Michael Cheret
Michaël Cheret was born in 1974 in France.
He studied saxophone at Paris Superior Conservatory with Francois Jeanneau and with Adam
Nussbaum, Richie Beirach, Johnny Griffin, Daniel Humair, Riccardo Del Fra, Kenny Wheeler among
others.
After being an influent alto sax player in Paris for years, he is nowadays a main tenor sax player in
France.
He also plays soprano sax, composes and teaches. He is actually saxophone teacher in Lyon Conservatory.
Now playing as a leader of his new quartet, he writes original music. He made 8 albums as a leader
and composer.
He plays in the quintet We five featuring Jim Rotondi (album Take one in 2017).
He’s been leading the great Jam-session of Paris at SUNSET jazz club, once a month since 2004, more
than eighteen years !
He also played regularly with greatest international jazzmen as Damon Brown (trumpet, UK), Franck
Lacy (trombone, USA), Albert Mangelsdorff, Ralph Moore, Gary Smulyan, Scott Hamilton, and all the greatest jazz musicians in France such as jazz legend René Urtreger.
He also travels the world for concerts and masterclasses (China tour 2014 and 2015, Saxophone
summit in Palmela, Portugal, with Gary Smulyan, USA, with Mark Gross, Corea, with Damon Brown and
many more).
Photo credit: François Dardelet
