Yves Rousseau hears Pierre Michelot, Patrice Caratini and discovers the double-bass. Between 1982 and 1987, he studied the instrument at the CNR in Versailles with Jacques Cazauran. He gains a variety of experience with chamber and symphony orchestras, and occasionally ventures into contemporary, baroque and electro-acoustic musical styles. He also enrols in “Centre d’Informations Musicales” to learn the basics of jazz. He meets Jean-Francois Jenny Clark in 1984, at the Ensemble franco–allemand de Jazz » (Franco/German Jazz Ensemble). This encounter leads to a profound change in his musical perception. Between 1990 and 1993, he co-directs the same group with Albert Mangelsdorff. In 2000, he founded his 4tet with Jean-Marc Larche and Regis Huby. With them, he releases 3 albums: Fees et Gestes with CC Productions / Harmonia Mundi in the same year. He also records Choc Jazzman, Sarsara, and Akasha on Abalone/L’Autre Distribution in 2015. These albums were selected by Citizen Jazz and Choc JazzMag. He is used to conducting artistic residencies at many different organizations, including Jazz sous les Pommiers and the Enghien Arts Centre. Noirlac Abbey, Nangis, Noirlac Abbey, and the town of Nangis. We can see Akasha 4tet, which has been around for more than 15 years with Regis Huby and Jean-Marc Larche on saxophones, Christophe Marguet on drums, and the Yarin 5tet consisting of Regis Huby (violins), Cyril Hernandez on drums, Pierre Durand (guitar), Bilgin Canaz in ney, as well as a symphonic rendition of the same repertoire called the Poet…your papers 6tet on Leo Ferre, with his 4tet augmented first by Jeanne Added, then Maria-Laura Baccarini. The 2007 album Choc Jazzman was released on the Le Chant du Monde/Harmonia Mundi label. Wanderer 7tet, free interpretations of Franz Schubert’s work. Regis Huby (violins), Jean Marc Larche(saxophones), Pierrefrancois Roussillon [bass clarinet], Pierre-Francois Roussillon] (bass clarinet), Thierry Perala (voices, texts), Edouard Ferrlet (piano), Xavier Desandre Navarre) He has duets for voice/doublebasspot, dance/doublebasspot, percussion/doublebass with Cyril Hernandez. Christophe Marguet led the entirely new Spirit Dance 5tet. Fabrice Martinez plays the trumpet, David Chevallier the electric guitar, and Bruno Ruder the piano. Yves Rousseau continues his mission to draw the public into an extraordinary musical world where musical structure and improvisation blend intimately to create, each day, a different score. from http://yvesrousseau.fr
