The Jazz Organ Scene

France

Matthieu Marthouret Born in 1979, Matthieu began playing the jazz piano at the age of 15, and age 19 he decided to become a professional. He discovered the sound of the Hammond organ in the jazz when buying Jimmy Smith's and Larry Young's records. These two have still a major influence on him, but also living players like Larry Goldings, Sam Yahel, Emmanuel Bex, Jesse Chandler among others.   Graduated in piano and composing at the jazz conservatory in 2001, Matthieu won a scholarship from the French Government (2002) for a one year study at the "New School University" in New York City. During this period, he began studying seriously the Hammond organ with Mike Ledonne and Sam Yahel who were both playing steady gigs in the clubs "Smoke" and "Smalls". He starded to play a lot of jam sessions at the organ including the famous Sunday's Night Jam Session hosted by Seleno Clark in Harlem (American Legion post).   Matthieu also studied occasionally piano and organ with musicians such as Hal Galper, Aaron Goldberg, Kenny Werner, and Emmanuel Bex. Since he came back to France in 2003, he plays a lot with his regular organ trio "Talkin' About", sometimes with guests on trumpet or saxophone. He also plays as a piano and organ sideman and is a member of the "collectif polycarpe" (fifteen musiciens of the Lyon area).

contact:	matt.mar@alicemail.fr
homepage:	www.matthieumarthouret.com
	www.myspace.com/matthieumarthouret
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REG TACD001 recorded December 2001 in France	Matthieu Marthouret, piano, Hammond organ Sébastian Joulie, guitar Nicolas Moreaux, bass Charles Clayette, drums Benoît Baud, alto sax Éric Prost, tenor sax
Talkin' About no label recorded June 2004 in France	Matthieu Marthouret, organ Sébastien Joulie, guitar Charles Clayette, drums Boris Pokora, alto sax François Chassagnitte, trumpet
Panties Party no label recorded June 2005 in France	Matthieu Marthouret, organ Sébastien Joulie, guitar Charles Clayette, drums Pierrik Vidal, alto sax, baritone sax
Connections forward musique diffusion recorded November 2005 in Frechencourt/France	Matthieu Marthouret, organ, piano Sebastien Joulie, guitar Charles Clayette, drums David Prez, tenor sax
Playground MuSt Record MR 6209-2 recorded February 2009 in Soignolles-en-Brie/France	Matthieu Marthouret, Hammond organ David Prez, tenor sax Sandro Zerafa, guitar Manu Franchi, drums
Upbeats Double Moon Records DMCHR 71104 recorded May 2011 in Paris/France	Matthieu Marthouret, organ David Fettmann, alto sax Nicolas Kummert, tenor sax David Prez, tenor sax Sandro Zerafa, guitar Maxime Fougères, guitar Manuel Franchi, drums
Involutions We See Music recorded November 2021 in Malakoff/France	Matthieu Marthouret, Hammond Organ Julien Alour, trumpet, flugelhorn Robby Marshall, tenor sax, bass clarinet Thomas Delor, drums

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