6.9.12 Hadrien Feraud Group [Jason Joseph + Jessica Vautor + Leddie Garcia + Chaun Horton + Eddy Brown]

. Hadrien FERAUD was born in the 16th of august 1984 in Paris. Very early, his parents move to the suburbs where he will spend the first years of his life in a family where music plays a very great role. His parents who are musicians, immerse him very young in various musical environments: rock’n'roll, blues, funk ,R’n ‘B, new wave, traditional, jazz etc….

Young , very attracted by the cinema, Hadrien shows to be very receptive with film scores . Towards the age of 8/9, his father introduces him to the guitar, but he shrinks infront of the instrument . The drums attract him much more… and the bass causes curiosity as well . Then towards twelve, after listening to Jaco Pastorius, he has a deep revelation as well as for the group “Weather Report”.

At that time he explores, deepens and integrates with passion the entire work of Jaco and “Weather Report” becomes his bible. In the years which follow, Hadrien discovers other bass players such as: Christian McBride, Victor Bailey, Anthony Jackson ,Dominique Dipiazza, skulli sverrisson, Gary Willis, Matthew Garrison, Richard Bona , Linley Marthe…, and he widens his musical universe listening to other different instrumentalists : Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Bireli Lagrene, John McLaughlin,Chick Corea, Sylvain Luc , Otmaro Ruiz, Jean Pierre Como, Thierry Eliez, Jim Grancamp….

In 2001 Christian Pegand (organizing concerts for John McLaughlin and Bireli Lagrene among-others) invites him to play at the concert “bass contre bass” organized by the funds of SACEM in the memory of the double bass player François Jenny-Clark. Surrounded by Bireli Lagrene and Sylvain Luc at the guitars and Franck Agulhon on drums, Hadrien will make a noticed apperance. Also invited to this evening , were, Richard Bona, Garcia Fons, Dominique Di Piazza, the Moutin’s brothers etc…

In 2002, via Bireli LAGRENE , he becomes acquainted with Jim and Jon Grandcamp, two brothers originally from Strasbourg. Jim ( guitar) and Jon on drums,they create a “power trio” of shock : “Le Cartel”. they will play on various stages of the capital, in France and abroad . Eager to meeting some people, he takes part in some contests as the EURO BASS DAY which proceeds in Verona (2003) and for which he will be finalist ; as well as in the French national contest “Haut les basses” (2004) of which he wins the first prize.

since 2003, he has played with many experienced musicians: Rido BAYONNE – Sheik TIDIANE SECK- Marc BERTHOUMIEUX – Jean Marie ECAY – Mokhtar SAMBA – Dominique Di PIAZZA – N’GUYENE LE – Thierry ELIEZ – Flavio BOLTRO – - Bireli LAGRENE – Andre CECCARELLI ,Paco SERY , Manu CODJIA, Francis LASSUS , Linley MARTHE , Geoffroy DE MASURE ,Emile PARISIEN, Damien SCHMITT , Mickael LECOQ ,Fred LOPEZ ,Marc GUILLERMONT , Yoan SCHMIDT ,Yoan SERRA , Fred DUPONT, Valerie BENZAQUINE, Reda SAMBA , Julien TEKEYAN ,François FAURE ,Nicolas VICCARO, Mark GILMORE , Pibo MARQUEZ, Chris & Tony RAYMOND,Bireli LAGRENE , Sylvain LUC , John McLAUGHLIN , Chick COREA , François CONSTANTIN etc ….

In end 2004 Hadrien undertakes the compositions of his musical project .

In 2005, John McLaughlin invites him to play two tracks on his album “INDUSTRIAL ZEN”. It is a great meeting .

In 2007 Hadrien’s album has been released wich include prestigious French musicians and John McLaughlin and Bireli Lagrene . An U.S.A Tour with John McLaughlin started in September , it was a great success . Chick COREA asked him for recording session and to be part of a new band: the freedom band , The CD will be released in early 2008 . John McLAUGHLIN , called him to play on his new Album “ Floating point “ ( to be released in spring 2008 ) Hadrien as been endorsed by : Ken SMITH , MARKBASS , ELIXIR , GODIN , AXON and F BASS …

In 2008 , Hadrien played in some Jam sessions at the winter NAMM show , with various great names : Victor WOOTEN , Matt GARRISON , Marcus MILLER , Mike Pope….. Hadrien just finished the new electric album , as arranger and musician , for Bireli LAGRENE , to be released end of spring 2008 . Another interesting projects are on the run ….. A big European Tour is booked , with John McLAUGHLIN and 4th Dimension , around 35 concerts are expected ……

Hadrien Feraud website

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Jason Joseph’s story reads like a Coen brothers movie…he was born in Des Moines, Iowa, America’s heartland, the son of Indian immigrants from Kerala, a coastal state with a large Christian population in southern India.

The AM radio introduced Jason to the music that would shape his own artistic vision. From Marvin Gaye to Michael Jackson, Johnny Cash to Donny
Hathaway, these voices, intermingled with the tabla and dhol of India, melded into a stylistic gumbo that shaped his sound as a writer and singer.

After attending college at the University of Florida and Berklee, Jason moved to Los Angeles to pursue the dream. In L.A., he quickly became integrated
into the independent music scene performing regularly at the Temple Bar, Molly Malone’s, and the Libertine. His singing quickly caught the attention of songwriters and producers, and Jason was soon singing on tracks for Hollywood Records, Warner Brothers, and the Cartoon Network while also delivering show-stopping performances alongside the likes of Missy Elliot, Akon & Erykah Badu.

Through all of this, he was writing the songs that have become his first studio album, Out Of My Mind: Side A. Produced with the help of Charlton Pettus and Ryan Freeland, Out Of My Mind: Side A captures this young artist at the peak of his creative powers, assimilating the sounds of his childhood into a strong personal statement.

Out Of My Mind: Side A is at its core a soul record – it speaks straight from the soul and instantly touches the heart with songs covering issues from love to politics, despair to hope. With one of the great soul voices of our time, Jason Joseph has made a work that would have seemed impossible 10 years ago…a soul record by an Indian singer from the heartland of America. Things change.

Jason Joseph website

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Leddie’s musical influences include God, his family, The Beatles, Motown, Rock n’ Roll!!!! Alex Acuna, Bernard Purdie, Airto Moreiro , Narada Michael Walden, and Carl Stalling have been major influences. His sound can be heard across genres from Pop Music to Jazz Fusion, with Brazilian, and South Pacific Rhythms with Latin influences. Leddie describes his adaptive approach to performing as “wordly hybrid style of percussion styles blended into one.

Sounds From The Vault:
Award winning multi-media exhibit at the “Chicago Field Museum”.

Leddie Garcia with Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger’s, “Sounds From The Vault”, a playable orchestration of virtual instruments for the Chicago Field Museum, won the Gold Muse Award from the Association of American Museums. Leddie played the key role of Principal Percussionist and Committee Advisor. Letting “outsider”,  professional musicians like Leddie Garcia, come in and play these priceless artifacts is almost unheard of in the museum world. With his diligent efforts, Leddie mastered an instrument called a friction block. “I’d never seen a friction block”, said Garcia, “so I continued to experiment with this unusual instrument”. At some point, I started rubbing it, and it finally spoke to me, making this ululating sound”. Leddie played 32 of 50 priceless instruments collected for this award-winning exhibit. (Quotes from The Chicago Tribune with staff writer William Mullen).

Leddie Garcia website

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Growing up in Rochester, New York, Chaun Horton´s first introduction to music and drums was under the strict tutelage of his father, who conveniently also happened to be a church organist. With his father´s guidance and teaching, Chaun received the opportunity to play not only for his church, but other state choirs and events as well. This valuable experience allowed Chaun to become a drummer for the Monroe Community College Big Band in upstate New York, where he began performing at community events and studio recordings.

After attending a camp held by the LA Music Academy, Chaun found himself enrolling the following month on a full scholarship, where he has since graduated. The LA Music Academy is an intensive contemporary music education program founded in 1996 by a number of prominent LA-based players, who also have significant music education experience.

Chaun has had the privilege of sharing the stage with artist such as Macy Gray, Raphael Saadiq, Jessica Simpson, J´Davey, Doug E. Fresh, Tal Wilkenfeld, Geoffrey Keezer and many others, He is now the current drummer for International Pop artist Natasha Bedingfield and is gearing up to take the stage with her on another world wide tour coming to a city near you.

Chaun Horton website

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Eddie Brown website