PARIS (2021-2024)
Since 2021
Concerts and events
Saxophone and jazz teacher in music conservatories at Grand-Paris-Sud-Est-Avenir and Grand-Orly-Seine-Bièvre
SHANGHAI (2016-2019)
2018
Concerts in Japan and Taiwan
Shooting of the movie Saturday Fiction in Shanghai by Lou Ye featuring Gong Li
2017
Tour in Japan with Neil Stalnaker, few other stays in Tokyo
2016-2019
A lot of performances in clubs, festivals and commercial events everywhere in China (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Chongqing, Chengdu, Inner Mongolia, etc.)
2016
Moves to Shanghai
MONTRÉAL (2006-2021)
2015-2016
JCB Trio residency every Sunday at Résonance Café, Montreal
2013
Spends two months in Bangkok with his brother Renaud for concerts and a recording
2010
Creation of his own label FairJazz for the release of his new album The Link. Also plays with Alain Jean-Marie, Aurélia O'Leary, …
2009
Album Pop Up nominated at Opus awards. Recording of The Link in Montreal back from a Canadian festivals tour with his quartet
2008
Canadian tours with Auguste Quintet and Yves Léveillé Sextet, tour in France with his own quartet
2007
Recording of the album Pop Up in the Radio-Canada studios in Montreal
2006
Moves to Montreal. Plays for the first time at the Montreal International Jazz Festival with his own band. Also plays with Effendi Jazzlab, Thomas Carbou, …
PARIS (1994-2006)
2004
Recording of album Polychromy. Plays with Denzal Sinclaire, Laika Fatien, Meta, …
2003
Album Cassiopée nominated at Djangos d'Or awards. Starts a collaboration with Yamaha and Vandoren
2002
Starts a collaboration with Effendi Records, release of the album Cassiopée
2001
Records his second album Cassiopée in the IRCAM studios in Paris. Plays with Laurent Cugny big band
2000
Plays with Laurent de Wilde, Vincent Artaud, Paris Jazz Big Band, …
1999
Plays with Frédéric Galliano, Nicolas Folmer, …
1998
Starts playing with Antoine Hervé and Belmondo Brothers big bands, Also plays with François Théberge. Album Tenor Joke nominated at Djangos d'Or awards
1997
Live recording of his first album Tenor Joke at Duc des Lombards in Paris
1995
Starts collaborating with pianist Laurent Coq
1994
Starts playing with Le POM (until 2000, band directed by François Jeanneau, Andy Emler, Patrice Caratini and Philippe Macé), as well as Christophe Dall Sasso big band
AVANT
1993-1996
Student at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, François Jeanneau jazz class
1992
Starts composing music and directing his own quartet
1991-1993
Student at École Nationale de Musique of Évry (C.R.D.) in the jazz class
1987-1991
Studies visual arts at Université de Paris I, then at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris
1980
Starts studying saxophone
1969
Birth in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France, October 2nd