Gilles Renne

In 2006, with Philippe Sellam, he created "No Spirit", a "Jazz-groove" quartet, including Fred Dupont (Hammond organ) and Christophe Bras (drums).

In 1999, he founded with organist Philippe Petit the quartet "Myster Hyde", then "Jazz Runners", with which he toured in 2012 in Venezuela which resulted in a feature film "Venez jouer là".

Gilles Renne met saxophonist Philippe Sellam with whom he successively founded the jazz quartet Sellam-Renne Quartet in 1986, then in 1992 the "African Project", a group resulting from multiple musical encounters during tours in black Africa. This group which mixes Jazz with traditional African music will notably include the balafon player Aly Keïta, Linley Marthe (bass), Thierry Arpino (drums). At the beginning of the 90s, he will be the guitarist of Bext'tet the group of organist Emmanuel Bex and will also be part of the Big Band "Quoi de neuf docteur".

Gilles grew up in a family where art and culture hold an important place his father is the painter Guy Renne his mother Thérèse Renne teaches ancient letters and is a writer. He first started playing the guitar as an autodidact then obtained his admission to the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles from which he graduated in 1980. In 1984 he won the first prize for guitar at the national jazz competition in Paris, La Défense.

Gilles Renne is a French jazz-fusion guitarist and composer born in Arles on October 21, 1954.