Jazz Polar Quartet
Michel GOUTAGNY (as, ts, cl)
I began the study of the music towards the 12 years age. I continue my musical course with the E.N.M. of St-Etienne since 1985, practical the classical music as an amateur and melts the Jazz group Of City. The discovery of a musician of the name of Davis Miles disturbs me enormously at this time it... I begin the training from the saxophone in 1989 by my own means. In fact, which me interests really, it is the Jazz and its "derivatives". In 1992, I return has the E.N.M. of Villeurbanne, then me expatrie in 1993 in the U.S.A. to study in Berklee College of Music. In 1995, I integrate the CEFEDEM of Lyon and obtains in 1997 the Diploma of State in the Jazz discipline. Today, all forms of music interests me and makes me passionned: jazz, different music currents, Latin, Eastern, improvisation... Jazz De Ville, BAND 433, Regional Orchestra of Rhone-Alps Jazz, Tempo Strong, Jazz Whodunnit Four-bit byte...

Yvan OUKRID (dms)
Already behind a battery in 10 years when he played with his brothers for his first dances, Yvan knew how to acquire a manual skill and an exemplary professionalism in due time. Since, no music style has secret as him and it excels particularly in the jazz and latin musics! His CV is besides impressive: accompaniment of people as Nicole Croisille or Mory Kante, concert with Jean Pierre Como (pianist of SIXUN), with the saxophonist Eric Barret, recording in studio for the albums of Michelle Bernard. Finally, it has one a big experience of Brazilian music which it played a lot with notably the King Lézard or else the famous singer Marcia Maria. While putting in chains concerts, it also teaches the battery CRR of St Steven, department jazz. In the group, besides his humour, he brings a very particular colour, all over its experience, a rhythmic diversity and who give their originalities in arrangements very!
Christophe GARABOUX (elb, cb)

Been born in 1969, he begins music at the age of 7 years with the music theory and the flute which runs across, then turns to the guitar at the age of fifteen years, and the low electrical one year later. The music of Django is already present in family dance hall, and the orientation towards the jazz confirnme, while keeping a musical practice in very different styles (classic, variety, French song, Rythm' not Blues, salsa, rock). Having put on in the contrabass in 1999, it inserts the Swing group Waltz at the end of 2002. Holder of D.U.M.I, he intervenes in primary schools today from the City of Saint-Étienne.
Lionel RASCLE (gt)

At the age of 9 years, I begin the music with the trumpet. But it is at 13 years that I discover a guitar in a wall cupboard. Dad and uncle teach me the first agreements. I thus play in various groups of Rock'n'roll of which Stardust. At 18 years, I enter in Aimra for 3 years and am invited in the "Jazz of Big-Band city" which will make several rounds in Poland, Czechoslovakia... I obtain a license Musicology at 23 years. In 95, I go on a journey in Indonesia for two months... In 97, it is Thailand, China, Burma, Laos... It is into 96 that I melt the Jazz Whodunnit Four-bit byte. Currently, Lionel plays with Olivier Biffaud (WP) in a duet which prénomme: GuitarMania: http://obiffaud.online.fr/gmania.htm
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