From classical piano to jazz as a self-taught, Chloé Cailleton joined the Conservatoire de Nantes and then the CNSMDP. Her numerous collaborations (Ricardo Del Fra, Stéphane Belmondo, Baptiste Trotignon, Baden Powell, Anne Pacéo, Ibrahim Maalouf... Voices Messengers. Grand Orchestra of trumpeter Jean-Loup Longnon, musical theater shows Goodbye Love (Compagnie Frasques) and Dibbouk, make Chloé Cailleton a hyperactive free electron. Leading several active orchestras, she founded the collective La Spatule with a dozen multidisciplinary artists from Nantes.
"She gives voice to her passion, a virtuosity, fun ... One can be quite crazy about this stamped woman, who deploys several tones with jubilation." Michel Contat, Télérama
Pianist, renowned jazzman of the Cote d'Azur, pianist of numerous formations, he has a great experience of teaching, always close to his students.
In 2023, it will be his 13th participation in the Festi-Jazz.
A State Graduate of current music, he teaches jazz at the Conservatory of Music of the city of Grasse.
As Artistic Director, he ensures the coordination between the teachers.
Graduated from the CNR of Caen in 1997 and Avignon in 2009, he is PEA holder of the Jazz class at the Conservatoire des Alpes de Haute Provence since 2010. He has played with Emmanuel Bex, Peter King, Alain Jean-Marie, Serge Lazarevitch, Eric Barret, Sophie Alour, Pierrick Pedron... and in the Bigs Bands of Maria Schneider, Albert Mangelsdorff (Franco-German Jazz from '97 to '99) or Antoine Hervé (UMJ band in 2002); he is also in the cast of Archie Shepp's ATTICA BLUES (2014) in which he rubs shoulders with Ambrose Akinmusire, Stéphane Belmondo, Cécile Mc Lorin... and Christian Gaubert's Ligne Sud (South Line) with Jannick Top and André Ceccarelli.
He has published several albums as a leader, among which ECHOES (Ajmi Séries 2008) in 6tet with Raphaël Imbert and Thomas Savy, Line4 in 2013 (Orkestra) with André Charlier and the recent 'Les 4 Vents' (Laborie 2019), all distinguished by the critics, and on the bill on many stages and international festivals (Small's Jazz Club in NYC, Montreal, Armenie, Marseille Jazz, Marciac...)
At the same time he created the TarTARtar Brass Embassy with the historic drummer of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Famoudou Don Moye, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the AACM.
Plus d’infos : www.christopheleloil.com
Kareem is a versatile saxophonist and composer with strong roots in the jazz, blues... bandleader, educator, Kareem keeps a busy schedule teaching at the Tacoma School of the Arts as an artist-in-residence and regularly leads masterclasses and workshops in schools throughout the Pacific Northwest. Along with his teaching duties, he is also the director of the Kareem Kandi World Orchestra, Tacoma Jazz Association.
A graduate of the Chicago Academy for the Arts and Berklee College of Music. Greg was very active both locally and nationally at Berklee. After graduation, Greg moved to New York City and began performing in Winard Harper's Jelli Posse. Throughout his time in New York, he worked with legendary jazz performers such as Jimmy Cobb, Eric Reed, ... Stephen Scott.
Greg moved to Seattle in 2015 for a change of scenery and currently performs with various bands on the west coast.
First prize from the Parisian drum school Dante Agostini. He has been teaching at the Jazz à Marciac program since 2005. Currently teaches at Music'Halle the School of Jazz and World Music in Toulouse.
In 2019, he joins the Kareem Kandi World Orchestra for their tour in the south of France. He currently performs with the Dadef Quartet, Kamaleon and the Andé Sutre trio.
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in Musicology and at the Nice Conservatory in Jazz class. License in Musicology with honors at the University of Montreal. D.E.M. in Jazz Guitar, C.F.E.M. in classical guitar. Also graduated in Performance and Jazz Composition from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Julien Osty is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist. Guitar and bass, both electric and acoustic, are his instruments of choice. He has performed, as a sideman and leader, all over the world, gaining experience through musical tours and luxury cruise contracts. He is currently working on new compositions for his project Julien Osty Trio.
Pianist, composer, arranger, teacher with a State Diploma in Jazz and a CAPES in music education and choral singing, 1st Prize in Writing and Musical Training, in charge of training and tutoring (National Education), his experience in teaching music for over 20 years makes him a privileged educational advisor.
In 2007, David Douet participated in the creation of Festi-jazz. He first accompanied the singing class and then joined the teaching team in 2014.