Stéphane Kerecki
was born in Paris in 1970. After his studies in Economics, he entered the Paris National Conservatory of Music and Dance (CNSMDP) where he studied double bass with Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Riccardo Del Fra and Jean Paul Celea. At the same time, he joined Steve Potts’s quartet and became a member of the Paris Jazz Big Band.

Stéphane made a name for himself by playing in the bands of Denis Colin, Guillaume de Chassy, Yaron Herman, Daniel Humair, François Jeanneau, Sheila Jordan, Steve Lehman, Ronnie Lynn Patterson, Michel Portal, Thomas Savy, Jacky Terrasson…

He has also won numerous awards including First Prize from CNSMDP, and Second Prize for Best Soloist in the International Jazz Competition in Paris La Defense in 2001 (only bass player awarded). In 2005, the magazine Jazzman counted him among the "125 talents of tomorrow".

Since 2003, he's been leading his own trio, with saxophonist Matthieu Donarier and drummer Thomas Grimmonprez. He made two CDs with the trio: “Story Tellers” and “Focus Danse”. These recordings received many awards, including the Grand Prix 2007 de l’Académie Charles Cros, Disque d’Emoi de l’année 2007 (Jazz Magazine), Choc du Monde de la Musique…

For the third opus of the trio, "Houria", the american saxophonist Tony Malaby (Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Daniel Humair, Michel Portal…) was invited to join the band. This CD was nominated for the French awards "Victoires du Jazz 2009" in the "Instrumental Revelation" category, and received strong support from the jazz community.

In 2010, Stéphane continued his work with the French label “Zig-Zag Territories”, recording the CD "Patience" with the English pianist John Taylor (Kenny Wheeler, John Surman, Jan Garbarek, Miroslav Vitous, Peter Erskine…). This CD was unanimously praised by critics and received the award "CHOC of the Year 2011" from Jazz Magazine / JAZZMAN.

In 2012, Stéphane Kerecki recorded his latest trio album, "Sound Architects", with two invited guests: saxophonist Tony Malaby and Serbian pianist Bojan Z (Michel Portal, Henri Texier, Julien Lourau ...) for the label Outnote/Outhere. This disc was highly acclaimed by the press ("Indispensable": JAZZ NEWS, "Selection": SO JAZZ, "ELU": citizen Jazz, "MUST": TSF…) and was selected amongst the three best jazz albums of 2012 in the newspaper "Liberation".

Currently, February 2013, Stéphane has been nominated as one of three finalists for the Django Reinhard Prize (French musician of the year) for the French "Académie du Jazz."