Jazz & Chanson Française
Author, composer, and performer, Pierre Arnaud is a multifaceted French artist. Influenced by the worlds of Georges Brassens, Édith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, and Django Reinhardt, he offers a repertoire of French songs infused with satire, humor, and themes of lost love, carried by modern and melodic harmonies.
His musical universe, eclectic and carefully crafted, allows him to present a wide-ranging repertoire that he adapts to his audience, with a constant desire to share his love of lyric-driven songs.
His compositions, with lyrics that are both light and sharp, blend irony and humor, drawing the audience through a spectrum of emotions ranging from laughter to tears.
After several albums of covers dedicated to gypsy jazz and French chanson, he released his first album of original compositions in December 2021, Que le diable l’emporte, followed by a second in 2025, Dixième génération.
Projects
Compositions
Chanson Française
I perform the greatest hits of French chanson (Édith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Georges Moustaki, Charles Aznavour, Francis Cabrel, Georges Brassens, Yves Montand, Charles Trenet, etc.).
Acoustic Guiri
Acoustic Guiri is a quintet whose main source of inspiration is gypsy jazz, a style born in France in the 1930s and embodied by the inimitable guitarist Django Reinhardt and the virtuoso violinist Stéphane Grappelli.
The group’s musical approach combines an instrumental lineup that stays very true to the style with a warm female voice that carries us into the realms of blues and soul.
With swing at its heart, Acoustic Guiri offers audiences a journey between original compositions and jazz standards arranged with personality, appealing both to seasoned listeners and to newcomers discovering swing.
Sina Cali
Sina Cali is a singer originally from Berlin who lives in Barcelona, and with whom I’ve had the honor of working on various projects since 2021, as a guitarist, backing vocalist, arranger, and producer on several of her projects (original compositions, jazz standards, etc.).
We mainly perform at events and in hotels in Spain and the south of France, in various lineups ranging from a duo to a quintet.
Laura Fisas
Laura Fisas is a singer who developed an early interest in jazz singing and trained at the Aula of the Conservatori del Liceu.
We blend a warm repertoire of jazz standards with more contemporary folk and pop songs to provide entertainment for private events, weddings, and receptions in Barcelona and the surrounding area.
Josselin Conté
Josselin Conté is a guitarist with whom I’ve shared the stage for nearly twenty years, a great soloist inspired by guitarists like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix, as well as gypsy jazz references such as Biréli Lagrène.
We offer a repertoire that blends Anglo-Saxon folk rock with a selection of French songs, reimagined with swing and energy. A festive show that highlights the virtuosity of the guitar.
Adeline
Adeline is a French singer-songwriter with a British spirit. Her music blends French and English rock/pop with a touch of folk. Her songs, in both English and French, are full of emotion, with simple words and strong melodies.
Malena Cousinet
Nicolas Rugolino
A Parisian trumpeter of Italian origin, he delivers a warm and delicate sound on ballads, and a more incisive style on faster tempos. He elegantly blends the influences of great jazz trumpeters throughout history, such as Miles Davis and Lee Morgan.
Discography
Dixième génération (2025)
Que le diable l’emporte (2021)
Tel qu’il est (2020)
Runnin’ Wild (2018)
Sextet Project (2014)