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Gautier Garrigue
Born in 1987 in Perpignan, Gautier Garrigue studied drums and guitar at the regional conservatory graduate in jazz in 2002. He moved to Paris in 2007. He performs with many bands: Henri Texier Sand Quintet, David Enhco Quartet, The Drops, Flash Pig, Seamus Blake and The French Connection, Gil Evans Paris Workshop (Laurent Cugny), Yaron Herman, Soweto Kinch Trio, Franck Amsallem Quartet, Florent Nisse Quintet and Tony Tixier Trio.
He played with prominent musicians from the international scene such as Logan Richardson, Emile Parisien, Michel Portal, Christian Scott, Sophie Alour, Ben van Gelder, Eric Legnini, Thomas Enhco, Walter Smith III, Romain Pilon, Cyrille Aimée, Manuel Rocheman, Pierre de Bethmann, Chris Cheek, Jakob Bro, Michael Janisch, Uri Caine, Manu Codjia, Andy Sheppard, Antoine Hervé, Francois Moutin, Edouard Ferlet, Emmanuel Bex, Rick Margitza, Géraldine Laurent, Baptiste Herbin, Serge Lazarevitch, Scott Tixier, Steve Nelson and Oran Etkin.
He played in many great jazz clubs and numerous Festivals in Europa, Asia, Africa and Canada : North Sea Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vienne, Vancouver Jazz festival, Jazz in Marciac, Venezia Jazz festival, Victoria Jazz festival, Skopje Jazz festival, Nancy Jazz pulsations, Festival Radio France, Paris Jazz Festival.
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Henri Texier: Chance
by Friedrich Kunzmann
French double bassist Henri Texier gained prominence back in the early 1960s, when he was working in Paris playing alongside American expatriates such as Bud Powell or Johnny Griffin. Over the years he has played with many international greats and proven a prolific composer as well as an unparalleled foundation on bass. Yet, one could argue that his best work was created only since 2010, in collaboration with his French quintet. Featuring his son Sébastien Texier on saxophones and clarinet, ...
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