Born in 1977, Jeremy Tordjman travelled through African lands since his childhood, passing from Morocco to Comoro Islands, immersing himself instinctively in the music and traditions of the people he was close to. He took an early hold of the instruments at his disposal in his family, and he was naturally attracted towards the guitar, later forsaking the bass guitar, his first instrument. After a few years of teaching himself and several experiments in Rock, Blues, Funk, he turns more and more towards Jazz and its derivatives, fusion, world, jazz-rock, free jazz,…
He takes part in various training courses for guitar, in Cannes (Music Passion) or in Corsica (Patrimonio Festival), and he benefits from the advice of teachers such as Philippe Catherine, Robben Ford, Patrick Rondat, Sylvain Luc, Sylvestre Planchais, Jean-Marie Ecay, etc. As he felt the need of an official teaching, he studies under the authority of Gilles Renne in the CIM, the most reputed Jazz school in Paris, where he also lives and plays. There he has various encounters and Jazz experiments, especially in the club “Le Baiser Salé”, where he is noticed by well-known musicians in France such as Benjamin Hénocq, Paco Sery, Linley Marthe, Herve Krief,…
At the same time, his qualities as an eclectic musician are requested for arrangements, radio jingles, and various compositions. He arranges and records the two albums of the Senegalese singer Kara (Sante Yallah – Ndiyam), some pieces for the Senegalese singer Woz Kaly or Choubene Brothers Raï Band.
If he still composes musical songs, in a Pop, Soul or Hip Hop R’n'B style, his meetings with African musicians and his participation in Senegalese or Guinean bands, Missal, Kara, Maciré Sylla, Woz Kaly, bring him back to the rhythms he’s so fond of. In that way, his band JEREMY TORDJMAN PROJECT was formed, which mixes effectively Jazz-Fusion and World Music on his own compositions, this group being the digest of his musical influences and experiments.