Sébastien Texier & Christophe Marguet
Biographie Sébastien Texier & Christophe Marguet
Sébastien Texier
a clarinetist and saxophonist, is an integral part of his father Henri’s cinematic world-jazz journeys along the Strada Sextet or Red Route Quartet. The jazz world has been impressed by the ease with which the younger Texier explores the territory of Ornette Coleman-like freebop, and uninhibited improvisation. This is his recording debut with his new trio. He has Claude Tchamitchian and Sean Carpio playing drums, and Henri on three tracks. This venture will be a great fit for those who have been following the work of the former. The show’s opening lyric is Lilian’s Tears. It features a gentle sax dancing over a bass beat. Pain de Singe’s honking clarinet, and battering percussion soon interrupts the show, before Texier moves into a cruising swing later in this same tune. On the lilting Redman, they converse (Texier Snr firm, Tchamitchian slippery) and Hyena’s Night transforms from a Lee Konitz-like rumination into stormy multiphonics. The title track sounds like it could be the soundtrack to a nature documentary. There is a delicate tango. Ingenious ways are being taken to preserve the Texier tradition.
Christophe Marguet
Born in 1965, he studied with Jacques Bonnardel, Michel Sardaby, and Keith Copeland, began making a living from music at the age of 20, and attended workshops with Kenny Barron, Rufus Reid, Victor Lewis, David Liebman, Richie Beirach, Ron McLure, Billy Hart, and John Abercrombie.
He has played with Barney Wilen, Alain Jean-Marie, Vincent Herring, Bud Shank, René Urtreger, Turk Mauro, Buddy de Franco, Ted Nash, Ted Curson, Don Sickler, Louis Smith, Wild “Bill” Davis Jr, Stephane Grappelli, Didier Levallet, Enrico Rava, François Corneloup, Richard Galliano, François Jeanneau, Paolo Fresu, Glenn Ferris, Marc Ducret, Joachim Kühn, Gian Luigi Trovesi, Louis Sclavis, Claude Barthélémy, Yves Robert, Christof Lauer, Michel Portal, Dominique Pifarély, Eric Watson, Ricardo Del Fra, Mat Maneri, Herb Robertson, Boyan Z, Barry Guy, Paul Rogers, Kenny Wheeler, François Couturier, Andy Sheppard, Larry Schneider, Joëlle Léandre, Anouar Brahem, Evan Parker, Roswell Rudd, Heinz Sauer, Henri Texier, John Tchicai, Ndr Big band (Hamburg), John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Steve Swallow, Chris Cheek, Cuong Vu…
In 1993, he founded his own trio with Sébastien Texier and Olivier Sens, with whom he won first prize for orchestra at the La Défense Jazz Festival in 1995, as well as first prize for composition. He received the Django d’Or (French Rising Star) and was named a “Jazz Talent 1998” (Adami) for his first trio album.
He received the “Choc de l’année” (Shock of the Year) award from Jazzmagazine/Jazzman in 2008 for the CD “Itrane” with his Quartet, in 2012 for the CD “Pulsion” with his Quintet, and in 2013 for the trio “Looking for Parker.” He also received a “ffff” award from Télérama for his album “Happy Hours” and a “choc” award from Jazzmagazine for “Echoes of Time.”
He has performed at most of the major jazz festivals in France and Europe and has played in numerous other countries (China, Japan, Taiwan, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Cuba, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Cameroon, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Ukraine, Russia, Norway, Mauritius, Guinea, Thailand, Cambodia, etc.). He contributed to the film scores for Bertrand Tavernier's "It All Starts Today" (music by Louis Sclavis) and "Holy Lola" (music by Henri Texier). For over twenty years, he taught at the Vauvert Jazz Workshop every summer, as well as at the Marciac Workshop in 2018 and 2019. He also regularly substituted for Daniel Humair at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP) for three consecutive years in the early 2000s.
