CESARJOANIQUET

Discography as a leader:

Songbook

January 2015, Autoedited

César Joaniquet, tenor sax
Brice Soniano, bass
Kasper Tom, drums

Songbook plays music full of improvisation and songs that are constantly worn by the love of a good melody.

From a pygmy village in Cameroon to soloist in Montpellier's Opera, the French bass player Brice Soniano can bring with his playing from folk world music to baroque or jazz. He is currently based on the modern jazz and improvisation scene, mainly in Belgium and France.

Drummer Kasper Tom Christiansen made, over the last few years, his name in the European improvisation / advantgarde scene. Not just by being the leader of the groups Kasper Tom / Jacob Anderskov, FUSK and Kasper Tom 5, but also as a sideman in other projects with musicians like Alexander von Schlippenbach, Axel Dorner and Johannes Bauer.

B E T A N I A

April 2014, Autoedited

Cesar Joaniquet, Saxophones, Piano, Composition & Arrangements
Carlos Orobón, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Jakob Sørensen, Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Thea Jørgensen, Violin
Agnes Hauge, Violin
Mikkel Schreiber, Viola
Rebecca Carvalho, Cello
Patricia Rodrigo, Guitar
Frederik Nyboe, Electric Bass
Adrian Christensen, Acoustic Bass
Timo van Ruiswijk, Drums
Dea Marie Mogensen, Percussion

Bethany is a place where people go to have a spiritual experience, take advantage of this holy status to reflect and enter the world of meditation.

In Motion Trio

January 2014, Autoedited

Cesar Joaniquet, tenor sax & soprano
Kasper Agnas, guitar
Timo van Ruiswijk, drums

Together with Kasper Agnas, swedish guitar player and Timo van Ruiswijk from the Netherlands at drums, I spent a semester studying at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. We played with many musicians in town but the three of us always had a special connection. So we started establishing sessions with this trio until we already had a large original repertoire.
We did a performance at one of the most important festivals in the city named "New Sound Made" and after the good response that the audience had, we decided to record this album. It is not the most common instrumentation for a band because it misses an essential instrument as it is the bass. This lack of thickness that provides the bass gives us a lot of space to develop compositions. The music we play are original compositions especially written for this band and are mainly based on pure improvisation.

Smog Eyes
(Featuring Ted Brown)

April 2012, Autoedited

Cesar Joaniquet, tenor sax
Michael Kanan, piano
Lim Yang, bass
Marton Juhasz, drums
Ted Brown, tenor sax on #4 i #8

I met Ted when I lived in New York that year. We used to set up sessions with the pianist Michael Kanan at his studio in Brooklyn. At that time I was living with the other two members of the rhythm section, bassist and drummer. With them I had a great confidence and played as a trio at home very often. One day it occurred to me to suggest going into the studio and recording an album with Mike and Ted. It seemed a good idea and it came out: Smog Eyes.