Carte blanche à Gautier Garrigue

Jazz — Gautier Garrigue, a distinguished drummer and composer, brings together talented musicians on stage for an evening where melodies and surprises meet in a fresh harmony.

The 38Riv's carte blanche evenings have become a ritual of reunion for these four musicians, all of them leaders, composers and side-musicians within different ensembles.

Tonight they share a repertoire that explores their respective worlds, united by a shared affinity for well-drawn melodies and for the unexpected that comes from meeting on stage.

Gautier Garrigue is a drummer, guitarist and composer born in 1987 and originally from the south of France.

A graduate of the Conservatoire in 2002, he quickly made a name for himself on the jazz scene by collaborating with distinguished artists such as Henri Texier, Michel Portal, Seamus Blake, Christian Scott, Emile Parisien, Baptiste Trotignon, Kyle Eastwood and Enrico Pieranunzi.

He is co-leader of the group Flash Pig, winner of the Disque de l'Année 2024 award from the Académie du Jazz. His first album under his own name, La Traversée, released in autumn 2024, received unanimous critical acclaim.

Described by Jazz Mag as one of the most sensitive and refined drummers on the current scene, he was a finalist in 2025 in the "Révélation de l'année" category of the Victoires du Jazz and the following year won the celebrated Prix Django Reinhardt of the Académie du Jazz, which honours the best musician of the year.

Line-up: Gautier Garrigue: drums; Hermon Mehari: trumpet; Liam Szymonik: alto saxophone; Nisse Nisse: double bass. The 38Riv Jazz Club is an intimate venue in the heart of the Marais (38 rue de Rivoli, Paris 4e), dedicated to jazz and improvised music.