Biography of Grand Reportage Ensemble

GRAND REPORTAGE ENSEMBLE is an expandible trio formed by sax player Jérôme Correa together with bass player Olivier Nussbaum and drummer Vincent Boillat. In G.R.E.’s compositions one will find elements of repetitive contemporary or electronic music thanks to the use of sequencers/loop machines on the sax and bass, as well as asymmetrically constructed time measures. The result though is somewhat jazz or rock, thanks also to the energy and mood shared among the band’s members. At times written, others improvised, the musical landscapes fit together thanks to the interaction between them. Free music that perhaps evokes Steve Coleman, Steve Reich, John Coltrane, King Crimson or even Frank Zappa.