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Hadrien Feraud | |
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 Hadrien Feraud, Jazz-Club Minden/Germany 2012 | |
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| Birth name | Hadrien Feraud |
| Born | August 16, 1984 Paris, France |
Hadrien Feraud (born August 16, 1984) is a French jazz bassist. [1]
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Hadrien Feraud was born into a musical family. His parents, who are also musicians, immersed him at a very young age in various musical environments including rock 'n roll, blues, funk, R&B, new wave and jazz. Feraud began studying guitar at age 8, taking lessons from his father. He also had a deep interest in film scores. By the time he was ten, he started picking up bass lines from Earth, Wind & Fire, music of the Motown era, The Police, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Prince, Chic, Donald Fagen, ZZ Top, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, Kool and the Gang, Don Blackman and later, Weather Report, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin and Herbie Hancock. At first, he was more interested in playing drums, but that stopped when he received a copy of The Birthday Concert by Jaco Pastorius at age 12. After hearing Jaco Pastorius, everything changed. Feraud immersed himself in studies of electric bass, analyzing the techniques of Jaco Pastorius, James Jamerson, Bernard Edwards, Nathan East, Christian McBride, Victor Bailey, Anthony Jackson, Skúli Sverrisson, Gary Willis, Matthew Garrison, Richard Bona, Linley Marthe and Jeff Berlin.
Toward the end of 2004, Feraud started composing works for his first solo project in parallel to playing at several clubs and jams in the Paris scene.
In 2005, John McLaughlin invited Feraud to contribute on two tracks ("For Jaco", "Senor CS") on his album Industrial Zen . [2] This was a pivotal encounter for Feraud.
In 2006, he finished recording his first solo album, Hadrien Feraud, together with guest musicians such as John McLaughlin, Biréli Lagrène, Flavio Boltro, Jean-Marie Ecay, Jean-Pierre Como, Marc Berthoumieux, Mokhtar Samba, Jim Grancamp, Jon Grancamp, Dominique Di Piazza, Thierry Eliez, and Linley Marthe.
In 2007, he took part in Chick Corea's trio project. After that, he went on tour in North America and Canada. A European tour followed in 2009, as a member of John McLaughlin and the 4th dimension (with Gary Husband on keyboards and Mark Mondesir on drums). [3]
Feraud arranged and produced Biréli Lagrène's album Electric Side.
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2012 and 2013: toured in US and Europe with Dean Brown Band.
2013: toured with Chick Corea & The Vigil: Chick Corea (keys), Hadrien Feraud (bass) with Marcus Gilmore on drums, saxophones, flute, bass clarinet and innovation from Tim Garland and guitarist Charles Altura.
2016: World Tour with Lee Ritenour.
2017: World Tour with Hiromi Uehara.
2018: Tour with Lee Ritenour.
"Of course… Jaco influenced me. It is the reason why I wanted to become a musician!!" - Hadrien Feraud [4]
"When I heard Jaco and Weather Report the first time, I fell in love. What I love in Jaco's music are the feelings and images it creates in your mind" Hadrien Feraud [5]
"...for me, he's the new Jaco [Pastorius]" - John McLaughlin [6]
"Usually I do what everybody does; each time I hear something that is attractive to my ears, I pick it up when I can." - Hadrien Feraud [7]
In September 2009, Feraud and Ken Smith announced the creation of the "Hadrien Feraud Signature Burner", to be made in Japan by Hajime Hirose and SleekElite, under the direction of Smith. Hand built models are scheduled to be released before the end of 2009, with mass-produced simplified models (no exotic tops or woods) to be released in early 2010. Early photographs show the bass with a buckeye burl top, maple neck, ebony fretboard and removable ebony ramp, and it features the Ken Smith 18v preamp, with a Mid Switch for different tones and volume boost.
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