I saw Toshiko Oiwa dance for the first time with Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane company’s Still / Here at la Maison des Arts, Creteil in 1995. Little did I know I would meet her a few years after at some friend’s diner in Paris. Soon we decided to work together and do an improvisation at La Chaufferie in Saint Denis (company DCA, Philippe Decouflé). Right from the start we settled on what would become our modus operandi ;Continue readingToshiko Oiwa

I met Joe Martin on September of 1994 when I first arrived in New York for a six months stay. He had just arrived himself from Kansas City and was sharing an appartement with French piano player Pierre Christophe and American saxophonist Joel Frahm. I slept on their couch for a couple of weeks before I found my own place, and I used to listen to him practice all day before seeing him take his bass to a gig inContinue readingJoe Martin

The new album I cosigned with my long time collaborator Ralph Lavital came out on March 1st of 2019, distributed by L’Autre Distribution. It presents a book of songs whose lyrics are mainly written in Creole (Martinique/French West Indies). Some are sung by Ralph himself while three others are sung by our old friend Nicolas Pelage (the singer on Dialogue). To form the rhythm section, we called two very active musicians on the Parisian scene ; Swaéli Mbappé on electricContinue readingRalph Lavital & Laurent Coq – BWA