St-Erhart

St-Erhart was a French jazz-rock band that released the 1981 album Paprika on Oméga.

Members: Philippe Geiss (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, maracas), Emmanuel Séjourné (vibraphone, marimba, piano, bell tree), Claude Boussard (bass), Gilles Fontan (drums, cowbell, triangle, Vibra-Slap)

Background

St-Erhart emerged in 1980 as a quartet with saxophonist Philippe Geiss, vibraphonist–marimbist Emmanuel Séjourné, bassist Claude Boussard, and drummer Gilles Fontan. 

Geiss, born in 1961, received high-level classical training as a saxophonist and also pursued improvised music.

Séjourné was born on July 16, 1961, in Limoges. At the Strasbourg Conservatory, he studied piano and violin, with coursework in music history, acoustics, and analysis. In 1976, he entered the percussion class of Jean Batigne, founder of Les Percussions de Strasbourg. Séjourné studied improvised music and earned first prize in mallet percussion.

In November 1980, St-Erhart entered Oméga Studio in Strasbourg.

Discography:

• Paprika (1981)