Grégoire Maret
{{Short description|Swiss jazz harmonica player (born 1975)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Grégoire Maret
| image = Marcus_Miller_and_Gregoire_Maret.jpg
| caption = Grégoire Maret and Marcus Miller at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 2007
| landscape = yes
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|5|13}}
| birth_place = Geneva, Switzerland
| origin = New York City
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Harmonica
| years_active =
| label = ObliqSound, Universal, Sunnyside
| associated_acts = Marcus Miller, Gaïa, Federico González Peña, Andy Milne
| website = {{URL|www.gregoiremaret.com}}
}}
Grégoire Maret (born May 13, 1975) is a jazz harmonica player.
Background
Maret studied at Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, then The New School in New York City.{{cite web |last1=Collar |first1=Matt |title=Grégoire Maret |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gr%C3%A9goire-maret-mn0000103500 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=27 February 2020}} On March 13, 2012 Maret released his first album as a leader.{{cite web|last1=Black|first1=Brent|title=Bop-N-Jazz: Gregoire Maret / Gregoire Maret Eone 2012|url=http://www.criticaljazz.com/2012/03/gregoire-maret-gregoire-maret-eone-2012.html|website=www.criticaljazz.com|date=1 March 2012|access-date=5 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825231852/http://www.criticaljazz.com/2012/03/gregoire-maret-gregoire-maret-eone-2012.html|archive-date=25 August 2016|url-status=dead}} He has worked with Steve Coleman, Kurt Elling, Pat Metheny, Andy Milne, Meshell Ndegeocello, David Sanborn, Jacky Terrasson, and Cassandra Wilson. In 2003 he was the subject of Swiss filmmaker Frédéric Baillif's documentary Sideman.
Discography
=As leader or co-leader=
| class="wikitable" border="1" | |||
| scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:120px;"| Album ! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Artist ! scope="col" | Label | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Scenarios | Andy Milne & Grégoire Maret | ObliqSound |
| 2012 | Grégoire Maret | Grégoire Maret | eOne |
| 2016 | Wanted | Grégoire Maret | Sunnyside |
| 2020 | Americana | Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin, and Bill Frisell | ACT Music |
2024 Ennio Gregoire Marret, Romain Collin
=As sideman or guest =
| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1" | ||
| scope="col" | Album
! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Holding Back the Years | Jimmy Scott | 1998 |
| New Age of Aquarius | Andy Milne's Cosmic Dapp Theory | 1999 |
| What It Is | Jacky Terrasson | 1999 |
| Inside | David Sanborn | 1999 |
| Mood Indigo | Jimmy Scott | 2000 |
| Over the Rainbow | Jimmy Scott | 2001 |
| The Simple Life | Leon Parker | 2001 |
| A Paris... | Jacky Terrasson | 2001 |
| The Ascension to Light | Steve Coleman and Five Elements | 2001 |
| Bar Talk | Jeff "Tain" Watts | 2002 |
| Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape | Meshell Ndegeocello | 2002 |
| And Friends | Veit Hübner | 2002 |
| Rock Island | Bethany Yarrow | 2003 |
| You've Never Seen Everything | Bruce Cockburn | 2003 |
| Glamoured | Cassandra Wilson | 2003 |
| Right Now Move | Charlie Hunter Quintet | 2003 |
| Y'all Just Don't Know | Dapp Theory | 2003 |
| All in That Sky | Gabriele Donati | 2003 |
| Moonglow | Jimmy Scott | 2003 |
| It Doesn't Matter | Lou Watson | 2003 |
| Crossing Jordan Soundtrack | Various artists | 2003 |
| Mystery to Me | Janek Gwizdala | 2004 |
| Someone to Tell | Ari Hest | 2004 |
| Costume | Brandon Ross | 2004 |
| Bebel Gilberto | Bebel Gilberto | 2004 |
| Lucidarium | Steve Coleman and Five Elements | 2004 |
| Tales of the Stuttering Mime | Eric Revis | 2004 |
| The Voice Within | Fabio Morgera | 2004 |
| Irreplaceable | George Benson | 2004 |
| Shapeshifter | Matthew Garrison | 2004 |
| Carnets de bord | Bernard Lavilliers | 2005 |
| El Hombre | Carlos "Patato" Valdes | 2005 |
| One Foot in the Swamp | John Ellis | 2005 |
| The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel | Meshell Ndegeocello | 2005 |
| Silver Rain | Marcus Miller | 2005 |
| Remember Their Innocence | Onaje Allan Gumbs | 2005 |
| The Way Up | Pat Metheny Group | 2005 |
| Native Lands | Will Calhoun | 2005 |
| State of Mind | Raul Midón | 2005 |
| Thunderbird | Cassandra Wilson | 2006 |
| Huge in Japan | Dario Boente | 2006 |
| Side-by-Side | Francis Jacob | 2006 |
| Hugmars | Hugh Marsh | 2006 |
| Brazilian Dreamin' | Joe Beck Trio | 2006 |
| Virgin Forest | Lionel Loueke | 2006 |
| Who Let the Cats Out? | Mike Stern | 2006 |
| Nightmoves | Kurt Elling | 2007 |
| Be the True Revolution | Kyra Gaunt | 2007 |
| 2 | Nega | 2007 |
| The Movie | Clare & the Reasons | 2007 |
| Wolno | Marek Napiórkowski | 2007 |
| A Tribute to Joni Mitchell | Various artists | 2007 |
| Piano Man | Philippe Saisse | 2007 |
| Architect of the Silent Moment | Scott Colley | 2007 |
| Make Someone Happy | Sophie Milman | 2007 |
| Echo | Alyssa Graham | 2008 |
| Marcus | Marcus Miller | 2008 |
| Chasing Shadows | Tony Grey | 2008 |
| Far From Home | Beat Kaestli | 2009 |
| Freewheel | Stade | 2009 |
| In the Middle of It All | In the Middle of It All | 2009 |
| More to Say | Terri Lyne Carrington | 2009 |
| The Search Within | Sean Jones | 2009 |
| Songs in the Key of New York | Clare & Jeremy | 2009 |
| Triptych | Justin Vasquez | 2009 |
| The Ten Shades of Blues | Richard Bona | 2009 |
| Inner Dance | Fabrizio Sotti | 2010 |
| Push | Jacky Terrasson | 2010 |
| Puppet Mischief | John Ellis and Double-Wide | 2010 |
| Orchestre de Chambre Miniature, Vol. 1 | Olivier Manchon | 2010 |
| Haunted Love | Andrés Garcia & The Ghost | 2011 |
| Highest Praise | Manifest | 2011 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Johnathan Blake | 2012 |
| Blue, Vol. 1 | Jeff "Tain" Watts | 2015 |
| Blue, Vol. 2 | Jeff "Tain" Watts | 2016 |
| From This Place | Pat Metheny | 2020 |
| Embracing Dawn | Christian Sands | 2024 |
References
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Category:Alumni of the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève
Category:Musicians from Geneva