Violin
Born in Provence, in the south of France, into a family of violinists, Adrien Chevalier began his musical education at the Avignon Classical Conservatory, where he studied for 12 years before moving to Paris: there he developed his passion for Gypsy jazz and Eastern European music. He created Pad Brapad, a musical ensemble specializing in Balkan folklore, with whom he performed all over Europe, participating in the most renowned Word Music festivals. Adrien Chevalier then settled down in the French capital and joined the Grüss Circus orchestra, while also studying at the CMDL jazz school with master violinist Didier Lockwood.
In 2011 he moved to New York City where he co-founded the Avalon Jazz Band. Adrien continued his work as a film composer (Canal +, France 3…) and founded the Hot Club of New York with whom he performed at the New York Hot Jazz Festival in 2014. As a freelancer, Adrien often collaborates with renowned artists and tours regularly in Europe, South America and Asia. He recently released “Greenpoint Blues” under his own name, and here’s the title track.
That’s Brad Brose on rhythm guitar in the video above. As it happens, Adrien will perform this year at one of our closing concerts as a member of Brad Brose and his Bad Bros. Here the group (sans drummer Uri Zelig) performs, “Istanbul”.