Bio (short)
Famed in France with Amnesiac quartet band (Tribute to Radiohead), he got many awards from jazzmagazine”,Jazznews”,”citizenjazz”and FIP Radiobroadcast with his 11 albums as leader or co leader. As musician he played in many countries such USA,Poland,Nederlands,Marocco,Belgium, Switzerland, Myanmar, Italia, Spain, CzechRepublic, Austria, Japan… He played n France with Baptiste Herbin, Christophe Panzani, David El Malek, Benjamin Henocq, Frédéric Couderc, Yoni Zelnik, Eric Barret, Stéphane Kerecki, Karl Jannuska, Anne Paceo, Pierrick Pedron,J ean-Philip pRykiel and some american jazzmen and jazzwoman such Janis Siegel, Mike Richmond, Dave Schroeder, Billy Drummond, Billy Drewes, John Hadfield, Martin Wind… As composer he worked for movies for Fechner productions, spirit musics and he published 2 jazz songbooks for piano and saxophone and piano and Clarinet and a piece for saxophone soprano and piano at Billaudot editions (Berlioz, Liszt, Guillaume Connesson, Thierry
Escaich…)
He is a member of the duo Border Jazz with classical saxophonist Nicolas Prost, who has played with Chris Potter, Branford Marsalis, John Helliwell, John Zorn, Henri Texier, Michel Portal, Avishai Cohen… He is also a member of the Sébastien Paindestre trio, Atlantico, Border Jazz, Clément Dodray quintet, and Tokyo Paris Express.
Sébastien Paindestre integrated in 1990 the E.N.M.D. of Montreuil in the classical piano class of Sylvie Irran and Olivier Chauzu. Masterpieces from Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Ravel, and Debussy touched him deeply.
He studied jazz music with Jean-Claude Forenbach, Didier Levallet, and Stephan Oliva.
A former student of Erik Berchot (Chopin award winner), Sébastien Paindestre was the pianist of Eve Griliquez (famous lady of radio and TV in the 70s) for three years. He has played in recent years with young jazz stars such as David El Malek, Benjamin Henocq, Frédéric Couderc, Yoni Zelnik, Stéphane Kerecki, Karl Jannuska, Anne Paceo…
He has led since 2001 his own jazz band, “Sébastien Paindestre trio,” and released four albums (2005, 2008, 2010, and 2016).
INTERNATIONNAL JAZZ ARTIST
Sébastien Paindestre has played since 2001 at many jazz venues and international jazz festivals in France and across the world.
He has been the leader since 2007 of the jazz band Amnesiac Quartet, featuring some (ex) musicians of Magma, which is expressed in the music of Radiohead (2 albums).
He collaborates with the composer of Electroacoustic music Jacques Lejeune since 2006 and with the classical saxophonist Nicolas Prost. He dedicated to him a classical piece for piano and saxophone, “Round’ Radiohead,” published in 2015 at Billaudot.
He also wrote the music for unseen films of Georges Méliès, released on DVD in April 2008 (Studiocanal, Fechner productions).
NEW-YORK
It has just recorded in 2015 in New York an album as a Co-leader with the American saxophonist Dave Schroeder of the NYU and a jazz legend Billy Drummond (Sonny Rollins, Horace Silver, Carla Bley…) and Martin Wind at the double bass.
Joelovan introduced the band into the CD: “Atlantico is full of joy and inspiration. From tune to tune, this collective quartet tells some beautiful stories about who they are and where they’ve been. I keep hitting the repeat button. Bravo!!!”
He is a professor at New York University since 2017.
He played at the famous jazz club The Blue Note in NYC in October 2018 with the Atlantico Band.
DISCOGRAPHY
Selective Discography:
“Écoutez-moi,” Sébastien Paindestre trio (musicast, DiskUnion, 2005)
“Parcours,” Sébastien Paindestre trio (ARC, musicast, DiskUnion, 2008)
“Tribute to Radiohead,” Amnesiac Quartet (Musea, DiskUnion, 2010)
“Live @ Duc des Lombards,” Sébastien Paindestre trio (ARC, USA, Musea, France, DiskUnion, Japan, 2010)
“Tribute to Radiohead vol. 2,” Amnesiac Quartet (Musea, DiskUnion, 2013)
“En Rouge,” Atlantico (La Fabrica’son label, Musea, DiskUnion, 2016)
“Paris,” Sébastien Paindestre trio (La Fabrica’son label, Musea, DiskUnion, 2016)
“New Easter Island,” Atlantico (La Fabrica’son label, Socadisc, 2019)