Work In Progress

Description

Conductor, soloist, composer, and author of numerous educational works, Éric Barret juggles his artistic career with a focus on teaching and transmitting jazz as a professor in the conservatories of Paris (11th and CRR).
A self-taught musician, Eric is an internationally renowned jazzman who has been performing on stages around the world since the 1980s. He has created numerous groups and has notably played with Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Griffin, Mal Waldron, Jeanne Lee, Steve Grossman, Lou Bennett, Enrico Pieranunzi, Daniel Humair, Kenny Wheeler, Alain-Jean Marie, Steve Swallow, Pierre Michelot…
For this new formation, Éric Barret has gathered two musicians very active on the current European jazz scene: Emil Spanyi (piano) and Gautier Garrigue (drums). The repertoire is written by the saxophonist for this trio with unusual instrumentation. Improvisation and interplay, a constant exchange between the musicians, remain the key words of this orchestra, where, as its name suggests, the music is always a work in progress.