Sylvain Beuf

Born in Paris in 1964, Sylvain Beuf has since the late 1980s developed a central career in French jazz as a saxophonist, composer and arranger, with a playing style that moves between soprano, alto and tenor saxophones. Trained first in classical music at the ENM d’Orsay, then at CIM for jazz harmony, Beuf builds a precise writing and an improvisational language anchored in post-bop, hard bop and a modern jazz attentive to harmonic colors. Active as a leader and sideman, he has played alongside musicians such as Martial Solal, Michel Legrand, Henri Texier, Richard Galliano, André Ceccarelli, Emmanuel Bex or Pierre de Bethmann, while also leading his own formats in trio, quartet and quintet. His discography under his name includes notably Impro Primo (1993), La danse des internotes (1999), Soul Notes and Sylvain Beuf Trio (2001), Octovoice (2004), Mondes parallèles (2007), Joy (2010), Electric Excentric (2012), Plénitude (2015), Time Feel (2021) and Long Distance (2024). Beuf also maintains a regular teaching activity, notably at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Versailles Grand Parc, extending a body of work where writing, improvisation and group playing occupy a continuous place.