Julien Lourau

Julien Lourau (born 1970 ) is a French jazz saxophonist (tenor, but also soprano, alto, baritone).

The son of the sociologist René Lourau started at the free-jazz group "Trash Corporation " the guitarist Noël Akchoté and pianist Bojan Z. In 1992 he won the prize as a soloist in the Concours de La Defense and founded the funk-jazz " Julien Lourau Groove transition " ( self-titled album on label Bleu 1995) with trombonist Daniel Casimir, trumpeter Nicolas Genest, drummer Daniel Garcia Bruno and bassist Jules Bikoko Bi N ' Jami. After their second album " City Boom Boom " (with WT, with the singer Laika Fatien, the flutist Malik Mezzadri, DJ Shalom and Minino Garay ), he dissolved the group. In 1999 he turned to electronic music and released his album " Gambit " (2000), taking out the old " Groove Gang" only Garay and Mezzadri played along. In addition, he founded "Olympic Gramofon " ( self-titled album in 1996 with Pee -Wee ), he accompanied Abbey Lincoln and Marc Ducret and played in septet by Henri Texier. In 2002, he returned with " The Rise " ( Label Bleu ) back to the traditional acoustic jazz. He often plays in a duo with Bojan Z.

In 1999 he was awarded the prize Les Victoires du Jazz as new talent.