Offset Blues - Music

Born In 1970 Didier Verna Gets Involved In Music At The Age Of 5. He Studies Music Theory For Two Years At The Conservatory And Learns Successively Percussions Classical Piano Classical Guitar. At 13 He Discovers Jazz And Studies Harmony And Improvisation For 3 Years With French Guitarist Denis Gouzil. At 18 He Starts Playing In Bordeaux In Various Bands Like A Guitar Octet With Denis Gouzil And Yves Carbonne Compagnie Lubat Carbonne / Di Piazza / Manring . At The Age Of 21 He Moves To Paris And Continues His Jazz Formation As A Self-Taught Multiplying Musical Experiences Both In Bands From Trio To Septet Or Even In A Guitar Sextet With A Rythm Section And In Styles Jazz Rock Modern Jazz Brazilian... . Meanwhile He Develops A Vocal Jazz Technique Very Much Inspired From The Work Of Bobby Mc Ferrin And Begins Giving Voice Solo Sessions. In 2001 He Meets Pianist Thierry Lalo And Creates With Him A Piano / Vocal Duet An Adaptation And Extension Of His Solo Vocal Work To A Total Improvisation Duel. In 2002 He Enters The Voice Messengers Where He Sings As A Tenor And Meets Great Personalities Of Contemporary Jazz Such As Antoine Hervé And Glenn Ferris. In 2006 He Gets Back To His Main Instrument And Creates The @-Quartet With Gilles Naturel Guillaume Naud And David Georgelet A Band That He Equips With A Repertoire Of Original Compositions And With Which He Releases His First Recording. read less