2nd Cycle
Rob Frye
JayVe Montgomery
Olivia Scemama
Simon Sieger
Dan Bitney
Mai Sugimoto
Raymond Boni
Anton Hatwich
Paul Rogers
Marvin Tate
Erwan Keravec
Gerrit Hatcher
Lia Kohl
Gaspar Claus
Damon Locks
Morgane Carnet
Macie Stewart
Jozef Dumoulin
Fanny Lasfargues
Ben Lamar Gay
Sam Pluta
Sophie Agnel
Pascal Niggenkemper
Quentin Biardeau
Corey Wilkes
Justin Dillard
Etienne Ziemniak
Isaiah Collier
Jaimie Branch
Rafaelle Rinaudo
Gilles Coronado
Tim Daisy
Rajiv Halim
Florian Nastorg
Yoram Rosilio
Mikel Patrick Avery
Sakina Abdou
Julien Pontvianne
Ugochi Nwaogwugwu
Coco Elysses
Julien Chamla
Nick Mazzarella
Tim Stine
Céline Rivoal
Katie Ernst
Sylvain Lemêtre
Jean-Brice Godet
Greg Ward
Hélène Labarrière
Isaiah Spencer
Magic Malik
Angel Bat Dawid
Richard Comte
Nick Macri
Toma Gouband
Jeff Albert
Irvin Pierce
Paul Wacrenier
Christian Dillingham
Nicolas Pointard
Tim Haldeman
Fidel Fourneyron
Antonin Rayon
Thibault Cellier
Marcus Evans
Bertrand Denzler
Basile Naudet
Junius Paul
Vincent Davis
Will Guthrie
Peter Maunu
Simon Henocq
Luca Ventimiglia
Julian Kirshner
Erik M
Douglas R. Ewart
Jean-Luc Cappozzo
Joëlle Léandre
Bernard Santacruz
Michael Zerang
Aymeric Avice
Joshua Abrams
Jason Adasiewicz
Avreeayl Ra
Benjamin Sanz
Benjamin Duboc
Harrison Bankhead
Ramon Lopez
Hamid Drake
Rob Mazurek
Mwata Bowden
Julien Desprez
Matt Lux
Mathieu Sourisseau
Sylvaine Hélary
Fred Lonberg-Holm
Eve Risser
Mike Reed
Ben Lamar Gay
Marquis Hill
Jeff Parker
Joachim Florent
Denis Fournier
Khari B
Magic Malik
Jeb Bishop
Guillaume Orti
Fred BBriet
Tyshawn Sorey
Antonin-Tri Hoang
Mars Williams
Tatsu Aoki
Samuel Silvant
Mankwe Ndosi
Mike Ladd
Sylvain Kassap
Dana Hall
Claudia Solal
Katherine Young
Benoît Delbecq
Lou Mallozzi
Joe McPhee
Daunik Lazro
Joshua Abrams
Guillaume Séguron
Chad Taylor
Lisa E. Harris
Nicole Mitchell
Christian Pruvost
Lionel Garcin
Christophe Rocher
Pierre-Antoine Badaroux
Jean-Luc Guionnet
Jason Roebke
Jim Baker
Keefe Jackson
Dave Rempis
Christine Wodrascka
Didier Lasserre
Peter Orins
Josh Berman
Jason Stein
Didier Petit
Edward Perraud
Fred Jackson Jr
Stéphane Payen
Makaya McCraven
Edward Perraud
The Bridge associates nearly 150 French and North American musicians (75 per cycle, one cycle lasting seven years), divided into quartets and quintets. This long list respects the sociological diversity of the jazz field: men and women of all generations and backgrounds, who will be brought together, one after another, configuration after configuration. And its aesthetic diversity: music as a means of expression and as a means of experimentation, music as a domain of possibility. All of them show invaluable capacities to share their knowledge and craft, both on- and off-stage.
Each year, The Bridge organizes 4 tours or journeys – 2 to France and 2 to the United States – of rigorously cooperative formations, bringing together French and North American musicians who are members of the network, who have chosen each other and who have formulated their own project. Those who start in France will continue in the United States, and vice versa.
In the direction of France to the United States, these journeys take the shape of 2-3 week stays in Chicago and the Midwest. Such a length of time opens up a wide range of activities and experiences, all sorts of twists and turns, to “infiltrate” the visiting French musicians in a novel way–to truly immerse them in a socio-musical environment through practice.
In the direction of the United States to France, these trips are more akin to tours that rely on the network of partner clubs and festivals. However, the North American musicians are given the opportunity to make a few “getaways” with other members of the network and all kinds of audiences and communities.
From person to person, from group to group, by rotation, The Bridge reinforces the links between fraternities and sororities of musicians with distinct but complementary practices; The Bridge opens groundbreaking lines of communication and sharing.