{"id":137704,"date":"2026-10-13T11:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/evento\/leo-sidran-the-groovy-french-band\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T11:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:49:38","slug":"leo-sidran-the-groovy-french-band","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/evento\/leo-sidran-the-groovy-french-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo Sidran & The Groovy French Band"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leo Sidran<\/strong> guitar & vocals \u00b7 Max Darmon<\/strong> bass \u00b7 Paul Sany<\/strong> piano \u00b7 Romain Bouiges<\/strong> drums<\/p>\n

Leo Sidran<\/strong>, a Grammy-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, has built his career at the intersection of jazz, pop, Brazilian music, and the singer-songwriter tradition. His live show brings all these worlds together in a groove-driven concert built around songs, stories, and musical conversation.<\/p>\n

Sidran<\/strong> began composing professionally as a teenager, when the Steve Miller Band<\/strong> recorded four of his songs, and has since released ten solo albums. His production credits include Jorge Drexler<\/strong>\u2019s Oscar-winning \u201cAl otro lado del r\u00edo\u201d and Alex Cuba<\/strong>\u2019s Latin Grammy-winning Healer<\/em>, as well as more than two decades of recordings with his father, jazz pianist Ben Sidran<\/strong>. His collaboration with Spanish singer and actress Leonor Watling, Leo & Leo<\/strong>, won Best Jazz Album at Spain\u2019s 2026 Academy of Music Awards.<\/p>\n

Sidran<\/strong>\u2019s music combines intelligence and melody, delivered with an understated vocal style, a deep sense of rhythm, and a distinctive sense of humor. Jazz Magazine<\/em> summed it up this way: \u201cLeo Sidran makes pop music swing.\u201d For JazzTimes<\/em>, his compositions are \u201cintelligent, incisive, and dazzlingly original.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sidran<\/strong> is joined by his regular collaborators, The Groovy French Band<\/strong>: Max Darmon<\/strong> on bass, Paul Sany<\/strong> on keyboards, and Romain Bouiges<\/strong> on drums. After more than a decade of playing together, their chemistry is relaxed, elegant, and deeply rhythmic, combining the freedom of a jazz group with the precision of a great pop band.<\/p>\n

Drawing on songs from across his catalogue and his new album, Leo\u2019s My Name<\/em>, Sidran<\/strong> weaves music together with stories from a lifetime spent surrounded by musicians and making records. The result is sophisticated yet informal, entertaining without turning into a comedy show, and above all rooted in the pleasure of hearing songs performed by musicians who have spent years listening to one another.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing superficial about this singer who, like no other, combines nonchalance with great subtlety.\u201d \u2014 T\u00e9l\u00e9rama<\/em>, France<\/p>\n

\u201cLeo Sidran makes pop music swing, in the tradition of Mose Allison and Nat King Cole.\u201d \u2014 Jazz Magazine<\/em>, France<\/p>\n

\u201cMusically and lyrically, his compositions are intelligent, incisive, and dazzlingly original.\u201d \u2014 JazzTimes<\/em>, USA<\/p>\n

\u201cA discreet genius of pop jazz.\u201d \u2014 Fernando Neira, Spain<\/p>\n

\u201cSidran navigates the difficulties of everyday life with elegance and swing, inviting us to smile and reflect.\u201d \u2014 West Coast Soul<\/em>, Germany<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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