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Fabien Mary was born in 1978, started to play trumpet at eight, settled in Paris at age 20, received the coveted Prize Django d’Or Young Talent in 2003 for his first album “Twilight”, created an octet in 2007 with which he recorded his third album “Four and Four”, received two nominations for the Prize Django Reinhardt “French Musician of the Year” (2008 & 2009), settled in New York in 2008 and presents today his new project “Quartet + One”.
Among the musicians he has played with we can mention Wynton Marsalis (Marciac Jazz Festival in 2004 with Eric Lewis on piano, Carlos Henriquez on bass & Herlin Riley on drums), Diana Krall (recording of a cd and DVD « Live in Paris » with the Paris Jazz Big Band), Johnny Griffin, Steve Turre, Michel Legrand, Spanki Wilson, Dave Liebman, Preston Love, Archie Shepp, Baptiste Trotignon, Doug Sides, Steve Williams, René Urtreger, Stéphane Belmondo, Alain Jean-Marie, Christian Escoudé, Maurice Vander, André Ceccarelli, Luigi Trussardi…
Fabien Mary started music at eight through classical studies at the conservatory of Evreux. Upon his arrival in Paris at age 20, he quickly became one of the first-call trumpet players and worked with François Théberge, Gérard Badini (Super Swing Machine) and Xavier Richardeau (Duc des Lombards Jazz Affair). In 2000, he joined the Paris Jazz Big Band conducted by Nicolas Folmer and Pierre Bertrand. This big band received two prestigious awards in 2005: a Django d'Or and Victoire de la Musique.
In 2002, Fabien’s first album as a leader was released: « Twilight » (Label Elabeth). He received the very coveted prize Django d'Or Young Talent.
In 2004, Fabien Mary was awarded «Jazz à Juan Révélation » and opened the 2005 festival on the stage of the Pinède Gould with his quartet..
In 2005, his second album « CHESS » was released. The repertoire gathers five compositions & five tunes by Kenny Dorham, Bud Powell or Jimmy Heath.
In 2007, Fabien created « Four and Four», an octet in which Pierrick Pedron (alto sax), David Sauzay (tenor sax & flute), Thomas Savy (baritone sax & bass clarinet) and Jerry Edwards (trombone) joined his quartet. The band played a repertoire composed and arranged by Fabien Mary, as well as some arrangements offered by saxophonist Chris Byars who is leading a similar octet in New York.
An album was released (“Four and Four”, Elabeth, 2008) and the band toured actively in many festivals such as Jazz en Tourraine, TanJazz (Morroco), Jazz à Beaune, Olympia (Paris, “Nuit TSF Jazz”), Jazzin’Cheverny,, National Theater of Bayonne...
In 2008, Fabien settled in New York and played, among other venues, at Smoke Jazz club and Smalls Jazz club, with musicians such as David Hazeltine, Steve Ash, Randy Napoleon, Frank Basile, Mike Karn... In October 2010, Fabien has released a new album called “Quartet + One” (Elabeth Records). For this new project, he invited Frank Basile, one of the busiest and most talented baritone saxophonists in New York (Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, the Jimmy Heath Big Band, the Joe Lovano Nonet, the Dave Holland Big Band and Michael Bublé among others).
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