Alain Jean-Marie Be Bop Trio

Alain Jean-Marie BeBop Trio

Alain Jean-Marie is more than a great pianist: he is a living legend of French and francophone jazz.
Born on October 29, 1945 in Pointe-à-Pitre, he has forged a unique musical path in which jazz engages in a vibrant dialogue with biguine, Caribbean music and the blues, revealing deep, shared and burning roots.

He has played with everyone — Chet Baker, Abbey Lincoln, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Barney Wilen, Max Roach, Charles Tolliver, Boulou and Elios Ferré — and he is still playing today, with the same clarity, elegance and inspiration. No flash, no excess: just the right sound, the perfect sense of time, the note that says it all. His trios, his Biguine Reflections projects and his countless collaborations have left a lasting, personal and universal mark on jazz.

For this BeBop Trio, he is joined by two outstanding musicians.

On drums, Philippe Soirat, an indefatigable driving force of French jazz, a drummer with formidable swing, a finely tuned ear and an uncompromising sense of drive — whom we welcomed last season with his own band. A self-taught musician who has become a reference, he has accompanied a host of international giants and knows how to move the music forward without ever overpowering it.

On double bass, Gilles Naturel, a craftsman of sound, a man of depth and discretion, lays the foundations. Heir to a demanding classical and baroque tradition, he plays jazz the way one carves stone: with rigor, patience and depth. With him, groove is never gratuitous — it is essential.

Together, these three give bebop a voice filled with class, energy and generosity.
A solid, inspired trio that swings hard without ever raising its voice.
Living, sincere jazz — real jazz, beautiful jazz, necessary jazz.