Marc Fosset


Marc Fosset was a French jazz guitarist. In the 1980s and 1990s, he recorded and toured with Stephane Grappelli.

Life and career

Marc Fosset was born in Paris. He learned to play guitar left-handed after seeing Yves Montand and Didi Duprat perform, and was also influenced by Django Reinhardt's style. With Michel De Villers, Fosset began accompanying jazz and blues musicians in the Trois Mailletz club in Paris. He joined the rock band Magma, played with René Urtreger and Claude Guilhot, and in 1976 he founded a trio with Franco Manzecchi and Patrice Galas. In 1977 he formed a duo with Patrice Caratini. In the 1980s and 1990s, he recorded and toured with Stephane Grappelli. Fosset often performed in a duo with Jean-Michel Cazorla and as a trio with Laurent and Philippe Briand.
Fosset retired in 2010, because of Parkinson's disease. He died on 31 October 2020, aged 71.

Discography

  • 1978 Le Chauve Et Le Gaucher with Patrice Caratini
  • 1978 Organ with Patrice Galas, Franco Manzecchi
  • 1979 Boite a Musique with Patrice Caratini
  • 1979 Petit Voyage with Patrice Caratini, Claude Guilhot, Charles Saudrais
  • 1980 La Récré
  • 1980 Live with Patrice Galas, Umberto Pagnini
  • 1981 Hershey Bar with Michel de Villers
  • 1982 3 Temps Pour Bien Faire with Patrice Caratini, Marcel Azzola
  • 1982 Troisième Acte with Patrice Caratini
  • 1986 Fleur De Banlieue Patrice Caratini, Marcel Azzola
  • 1997 First Set
  • 2011 ''Au Jazzland''

    As sideman

With Stéphane Grappelli
With others