Thomas Carbou

Guitar player, composer, arranger
Born on October 11th 1977
Prolific musician, he experiments every kind of music : jazz, traditionnel music, fusion, gospel, funk?
Always looking for new sounds, he plays a wide variety of instruments :
- custom-made 8-string guitar (by Martine Montassier)
- electric & acoustic guitars
- percussions : kalimba, berimbao, cajon?
he recorded eight CDs as a leader , one with his band Elec'Trio, two as a co-leader with the sax player Pierre Diaz and one as a co-leader with sax player Fran?ois d'Amours.
Very active on the French musical scene, he's beginning to become known on the international level, he has already performed overseas ; Germany (Berlin), Vietnam (Hanoi, Hu?, Ho Chi Minh ...), United States (New York)? and Canada (Montr?al) where he permanently established his resident since Septemnber 2003
Multiplying projects and musical encounters, he has performed on stage or studio with :
Dave Liebman (sax), David Binney (sax), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Lonnie Plaxico (basse), Lionel Cordew (drums), Gilad (percussion), Elisabeth Kontomanou (vocals), Fran?ois D'Amours (sax), Carlo Rizzo (tambourin), R?mi Bolduc (sax), Sylvain Luc (guitar), Pierre Diaz (sax), Ngoc Da? (vietnamese composer), Cao Ho Nga (Trung & Thap Luc), Nguyen Anh Tan (day)?