Frédéric Becker
saxophone, clarinet, bansuri, flute...

Frédéric Becker is formed with saxophonists Bart Defoort and Jeroen Van Herzeele. He joined the Koningklijk Konservatorium Jazz Brussels where he continued his apprenticeship with Jeroen Van Herzeele and John Ruocco and then gets graduated in 1999. His range of versatile musician - sax alto, soprano, tenor, clarinet, flute bansuri and its experiences traveler makes him a unique artist, open, capable to enroll different kind of music. From 2007 to 2010, he served as musician and composer, the jazz funk band “The Peas Project”. He is now playing with the artist and poet Karim Gharbi, continued afro-jazz explorations with his new quartet YôKaï and performs as a free lance.

On his road :
LUNIK (Experimental), WALLBANGER (Hardcore), MONKY BIZZ (Jazz), PRESENT (rockprog), AKOUSTIC PILLOW (Jazz), BLACKMYSTICEROTIC (Improvisation), SPACELAB SESSIONS (Live Experimental @ Beursschouwburg), OPERATION DUPONT (ExperimentalRockfreeJazz), …
Actually:
Fred Becker 4tet (Once upon a Jazz…) Victor Abel-Keys, Nicola Lancerotti-Bass, Toon Vandionant-Drums, The Peas Project (FunkyPartyMusic), Karim Gharbi Quartet (Chanson Expérimentale et à texte …), Sweet Sweat Sound System (Broken beat, body dance, Electro Dubstep featuring Dj Mellow), Farid & Sakuran (Live Filmuzi(e)k(e)
Nass J’Deba (World Experimental in progres Gnawa Trance), N’Temere (Soul Music With BluesHopper & Desiree), BalModernSoundSystem (Houseparty) and more…
In the future…
Many MANY ideas and desires — Better, Faster with more and more love and care, with more and more right attention realising them. With audacity as much as with patience. With joy as well as with gravity. And trusting the work of time, intensity makes time slower…