Nylon String and Electric Guitar, Gypsy Jazz Ensemble(e/f)

Etienne started playing the guitar at the age of 10, in France, and quickly got linked to the gypsy community, whom he learned to play jazz with. He then decided to move to Paris, aged 17, to get a living as a professional musician, playing in russian "cabarets" all nights (Jaguaroff, Raspoutine, Nikita..) and doing gigs as a jazz guitar player as well (Caveau de la Huchette, Duc des Lombards, 3 Maillets, Montana..). Etienne has developed skills for playing any kinds of folk repertoire (russian, gypsy, spanish, brazilian, french..) as any kind of jazz music, from be-bop to fusion, performing on both electric an accoustic guitar. He's now living in Shanghai, working as a freelancer musician, playing with artists such like Coco Zhao, Jessica Maurer, Erica Lee, Swing Dynasty, and freshly formed his own trio composed by strings only : "Wayne's basement" (with Jay Lasry on guitar and EJ Parker on double-bass)