Patrice Caratini

Patrice Caratini (born July 11, 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) is a French jazz bassist, big band leader and composer.

Live and act

Caratini attended the Versailles Conservatory . He started in Paris jazz clubs in 1968, where he played in a trio with Michel Roques and Franco Manzecchi (before that he was employed by the Press Universitaire de France). He also played with the pianists Martial Solal , Mal Waldron and Georges Arvanitas as well as the trombonist Slide Hampton . In 1976 he formed a duo with guitarist Marc Fosset, who was joined in 1981 by accordionist Marcel Azzola . He also accompanied Stéphane Grappelli for many years and played in a tango trio with the bandoneon player Juan José Mosalini and the pianist Gustavo Beytelmann (1982 to 2002). For the singer Maxime Le Forestier he led the orchestra for his album “Violet” and also accompanied Georges Moustaki and Georges Brassens . In 1979 he founded his "Onztet". Since the 1980s he has increasingly composed a. a. for big bands and works as an orchestra leader, e.g. B. for the performance of “Anna Livia Plurabelle” by André Hodeir in 1992, for various commissioned works by Radio France or in the performance of his work “Xocoatl” for big band and large choir in Sceaux 2007. Currently (2007) he is conducting his “Caratini Jazz Ensemble ”, which was founded in Sceaux in 1997 and is intended to continue the tradition of its onztet.

In 2001 he received a Django d'Or (France) . In 2007 he received the SACEM Grand Prix du Jazz .

In 1992 he was actively involved in founding the UMJ (Union des Musiciens de Jazz). From 1976 he was involved in founding the double bass class at the CIM in Paris.

In 1979 he and Marc Fosset received the Boris Vian Prix of the Académie du Jazz for the album “Boîte à musique” .

Web links

• Works by Patrice Caratini in the catalog of the German National Library
• Patrice Caratini's website