Biography
Stéphane Kerecki is a composer and a bass player from France.
He studied at CNSMDP with Daniel Humair and Jean-François Jenny-Clark, made his way with a first record « Story Teller » in 2004 - Disque d’Emoi de Jazz Magazine, Choc du Monde de la musique, **** Jazzman - . Since then, in 2005, Jazzman magazin selects him among the "125 artists for tomorrow".
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After his studies in Economics, Stéphane Kerecki entered the National Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris (CNSMDP) where he studied the bass with Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Riccardo Del Fra and Jean Paul Celea.
In 1998, he joined Steve Potts’s quartet and became a member of the Paris Jazz Big Band. At the same time he played with Daniel Humair one of his former professors at the Conservatory. He began teaching bass and improvisation at the National School of Yerres in the French department of Essonne.
In addition, he has won numerous awards including First Prize from CNSMDP, and Second Prize for Best Soloist in the International Jazz Competition in Paris La Defense in 2001. In 2005, the magazine Jazzman counted him among the "125 talents of tomorrow" Stéphane made a name for himself by playing with some of the bigger names in jazz including: Michel Portal, Aldo Romano, Sofia Domancich, Bojan Zulficarpazic, Laurent Cugny, Michel Edelin, Richard Galliano, Michel Grailler, Johnny Griffin, Zool Fleischer, André Ceccarelli, Kirk Lightsey and Bennie Maupin. Currently he is performing with the groups of Thomas Savy, Nico Morelli, Pierre Blanchard, Yaron Herman, Jérôme Rateau, Guillaume De Chassy, Ronnie Patterson, Eric Barret, Philippe Macé as well as his own trio.
DISCOGRAPHY : Nico Morelli, Un”folk”ettable, Cristal Records 2006 - Thomas Savy, archipel, Nocturne 2006 - Stéphane Kerecki Trio, Story Tellers, Ella Productions 2004 - Paris Jazz Big Band, Paris 24 Heures, Cristal Records 2004 - Nico Morelli, Cristal Records 2003 - Scott Hill, Narrow Streets, ToneHole Music 2002 - Paris Jazz Big Band, mediterranéo, Cristal Records 2002 - Barend Middelhoff Quintet, City Lines, Buzz Records 2001 - Paris Jazz Big Band, à suivre, Cristal Records 2000 - Thomas Grimmonprez trio, Mécénat Société Générale 1999 - Magnetic Big Band, Black and blue 1999 - Quintet sous Baobab, Autoproduction 1998.
STEPHANE KERECKI TRIO FOCUS DANSE Matthieu Donarier, saxophones Thomas Grimmonprez : batterie, Stéphane Kerecki : contrebasse, compositions
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