following year he was involved in the recording of an album ( Trapèze ) for the first time in the quartet of Jean-Pierre Mas , and then played in the large-format group Bob 13 by Antoine Hervé (album Tutti ). Together with Henri Texier and Aldo Romano , he founded a trio in 1985, whose album of the same name was awarded the Prix Boris Vian; he also appeared in the saxophone quartet with Chautemps, François Jeanneau and Philippe Maté . Jeanneau brought him into the first edition of the Orchester National de Jazz , to which he belonged again from 1997 under the direction of Didier Levallet .
Together with Marc Ducret , Hélène Labarrière and Peter Gritz , he founded a quartet under his own name in 1987, which was followed at the end of the 1990s by another quartet, New Shapes , to which Sophia Domancich , Riccardo Del Fra or Jean-Jacques Avenel and Simon Goubert belonged . He also played in a duo with Goubert. In addition, a trio with Serge Lazarevitch and Joël Allouche was formed . In 2004 Barret founded the septet My Favorite Songs with Airelle Besson , Pierre-Oliver Govin, Éric Löhrer, Benjamin Moussay, Eric Surménian and Joe Quitzke . He has also performed with musicians such as Roy Haynes , Freddie Hubbard , Johnny Griffin , Mal Waldron , Jeanne Lee , Steve Grossman , Enrico Pieranunzi , Daniel Humair , Kenny Wheeler and Alain Jean-Marie .
Barret composed and wrote some textbooks. Since 1992 he has been a professor at the Bagneux Conservatory ; at the Jazz Festival in Marciac he is the pedagogical director. He can also be heard on albums with the Orchester National de Jazz, with Murat Öztürk and with Jacques Pellen .
Discographic notes
- Barret / Romano / Texier (Carlyne 1986)
- Éric Barret Quartet (Carlyne 1989)
- L'Échappé belle (ATB 01, 1992)
- New Shapes (Charlotte 189 1999)
- Barret / Goubert Linkage (Marge 1999)
- My favorite songs 7tet (BlueMarge 2004)
- Barret / Lazarevitch / Allouche Close Meeting (Cristal 2006)
Lexical entry
- Philippe Carles , André Clergeat , Jean-Louis Comolli : Le nouveau dictionnaire du jazz . R. Laffont: Paris 2011
Web links
- Web presence with discography and work directory
- Éric Barret at Discogs (English)
- Éric Barret at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Barret, Eric |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz musician (soprano and tenor saxophone, composition) |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 5th 1959 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Havre |