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Artist
Hadrien Feraud
12+ albums
Fusionjazzbassjazz fusionfrench
about
Hadrien Feraud was born on 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, new wave, traditional, jazz etc. Young, very attracted by the cinema, Hadrien shows to be very receptive with film scores. To wards the age of 8/9, his father introduces him to the guitar, but he shrinks in front of the instrument. The drums attract him much more and the bass causes curiosity as well . Then to wards 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 Pastorius and Weather Report becomes his bible. In the years which follow, Hadrien discovers other bass players such as: Dominique Di Piazza (who will become a friend), Victor Bailey, Christian McBride, Anthony Jackson, Matthew Garrison, Gary Willis, Richard Bona, and he widens his musical universe listening to other different instrumentalists: Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Bireli Lagrene, John McLaughlin, Sylvain Luc, Jean Pierre Como, Thierry Eliez. 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
