CAROL TRIO Christophe Rocher / Frédéric B.Briet Nicolas Pointard Usa Tour 2018 ENSEMBLE NAUTILIS emmanuelle@ne-mo.fr (0) +33 6.13.19.32.14 214 rue Jean Jaurès 29200 - Brest - FRANCE www.ensemble-nautilis.org
A free trio They collaborated and played in United-States with Butch Morris, Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, Jeb Bishop, Steve Coleman or Nicole Mitchell (often with the complicity of Alexandre Pierrepont), and in France with Stephane Payen, Julien Deprez, Elise Caron, Mike Ladd, Benoit Delbecq and many other... Three musicians founders of Nautilis Ensemble form the Carol trio to create the new kind of explosive and sensitive music. Natural association after years of musical collaborations, Chrsitophe Rocher, Nicolas Pointard ans Frédéric B.Briet gather on a same vision of music, free, lively and always evoluating. The Carol trio plays with the matter of sounds and travel in unknown countries by the way of sparkling improvisations and powerful pieces which reflect the pleasure to play a contemporary jazz. USA TOUR 2018 : During this tour they will try to give concerts in different shapes, to the private gig to concerts in clubs or jazz venues, even in universities of United-States. Depending where they will be, the trio will invite musicians living in the town where they will perform to join them to play. The trio will give workshops and will animate encounters. Tour from 20th april to 10 may 2018 : Confirmed gigs : Iowa City - 3th / 4th at Iowa University Minneapolis and St Paul - 5th / 6th May Chicago - 7 May Montreal, la Casa del Popolo - 10 May Waiting for confirmation : Philadelphie : Ars Nova Workshop Seattle : collective of musicians around Wayne Horvitz New Orleans : Jazz festival Houston : some clubs Marfa Texas : Fondation Donald Judd (Rob Mazurek) Denver : French alliance for the twinning Brest / Denver Detroit : many venues and musicians contacted
Musicians : Christophe Rocher Clarinets In parallel to his engineering studies in artificial intelligence, he followed classical musical studies at the Conservatory of Clichy. He finally decides to devote his life to music, and learn many kinds of improvisation, jazz and writing music / composition with Guillaume Orti, Fabrizio Cassol (Aka Moon), Steve Coleman and others, he developed his ability on clarinet with Jacques Di Donato. Since the 90s, he is developing his own musical voice, with Bernard Lubas alongside or in collective such as Aerophone of Michel Doneda, or Circum. Living in Britain, he develops very strong links with the Breton musicians. He takes part on The Bridge, French- American creations network led by Alexandre Pierrepont. Christophe has created in recent years, among others, Extenz O Trio (with Olivier Benoit and Edward Perraud), the comicconcert Un Homme est mort, «Le Passage Secret», show with Elise Caron and Christofer Bjurström, Boreal Bee Sylvain Thevenard. He played in the Circum Grand Orchestra, a duet with Jacques Di Donato, Erwan Keravec or Daunik Lazro, and many groups of jazz and improvised music in France and abroad. I plays or played with Jeb Bishop, Rob Mazurka, Nicole Mitchell, Hamid Drake, Joe Fonda, Jeff Parker, Bernard Lubat, Assif Tsahar, Edward Perraud, Olivier Benoit, Paul Rogers, Mike Ladd, Beñat Achiary,
Frédéric B.Briet Double bass Fréderic Briet began his musical career in the Spiral Quartet Simon Goubert, then in Magma - Oerffng and Alien Quartet / Trio Christian Vander. Until 1990 he played in many formations as a sideman with musicians such as Emmanuel Bex, George Brown, Steve Grossman, Michel Graillier, Alain Jean Marie, Aldo Romano, Queen Alvim... Around 1990, he met Benoit Delbecq, Guillaume Orti, Olivier Sens, Geofroy Demasure Hubert Dupont, Gilles Coronado and Steve Argüelles and Stéphane Payen. These fundamental meetings will be responsible for the creation of the Hask Collective, and will determine the number of collaborations and projects until today. Teacher, producer, he moved to Brest in 2000 built the jazz class of the Conservatory of Brest. It is in this context that he created and directed for 10 years the Nimbus Orkestra : pedagogic orchestra who gave the chance to many students to play with professionals. Since the beginning of his musical activities, he works punctually with contemporary music ensembles and classical music orchestras because of his interest in these sets and the expressive range of the bass in these directories.
Nicolas Pointard Drums He began the instrument at the age of nine, and turned to jazz and improvised music at the end of the last century, with Cesarius Alvim, Steve Mc Craven, Guillaume Orti, Benoît Delbecq, Carlos Zingaro, Fbrizio Cassol... With the bands Oko, Shampoing, Art Ensemble of Brest or Rah-Slup, he developed a drum set mixing trimbal search and polyrythmic combinations (Moger, Faro, Naab, Faustine...)or with other disciplines (theater, dance, silent film) with other aesthetics (pop, rock, breton music, electronics...) the show Dekoeff, the company Hiatus, For Trink Quartet... He is a musician often solicitated in Brittany, he also participates in other interregional and international formations, like Bonadbventure Pencroff, Ayad Trio, Kami Octet, The Third Coast Ensemble... Today, he directsthe creation of Nautilis nonet for which he composed a new repertory.
MEDIAS ABOUT ENSEMBLE NAUTILIS Bretagne Magazine : Of the hig-range jazz, Nautilis succeeds in his bet to hold on the thread as improbable as fragile that connects the lightness and the exigency, the freedom and the most rigorous writing.. Jazz Magazine : Revelation, they free themselves from all stylistic conventions and manage, each time the audience to their side. Penn ar Bed : A crazy bet, but a scuccesfull bet. Le Cri de l Ormeau : They managed to bring us in an futurist novel, an utopia. Culture Jazz : YES! WE LOVE! Nautilis brings a new fresh air comes from over the sea,, invigorating! Coté Brest : Nautilis, the art of the collective Star Wax : A rare and intense musical experience Le Courrier du Léon : Amazing! ABOUT MUSICIANS Frédéric B.Briet, Contrebasse He is the stomrs master with his doublebass unsinkable. Gravity, deepness and stability, and his «walkings» which sound like the recall of an immemorial truth about this music. Jazz magazine «A great double bass player» Jazzman Christophe Rocher, Clarinettes (Bass, Bb and Eb) «Strong french jazz personality» Citizen Jazz «One of the best french clarinetist» Culture Jazz Nicolas Pointard, Batterie A major drummer of the french musical scene, who has the taste of risk and overall of the collective. Jazz à l Ouest
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