Xavier Richardeau

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Xavier Richardeau (born July 23, 1965 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély ) is a French jazz musician ( baritone , tenor and soprano saxophone , composition) and band leader of mainstream jazz .

Live and act

Richardeau began studying the clarinet at the age of eight at the Rochefort Conservatory (Charente-Maritime) . In 1982 the band leader José Cando recognized his talent; Richardeau played bass guitar in his dance orchestra . While studying agriculture, he took saxophone lessons from Didier Levallet from 1983 . From 1988 he studied at the private Center d'Informations Musicales in Paris with Jean Claude Fohrenbach and Roger Guérin and took part in numerous jam sessions in the French capital. Soon he decided to concentrate on the baritone saxophone.

In 1990 he formed his first quartet with Michel Graillier , Michel Zenino and Jean-Pierre Arnaud. Between 1992 and 1995 he performed the repertoire of Gerry Mulligan's combos with the Cool Jazz Quartet . He also worked in the bands of Dee Dee Bridgewater , Lionel and Stéphane Belmondo , René Urtreger , Jo Benotti, Jean-Michel Pilcs Big One and the Onzy Matthews Big Band. From 1997 he studied in New York with Barry Harris . Back in Paris, he led the band Jazz Affair between 2000 and 2007 . Since 2003 he has also worked with the singer Tricia Evy . He also accompanied Thomas Dutronc, David Sanborn , Anita O'Day , Christian Escoudé , Peter Cincotti , Dusko Goykovich , Charlie Watts and Tony Chasseur. He can also be heard on albums by Jenny Alpha , Pierre Bresson & Bruno Micheli, Manu Le Prince, David Fackeure and Tina Provenzano.

Discographic notes

  • Aube Brune (Elabeth 1996)
  • Live in Paris (1999, with Michael Wilner, Nicolas Rageau, Yves Brouqui, Joe Strasser)
  • Hit and Run (2001)
  • Everlastin 'Waltz (Nocturne 2004, with Alain Jean-Marie , Jean Philippe Bordier, Gildas Boclé, Arnaud Lechantre)
  • Back to the Present (Safety 2011, with Jean Philippe Bordier, Hiroshi Murayama, Daiki Yasukagawa, Philippe Soirat )
  • Boo Boo's Birthday (2017, with Laurent Courthaliac , Thomas Bramerie , Romain Sarron and Véronique Hermann Sambin)

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SURNAME Richardeau, Xavier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (saxophone, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Jean-d'Angély