GEORGES PACZYNSKI TRIO

Stanislas Georges Paczynski, born in Grenoble (France) on March 30, 1943, is a Jazz drummer and percussionist, composer, writer, teacher and holds a Doctor of Letters. In 1973 he completed his Master’s degree (3rd cycle at the Sorbonne – Paris III) and thesis on Baudelaire et la Musique. He returns to playing jazz in different trios, especially with pianists Jean-Pol Asseline, Siegfried Kessler and Michel Graillier. He is soon asked to teach jazz drums at the CIM (Center of Music Information) – with was at the time, the most important school of Jazz in Europe.

1984 was crucial year. Continuing along his career as a musician and researcher, he founded a trio that would last for twelve years, with pianist Jean-Christophe Levinson and legendary bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark. This trio recorded two CDs – 8 Years Old (live at the Petit Journal Montparnasse – JPB 1992. Production, Harmonia Mundi) and Levin’song (Studio – JPB 1994. Production, Media 7). This same year he became Doctor of Letters and Humanities at the Sorbonne – Paris IV – with his thesis La Genèse du Rythme et l’anthropologie gestuelle (Genesis of Rhythm and Gestural Anthropology).

In 1988, he began writing Une Histoire de la Batterie de Jazz (A History of Jazz Drumming) (Paris, Outre Mesure – 3 volumes, 1150 pages) which was completed in 2006.

Meanwhile, from 1984 to 1996, he was invited by Radio France twice a year in the Black and Blue show by Lucien Malson and Alain Gerber on France Culture. From 1996 to 2008, he was a part of the Black and Blue team formed by Alain Gerber, with saxophonist Jean-Louis Chautemps and journalist Gil Anquetil. He was heard twice a month on the air of France Culture radio, and during those twelve years, had “ free rein “ annually along with a Black and Blue concert.