Hadrien Feraud

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.

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 also Weather Report, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin and Herbie Hancock.

Hadrien immersed himself in profound 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.

Between 2003 and now, he has recorded and performed with many renowned musicians: John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Lee Ritenour, Hiromi Uehara, Billy Cobham, Gino Vannelli, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bireli Lagrene, Dean Brown, Jada Pinkett Smith, Paco Sery, Matt Garrison, Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, Antonio Farao, Otmaro Ruiz, Scott Kinsey, Marvin Smitty Smith, David Binney, Louis Cole, Walter Smith III, Gerald Clayton, West Coast Get Down, Virgil Donati, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Nguyên Lê, Jean-Pierre Como, Jean-Marie Ecay, Karim Ziad, Dominique Di Piazza, Gary Husband, André Ceccarelli, Dario Chiazzolino, Sylvain Luc, Greg Spero, guitarist James Morgan on A Soul in Time, and many others.

Toward the end of 2004, Hadrien started composing works for his first solo project, in parallel to playing at several clubs and jams in the Paris scene.

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, Linley Marthe.

Hadrien Feraud, Jazz-Club Minden/Germany 2012