PROJECTS AS A LEADER

Quintet -"Staro Vreme" (2001)

• Stephane Guillaume, sax soprano and clarinet
• Manu Codjia, guitar
• Thomas Grimmonprez, drums
• Antonio Licusati, bass

guest:

• Geoffroy Tamisier, trumpet

Quintet -"Essence de rose" (2004)

• Stephane Guillaume, sax soprano and clarinet
• Manu Codjia, guitar
• Thomas Grimmonprez, drums
• Sebastien Boisseau, bass

guests:

• Krasen Lutskanov, kaval
• Geoffroy Tamisier, trumpet

"Horizonts" Quintet - "Viara" BMC Records (2008)

• Manu Codjia, guitar
• Emile Parisien, sax soprano
• Marc Buronfosse, double bass
• Karl Jannuska, drums

NEW PROJECTS
Horizons Quintet
Bulgaria / France / Canada


MP3: Veronique · Testament · Souvenir des Balkans · Viara · Sianie · Oblatsi

Created in 2006, "Horizons Quintet" is the very new Gueorgui Kornazov’s band. Playing Kornazov’s music (new compositions yet unreleased), four talented musicians : Emile Parisien, sax soprano, Manu Codjia, guitar, Marc Buronfosse, double bass, and Karl Jannuska, drums.

Emile Parisien
Born in 1982 in Cahors, France. He discovered jazz during a masterclass in Marciac, among experienced musicians such as Pierre Boussaguet, Guy Laffitte et Tonton Salut. He then studied classical and contemporary music at Toulouse Conservatory. He settled down in Paris in 2000 where he played with Rémi Vignolo, Hervé Sellin, Olivier Temime, Bertrand Renaudin, Paco Sery, Yaron Herman, Eric Serra. He then worked with Chris Mc Bride, Johny Griffin et Wynton Marsalis who made him play beside them at Marciac’s Festival.



Karl Jannuska
Born in 1975 in Altona, Canada. Karl achieved a master of music in Jazz Performance with High Distinction at McGill University of Montreal. In 1999, with the help of scholarships from Art Council of Canada and Quebec he went to New York to study for 9 months with the drumer Tom Rainer. In this town he also played with Mark Turner, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Kevin Hays. He left New York in 2001 to settle down in France and played then with David Linx, Stephane Belmondo, Jacky Terrason, Laurent de Wilde, François Moutin, Rick Margitza, Pierre Boussaguet, Paolo Fresu, Pierre de Bethmann and Sara Lazarus. As a teacher, he has given private lessons for the last ten years. He regularly teaches in Marciac and in 2005 was part of the jury of Marseille’s Conservatory. In his discography, we find more than twenty recordings as a sideman, with Lee Konitz, Sheila Jordan, Seamus Blake, Michel Donato, François Théberge, Anne Ducros or Niels Lan Doky. His first album as a leader and composer, Liberating Vines, released in 2004 for Effendi label, obtained Opus prize as Album of the year in Jazz / Musique du Monde category. In 2004, one of Karl composition’s received the CBC Etoiles Galaxie Prize in the International Jazz Festival in Montreal .



Manu Codjia
Born in 1975 in Chaumont, France. Since 1985, Manu Codjia began to study first classical then jazz guitar with François Arnold in Chaumont school of music. In 1993 he studied at the CIM and joined in 1994 the CNSM (National Conservatory in Paris) in the jazz and improvised musics (with François Jeanneau, Hervé Sellin, Jean-François Jenny-Clarke , François Théberge , Daniel Humair) until 1998, when he was voted first prize unanimously. In 1999 he obtained numerous prizes in the National Jazz Competition of La Défense (1st prize as a soloist, 1st group prize with Matthieu Donnarier Trio, 2nd group prize with the Spice Bones and 3rd group prize with Gueorgui Kornazov’s Quintet). Manu Codjia obtained again two prizes in the National Jazz Competition of La Défense in 2001 : 1st group prize with Dr. Knock and Fnac prize with Alerta G. He also played with : Pat Metheny, Adam Nusbaum, Miroslav Vitous, Erik Truffaz … At the moment playing with :, Christophe Monniot’s Moniomania, Dr Knock, Daniel Humair’s Baby Boom, Matthieu Donnarier’s trio, Gueorgui Kornazov quintet, Alerta G., Henri Texier « nord-sud » Quartet then « Strada Sextet »,…



Marc Buronfosse
Born in 1963 in Soissons, France. He first studied classical guitar, then, in 1982, he started to learn double bass during his studies of musicology and sound engineer. He studied classical double bass with Thierry Barbé in a Municipal Conservatory in Paris and then jazz with Cesarius Alvim, Henri Texier, Charlie Haden, Reggie Workman. He also worked in Symphonic orchestras and Chamber music ensembles. In 1991, a scholarship from Ministry of Culture allowed him to study one year at the New School of Music in New York. He worked there regularly with Gary Peacock, Marc Johnson and Mark Dresser. During his stay, he played with Jimmy Cobb, Steve Kühn, John Abercrombie, Lew Soloff, Tim Berne, Dave Liebman, Billy Harper... He played with groups such as Fawzy Al Aiedy Paris Bagdad, Josetxo Goia-Aribe Ensemble, René Aubry Group, Bertrand Renaudin «Flowers» Quartet, Stephane Guillaume Quartet, Ocean Quintet, Illinx Trio… In 1992 he won the first prize in La Défense Competition of Jazz with the Bojan Z Quartet. Lately he worked with Sylvain Beuf Quintet, Benjamin Moussay’s Trio, Sébastien Texier’s Trio...

Trio Kornazov - Codjia - Tamisier
This trio, a typical, works like a collective of three composers.

This poetry is the result of more than ten years of jointly musical life.

The originality of this formation doesn't come only from the particularities of the instrumentation, but also from the interaction of those three composers...

MP3: Des lys et des roses · Pour Kenny · Tangorardo · Le Gris Du Vent · L'Echarpe · Rue Moliere


Georgi Kornazov
Born on the 30th of september 1971 in Sevlievo (Bulgaria). Georgi was still a teenager when he discovered jazz during his classical studies at the Sofia National Conservatory of Music and he soon began to play with the most famous bulgarian jazz musicians : Ivo Papazov. In 1995, he joined the jazz departement of the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris directed by François Jeanneau. The following year, he obtained / he won the prize of best soloist at the « Tremplin de Jazz » in the city of Avignon chaired by Daniel Humair. In 1998, he won the first prize in the jazz departement of C.N.S.M. de Paris. He composed his own band with whom he received the 3th prize at the national jazz competition of « La Défense ». Georgi played in Didier Levallet’s O.N.J. (National Jazz Orchestra) conducted by John LEWIS, and was a regular member with Paolo Damiani and with the Big Band « Lumieres » of Laurent Cugny. He was part of Paris Jazz Big Band.  During all of those years, Georgi has crossed paths with a huge list of musicians such as : Bojan Zulfikarparsic, Kenny Wheeler, François Jeanneau, Carla Bley, Quincy Jones, Maria Schneider, Marc Ducret, Louis Sclavis, Christophe Monniot, Michel Portal, Claude Nougaro… Since 2002, he plays in Henri Texier’s new band : the Strada Sextet. In 2005 he joined in turns the Vienna Art Orchestra (conducted by Mathias Rüegg) and Jean-Marie Machado’s « Andaloucia » Sextet.

Geoffroy Tamisier
Born in Nantes (France) in November 1973. He studied at the National Conservatory of Nantes, where he got diplomas of trumpet, musical theory, chamber music and composition. In 1993 he joined the jazz department of the CNSM (National and Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris), directed by François Jeanneau. In 1997 he was voted first prize unanimously. He obtained a 1st prize of composition at the "Concours National de Jazz de la Défense". In 1998 he got the 2nd “group prize” with "OLH Acoustic" at the same festival and also the special prize of jury at the "Tremplin Jazz d'Avignon". Since then he's playing in many clubs and festivals in France and abroad (Radio-France Festival, Montreux Jazz festival, Le Mans Europa Jazz, Jazz in Montréal...) From 2002 till 2005 he is part of the ONJ of Claude Barthélémy.

Manu Codjia
Born in 1975 in Chaumont, France. Since 1985, Manu Codjia began to study first classical then jazz guitar with François Arnold in Chaumont school of music. In 1993 he studied at the CIM and joined in 1994 the CNSM (National Conservatory in Paris) in the jazz and improvised musics (with François Jeanneau, Hervé Sellin, Jean-François Jenny-Clarke, François Théberge, Daniel Humair) until 1998, when he was voted first prize unanimously. In 1999 he obtained numerous prizes in the National Jazz Competition of La Défense (1st prize as a soloist, 1st group prize with Matthieu Donnarier Trio, 2nd group prize with the Spice Bones and 3rd group prize with Georgi Kornazov’s Quintet). Manu Codjia obtained again two prizes in the National Jazz Competition of La Défense in 2001 : 1st group prize with Dr. Knock and Fnac prize with Alerta G. He also played with : Pat Metheny, Adam Nusbaum, Miroslav Vitous, Erik Truffaz … At the moment playing with : Christophe Monniot’s Monniomania, Dr Knock, Daniel Humair’s Baby Boom, Matthieu Donnarier’s trio, Georgi Kornazov quintet, Alerta G., Henri Texier « nord-sud » Quartet then « Strada Sextet », Elisabeth Kontomanou,…



PROJECTS AS A SIDEMAN

Henri Texier "Strada" sextet
(since 2003)



Jean-Marie Machado (Danzas) 2008


Herve Sellin tentet 2008

Jean-Marie Machado "Andalucia" sextet
(2006 - 07)

Vienna Art Orchestra
(2005 - 06)