Here is a new video of an original featured on BWA. Directed by the amazing Dara Nabati, it’s been a long journey to put it together with a dedicated team. Ralph Lavital & Laurent Coq PLAYDATE (written by L.Coq) Ralph Lavital – GuitarLaurent Coq – Fender RhodesSwaéli Mbappé – Electric BassTilo Bertholo – Drums Direction, storyboard, animatic, compositing Dara Nabati Design, layout Raoul Desmarest Valérie Galchynska Dara Nabati Animation Raoul Desmarest Additional animation Patrick Alfred Clean Valérie Galchynska Thibaut LuroisContinue readingPlaydate

Three vids were posted by Tropiques Atrium, the main venue in Martinique (French West Indies). They show some of the work we conducted with more than two hundred music students and their teachers around Fort-de-France these past two years with long time associate guitarist Ralph Lavital. The idea was to bring together young students that usually never meet due to the fact that they are from different schools, classes and ages. Ralph and I, we wrote a repertoire that isContinue readingCaramboles

Guilhem Flouzat just released a book of songs that he wrote between New York — a city he left — and Paris — a city he came back to. His music and his words gracefully tell the changes in the life of a man entering his thirties. Once again he gave me his trust and allowed me to be part of the endeavor alongside three fantastic musicians ; Isabel Sörling, Ralph Lavital and Desmond White The album was released onContinue readingTurn The Sun To Green

The solo album recorded on June 14th, 2016 at Laurent Courthaliac’s appartement in Paris (alias Barloyd’s) is finally available on Bandcamp for streaming and purchase. It was initialy released on Jazz&People in a box set featuring eight other eminent French piano players ; Alain Jean-Marie, Pierre de Bethmann, Vincent Bourgeyx, Pierre Christophe, Fred Nardin, Manuel Rochman, and our host Laurent Courthaliac. Sound by Julien Bassères. Produced by Laurent Coq, Laurent Courthaliac and Vincent Bessières.

All concerts have been canceled as France enters it’s fifth week of confinement. With Ralph Lavital, we have put together a video of a new arrangement wrote for the occasion. It gathers some beautiful musicians from around the world. Among them, the amazing Miguel Zenón ! Hope this brings some fresh air to your quarantine.