Guillaume Perret (Saxophone)

Date of Birth, June 21 1980, France

Formation

He started his studies in 1986 at the Music Academy of Annecy. There he studied modern,
contemporary and improvised music and received a professional diploma in -Musical Formation- Chamber Music – Analyse – Saxophone- unanimously approved by the jury.

From 1999 , he studied at the Jazz departement of the Chambery Music Academy and received a professional diploma in – Harmony –Arrangement – Improvisation Workshop – Saxophone – with honours from the Jury.

From the year 2000, he has been looking for new experiences, and he has played in different clubs of New York, Montreal,Toronto, London, Paris, Geneva,…,and plays with numerous musicians to perfect his formation.

Past Activities

He has played with following the musicians :

Benjamin Hencocq, Sangoma Everett, Yannick Barman, Stéphane Patry, Stéphano Saccon, François Lindemann, Marcello Julliani, Michel Wintsch, Glenn Ferris, Rita Marcotuli, N’Guyen Lee, James Taylor, Daniel Yvinec, Olivier Ker Ourio, Franck Tortiller…

He has toured in:

Paris, London, Switzerland, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Bosnie_Herzegovine, Poland, Thaïland, VietNam, Argentina and Chili.

He taught the saxophone and improvisation between 2001 and 2004 at the Jazz Academy of Divone-les-Bains and now he devotes himself exclusively to live concerts, studio sessions and managment of his projects.

Discography

- Album 'Lebocal' Prod. LEBOCAL 2000
- 'Collectif etc...' Label: Le Chant du monde, Distrib: Harmonia Mundi 2003 LEBOCAL 2002
- 'Oh no! just another Franck Zappa memorial barbecue' Prod Le Chant du monde 2003, Label: Le Chant du monde, distrib Harmonia Mundi 2003
- 'No Square Double Album, Studio & Live' production N.S.T. Créations 2005. Label Altrisuoni
- Album 'Stephan Patry Organ-Trio', Prod La Ruée vers l'Orgue 2005, Label: Black and Blue, Distrib: Publishing 2004, VHR018 File under ELECTRO JAZZ
- 'The Mason's Ballad', Prod: Marxis 2003, Label: Unit Records
- 'The Shadow of Reflection', Prod. Dr-Sound Corp.2004, Label: Basic 2-4 Records.