Thomas Carbou

Guitar player, composer, arranger Born on October 11th 1977 Prolific musician, he experiments every kind of music : jazz, traditionnel music, fusion, gospel, funk� Always looking for new sounds, he plays a wide variety of instruments : - custom-made 8-string guitar (by Martine Montassier) - electric & acoustic guitars - percussions : kalimba, berimbao, cajon� he recorded eight CDs as a leader , one with his band Elec'Trio, two as a co-leader with the sax player Pierre Diaz and one as a co-leader with sax player François d'Amours. Very active on the French musical scene, he's beginning to become known on the international level, he has already performed overseas ; Germany (Berlin), Vietnam (Hanoi, Hu�, Ho Chi Minh ...), United States (New York)� and Canada (Montr�al) where he permanently established his resident since Septemnber 2003 Multiplying projects and musical encounters, he has performed on stage or studio with : Dave Liebman (sax), David Binney (sax), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Lonnie Plaxico (basse), Lionel Cordew (drums), Gilad (percussion), Elisabeth Kontomanou (vocals), Fran�ois D'Amours (sax), Carlo Rizzo (tambourin), R�mi Bolduc (sax), Sylvain Luc (guitar), Pierre Diaz (sax), Ngoc Da� (vietnamese composer), Cao Ho Nga (Trung & Thap Luc), Nguyen Anh Tan (day)�