Baptiste Guareton

Baptiste Guaréton is a jazz drummer and composer from Montluçon, France. After completing his studies in Tours, he frequently traveled to New York to learn from renowned drummers such as Joe Farnsworth, Dan Weiss, Dave King and Jochen Rueckert, while immersing himself in the vibrant New York jazz scene. Upon returning to France, deeply inspired by his time in the U.S., Baptiste founded his own band of compositions : Acirema Quartet with Bastien Weeger, Robin Schmidlin and Jasmine Lee.
His playing style and musical approach are influenced by drummers like Bill Stewart, Jochen Rueckert, Tony Williams, and Elvin Jones. Today, Baptiste performs regularly on the French jazz scene with projects such as Acirema Quartet, Züper Trio, and Adrien Colas Sextet and has also played with jazz musicians such as Cédric Piromalli, Rémi Dumoulin, Valentin Pommeray, David Salesse, Thibault Renou and Jean Baptiste Réhault…. He also teaches drums and rhythm at the Conservatory of Le Mans and Jazz à Tours.