Francois Couturier, born 05/02/1950 at Fleury-les Aubrais, is a french jazz composer and pianist. He studied musicology as well as classical piano. Couturier has been a part of many groups and collaborative performances. He founded the group “Impression” in 1977. He met Jean-Paul Celea in 1978. They became close friends and have played a lot. He has performed and played with Francois Jeanneau (Francois Jeanneau), Michel Portal et Didier lockwood after 1978. from www.last.fm/music/Francois Couturier
