STÉPHANE KERECKI
Genres: World Fusion, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Post Bop • France

After his studies in Economics in Paris, Stéphane Kerecki entered the National Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris (CNSMDP) where he studied the Double bass with Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Riccardo Del Fra and Jean Paul Celea. At the same time, he joined Steve Potts’s quartet and became a member of the Paris Jazz Big Band. Stéphane made a name for himself by playing in the bands of Denis Colin, Guillaume de Chassy, Yaron Herman, Daniel Humair, François Jeanneau, Sheila Jordan, Steve Lehman, Ronnie Lynn Patterson, Michel Portal, Thomas Savy, Jacky Terrasson… 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 (only bass Player awarded). In 2005, the magazine Jazzman counted him among the "125 talents of tomorrow" Since 2003, he is leading his own trio, composed by saxophonist Matthieu Donarier and read more...