ArtistInfo

Gérard Gesina

p, dr, perc,
Musician / Composer / Arranger of Electronic, Jazz and Soundtrack
A.k.a. G. Shess

Drummer, composer, arranger Born in Algiers, he began studying piano and percussion at the Academy of Music and then works drums with Dante AGOSTINI and Kenny CLARKE. He accompanies many entertainers including Annie CORDY, for whom he also wrote "VIENS PRENDRE UN VERRE" will be the B-side of "LA BONNE DU CURE". He also composes with Johny RECH a music for Georges ZAMFIR "ODYSSEY 81" that will be recorded with the "LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA". He will then, for nearly 30 years, drummer Juliette GRECO, with whom he toured worldwide. At the same time, he participated in the recording sessions and musicals ("HELLO DOLLY", "LA VIE PARISIENNE", "LE COMTE DE MONTE CRISTO") with different famous conductors including François RAUBER, Armand MIGIANI and Michel LEGRAND . He will then move to the music composition and sound design and background music, and composed several credit music TV including "7 sur 7" (presented for 15 years by Anne SINCLAIR on TF1), "TELE FOOT", "AUTO MOTO", "SPORT DIMANCHE", "ROLAND GARROS", and music for Advertising: "SAINT HUBERT", "MAISON VERTE", "CONTINENTAL AIRLINES", "BRANDT", "KNORR", "SAVEOL", "FERRERO", "foie Gras BIZAC", "5 à SEC", "ALINEA", etc...)

Instruments

• Piano
• Drums
• Percussion

Genres

• Electronic
• Jazz
• Soundtrack