META (2016) - Samy THIEBAULT

BIOGRAPHY - META (2016)
Meta studied drums, percussion and voice at the Centre Musical et Créatif de Nancy (CMCN). In
1995, at the behest of upright bassist François Moutin, he moved to Paris, the capital of European
Jazz. He played on the album Init, created by the trio André Ceccarelli/N’Guyen Lê/François Moutin.
He has also played with Bad Elephant (Daniel Casimir, Louis Moutin, Linley Marthe and Michael
Felberbaum). The list of groups and musicians he has worked with is long; each project has in i ts own
way allowed him to sharpen his vision of music.
Meta has worked with: François & Louis Moutin, Thomas Enhco, Bruno Rousselet, Eric Lohrer,
Linley Marthe, Michael Felberbaum, Daniel Casimir, Stéphane Kerecki, Pierre-François
Dufour, Daniel Bruno Garcia, Jean-Christophe Béney, Scott Hill, Diego Imbert, André Ceccarelli, Dan
Pugach, Ari Hoenig, François Théberge, Lee Konitz, Claudia Solal, Didier Havet, Franck Agulhon,
Stéphane Belmondo, David Prez, Romain pilon, Yoni Zelnik, Franck Agulhon, Pierre de Bethmann,
David El Malek, Karl Jannuska, Nguyen Lê, Bob Berg, Thomas Savy, Stephane édouard, Pierre
Perchaud, Philippe Soirat, Julien Alour, Sylvain Romano, Adrien Chicot, Samy Thiebault, Stéphane
Galland, Jean Luc Lehr, Jéremy Bruyére, Avisai Cohen, Paul Lay,Yoann Loustalot, Thomas
Savy, Denis Leloup, Jules Bioko, Stéphane Guillaume, Stéphane Galland, Karim Ziad, Geoffroy de
Mazure, Geoffroy Tamisier, Vincent Mascar, Chander Sardjoe, Romain Pilon, Pierre
Perchaud, Léonardo Montana…
An instrument among instruments, as a lead player or a guest, Meta creates a mysterious fusion
between his own vocal swells and his partners’ playing. He has brought his unique sound to early
albums with François and Louis Moutin, Michael Felberbaum, and Linley Marthe, and, more recently,
to albums recorded with artists such as Geoffroy de Mazure, Jasser Haj Youcef and Jean-Christophe
Cholet on the project “Nights in Tunisia” and with Samy Thiébault on “Clear Fire.“
Meta has recorded three albums under his name:
Secret History 2001 (Greenjay)
Epigram 2008 (Nocturne)
The Sweetness Of A Saffron Wind 2013. (MVS Anticraft)
The press have said about Clear Fire (Samy Thiébault sextet):
Meta’s unexpected, rich and sandy-sounding voice…
It is a voice used like a new instrumental color.
Alex Dutilh / Open jazz
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Meta’s scat and singing are imbued with a true creative energy.
Fip radio
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An extraordinary scatter: Meta, whose vocal work recalls that of Kurt Elling and
Nascimento.
His shaman’s voice ranges from Mongolian diaphonic bass to the high yodeled notes of African
pygmies, creating a whole other wild melody.
Radio Judaïca / JDB
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Meta weaves song that is fringed with mystery.
Fara C. / L’humanité