Director of L'ATELIER-Ecole des arts de Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, saxophonist and co-founder of the label Monsieur Charles Productions.

Director of L'ATELIER-Ecole des arts de Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, saxophonist and co-founder of the label Monsieur Charles Productions.

Fabien Lelarge did his musical apprenticeship at the Conservatory of Chalon-sur-Saône. He continued studying musicology at the University of Burgundy (Dijon) and focused his work on jazz and the analysis of popular music. Saxophone teacher from the age of 16, he continued his career in music education (University of Burgundy, CRR Dijon, National Education, IUFM, music schools) then became a programmer and manager of Media Music (Dijon jazz club ). He teaches popular music and studio techniques at the University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée then specializes in educational engineering. He sets up educational projects for various musical education structures and currently directs L'ATELIER-école des arts de Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez.

Fabien Lelarge realizes several musical creations among which: musical creation for Tactile Territory by Steven Bernas (exhibition Intimacy / exhibition, Exposition Universelle, Beijing), impro / rework / remix of In C (Terry Riley) for the Why Note's Festival, pyromusical show of July 14, 2010 with Lacroix-Ruggierie for the City of Dijon etc.

After having founded many groups mixing jazz, funk and hip hop, his main formation Monsieur Charles began in 2000. With Didier Lécheneau (aka De Fontaine - Happy Music), they have fun confronting jazz and electro. Since their first album “Mission DeLuxe” (UCMG / Naïve) considered by the specialized press as the best of “Nu-Jazz”, the Burgundy duo has received various international awards and appears on numerous compilations. They work with artists like Mandel Turner (Playin '4 the City, Cerrone, Martin Solveig), Elektra Weston (Playin' 4 the City, PariSoul), Sébastien Llado (ONJ, Archie Shepp, DeLaSoul), Eric Seva (ONJ, Chris Rea), Big Band Chalon-Bourgogne etc.

As saxophonist, he provides the opening parts and shares the stages of Macéo Parker, Transglobal Underground, Bumcello, Steve Coleman, New Conception of Jazz, Julien Lourau Groove Gang, Omar Sosa, The Metrics, Laurent De Wilde, Magic Malik, Erik Truffaz, Arturo Sandoval, Dan Ghenacia, Djulz ...

 

Fabrice Leyni is a sound engineer in one of France's biggest recording studios.

Fabrice Leyni is a sound engineer in one of France's biggest recording studios.

As a sound engineer, he has worked with NTM, Pleymo, Emma Daumas, Florent Pagny, Prohom, Silmarils, Yvan Cassar 'A Species Odyssey', Lord Kossity, Disiz La Peste, Mickael Youn, La RudaSalska, Akhenaton, La Tordue, Yamakasi, Cécilia Cara and Pierpoljak.

The mastering studio of Studio Omega (formerly Studio Méga) was created in November 2004.

"Very aware of the laws of the market, we are nevertheless sensitive to the sound quality and sustainability of the projects that our clients entrust to us: Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, R'n'B, Electro, Varieties, Jazz, Dancehall, World, Film music,... France of course, but also Japan, Germany, Canada, Morocco, Sweden, Dubai, Italy, the United States, England,... Majors or Indies: many artists, musicians, directors, remixers, producers, sound engineers or artistic directors from all walks of life have already placed their trust in us..."

 

Felice Reggio is a renowned Italian jazz trumpeter who has accompanied, among others, Ennio Morricone, Chet Baker and the Ray Charles Orchestra.

Felice Reggio is a renowned Italian jazz trumpeter who has accompanied, among others, Ennio Morricone, Chet Baker and the Ray Charles Orchestra.

Felice Reggio, who was born in 1960, obtained his trumpet playing diploma at the Guiseppe Verdi Conservatoire National in Turin. In 1987 he joined the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers before going on to learn the techniques of film score composition with LUIS BACALOV, who composed the Academy Award winning best original score for The Postman.

He then specialised in music information technology at the Niccolò Pananini Conservatoire with Gianni Capobianco as his teacher. He also toured in Italy and abroad, sometimes as an artist in his own right (trio, quintette, big band), sometimes as a guest player with orchestras.

Over the last few years he has expanded his work into composing, arranging and conducting. He recorded his first album (quartet), Clara, in 1985, and has composed numerous jazz, pop and film score pieces. He edited the score for Chet's Romance in 1988, and recorded the album, I Remember Chet, with Nicola Stilo in 1991. In 1995 he recorded the album, Trois pour Chet, which was favoured by the critics.

 

Félix Sabal-Lecco, known as Féfé, is a Franco-Cameroonian drummer. Along with his work as an accompanist, he developed a personal career as a composer, arranger and performer.

Félix Sabal-Lecco, known as Féfé, is a Franco-Cameroonian drummer. Along with his work as an accompanist, he developed a personal career as a composer, arranger and performer.

After having accompanied as a drummer or singer, the greatest - Sting, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Manu Dibango, Prince, Youssou Ndour, Lenny Kravitz, France Gall, Herbie Handcock, etc ... - the singer and French musician- Cameroonian Félix Sabal Lecco remembers his career: a young man in pursuit of the French dream and his passion for French song.

A young Cameroonian, Féfé, far removed from the clichés of emigres - (his father was one of the greatest political leaders in his country, several times minister and prime minister) is very happy at home in Yaoundé but nevertheless feels cramped , in his beautiful African country.

The songs and shows that reach him from France irresistibly attracted him and developed in him the passion to become an artist and to perform.

It is from a song that all his adventure starts ... At the age of six, he discovers by chance, a little man who came to sing in Africa in the first part of Achille Zavatta the famous clown ... His melodies and his words make you dream ... His voice smells of romance and love ... It's France ... Paris ... Féfé gets it into his head to do the same and especially to understand why he had come from there singing, "Take me to the end of the earth, it seems to me that misery would be less painful in the sun" ... Here ???

A key word, an inconsiderate love, an unbounded admiration for the great Charles Aznavour will sum up his wonder for the world of music.

On his way to France as part of his studies, Féfé will grow his passion to the point of becoming an obsession. Knowing by heart the words of hundreds of French songs from all eras, he takes with him this extra soul, like a treasure that he treasures in him.

In a farandole punctuated by the great successes of French song interpreted by Félix Sabal Lecco

We thus find the great classics, anchored in the collective memory, such as: "Take me" Charles Aznavour, "Le Bal de la Marine" François Deguelt, "Le poinçonneur des Lilas" Serge Gainsbourg, "It's so easy to love you "Josephine Baker," The song of old lovers "Jacques Brel," Cécile my daughter "Claude Nougaro and many others ...

Using the framework of his personal history, his choice of works where women and their incredible seduction, hold a very special place, makes us discover how "singing French" is perceived by a citizen of the World, in love with French song and its incredible story.

Revealer of the soul of men, Féfé will finally find love in the pure and immense eyes of the most beautiful woman he has ever met: FRANCE.

"... Attempt without strength and without armor to reach the inaccessible star ... such is my quest, to follow the star, I do not care my chances, I do not care the time ..." (Jacques Brel )

 

Philippe Chayeb is a great bassist who has been able to impose his groove and his superb sound with artists as diverse as Mylène Farmer, Michel Legrand, Chris Réa, Diane Dufresne, Alizée but also "stars" of jazz and fusion such as Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Sylvain Luc, Didier Lockwood...

Philippe Chayeb is a great bassist who has been able to impose his groove and his superb sound with artists as diverse as Mylène Farmer, Michel Legrand, Chris Réa, Diane Dufresne, Alizée but also "stars" of jazz and fusion such as Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Sylvain Luc, Didier Lockwood...

Born in Nice in 1965, Fifi Chayeb began playing the piano at the age of 5 and then the double bass at the Nice Conservatory at the age of 6.

After 17 years of music studies, he came to Paris in March 1987 where he began a career marked by many collaborations:

• Live: Chance Orchestra, Diane Dufresne, Gilbert Montagné, Sylvie Vartan, Catherine Lara, France Gall, Sacha Distel, Babik Reinhardt, Jean-Marie Ecay, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Paul Mauriat, Dionne Warwick, Carmine Appice, Manu Dibango, Idrissa Diop, Michel Legrand, Ray Gomez, Thierry Eliez, Guitars Unlimited, Patrick Bruel, Artmengo, Guy Marchand, Pierre Vassiliu, Richard Clayderman, Ginie Line, Alizée, Association Laurette Fugain, Eddy Mitchell, Julie Zenatti, Jean Claudric...
   
• Musical director for Dany Brillant and Hélène Segara, Sylvain Luc, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Billy Cobham, Ernie Watt and Frank Gambale. Studio: Diane Dufresne, Paul Mauriat, Michel Legrand (sound tracks), Babik Reinhardt, France Gall, Michel Leeb, Sacha Distel, Jean-Marie Ecay, Michal, Ginie Line, Idrissa Diop, Moktar Samba, Bruno Coulet (sound tracks), Alizée, Mylène Farmer and many others...

 

Flora Purim , born in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian jazz singer. Her music has interwoven the life fabric of anyone with a passing interest in Latin and American jazz music for over 25 years.

Flora Purim , born in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian jazz singer. Her music has interwoven the life fabric of anyone with a passing interest in Latin and American jazz music for over 25 years.

Her once-in-a-generation six-octave voice has earned her two Grammy nominations for Best Female Jazz Performance and Downbeat magazines Best Female Singer accolade on four occasions.

Her musical partners have included Gil Evans, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie and Airto Moreira, with whom she has collaborated on over 30 albums since moving with him from her native Rio to New York in 1967. Her musical genius was inbred thanks to a Russian émigré father who played violin and a mother who was a talented pianist in her own right.

Before leaving Brazil to escape the repressive military regime of the time, she had mastered piano and guitar and liberated an exhilarating vocal talent. After nearly four decades of extraordinary performance, Flora Purim has become synonymous with Brazilian jazz -- her seductive voice intertwining effortlessly with native rhythms and exotic instrumentation.

 

Author, composer, guitarist and performer among the most loved, Francis Cabrel continues the Trobador Tour 2021/2022.

Author, composer, guitarist and performer among the most loved, Francis Cabrel continues the Trobador Tour 2021/2022.

Inspired heavily by Bob Dylan, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the realm of folk, with occasional forays into blues or country.

Several of his songs, such as "L'encre de tes yeux" and "Petite Marie" have become enduring favourites in French music.

Others, such as "C'était l'hiver", about the suicide of a young girl, have since been covered by other artists such as Canadian Isabelle Boulay.

 

Pianist, arranger, composer and producer Fred Savio is also a sound engineer.

Pianist, arranger, composer and producer Fred Savio is also a sound engineer.

Knows his way around the major companies (Universal and Sony). Has worked with Brigitte Fontaine, Touré Kounda, Polo, Seita Touré, Stéréodrome and Lââm.