Collectif OH! Collectif OH! Jean-René Mourot
Jean-René Mourot in profile, lit in the dark

Pianist

Composer · Improviser · Producer

New album Prose — on vinyl May 14, 2027

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01 — New album

Prose

Seven pieces for piano and Rhodes, recorded during private house concerts, from one living room to the next, between September 2024 and July 2025.

Vinyl & digital · Label OH!

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  1. Sept 4, 2026Minimal OptimalListen →
  2. Nov 20, 2026Danse de la pluieComing soon
  3. Jan 15, 2027Bonnes résolutionsComing soon
  4. Mar 12, 2027CumulonimbusComing soon
  5. May 14, 2027Prose — the albumGet notified →

02 — Press

« Un superbe sens narratif. »

Jazz Magazine · Parenthèses, 2024

« Il y a en Jean-René Mourot un alchimiste qui sommeille, c'est évident. »

Citizen Jazz · Les couloirs du temps, 2016

« A mature artist with a clear aesthetics and musical vision. »

All About Jazz · Solo EP, 2013

« Elegant, lyrical melodies. »

Salt Peanuts · Nocturnes en sourdine, 2018

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03 — On stage

Concerts

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04 — Videos

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Minimal Optimal, live session au piano Featured Minimal Optimal — Live session Piano and Rhodes, first single from the album Prose.
Vidéo de concert de Jean-René Mourot (Parenthèses) — Untitled 428 Live at Jazzdor, with Michael Alizon Vidéo de concert de Jean-René Mourot Le Tricycle et ses Chambres à air “Lunicoles”, live Vidéo de concert de Jean-René Mourot Duo with Bruno Tocanne “Insinuations”, studio live Vidéo de concert de Jean-René Mourot Bienvenue à la campagne Music video, with Marc-Antoine Schmitt Vidéo de concert de Jean-René Mourot With Michael Alizon — Hors Champs Live on France Musique radio
Jean-René Mourot at his Rhodes, in residency with La Tablée

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05 — About

About me

I grew up in Nancy in a family of musicians, between the Conservatory, the Saturday-night dance hall and bands with friends. Then came Strasbourg, five years studying under Eric Watson, and the urge to try everything: jazz, improvisation, French chanson with Les Garçons Trottoirs, street performance with Transe Express…

Today I play, write and produce, on stage as well as in my studio. And I no longer have to choose.

~50

albums recorded

20

countries toured

3

albums awarded “Élu!” by Citizen Jazz

06 — Personal projects

Discography

Cover of Untitled 428 2024 Untitled 428 (Parenthèses) · with Michael Alizon “A superb knack for narration” — Jazz Magazine Cover of In Wonderland We Trust 2022 In Wonderland We Trust with Claire Trouilloud “This ‘Wonderland’ is very promising” — Citizen Jazz Cover of Musiques de salon 2019 Musiques de salon with Marc-Antoine Schmitt “We are gently intoxicated by this testament to camaraderie” — Citizen Jazz Cover of Nocturnes en sourdine 2018 Nocturnes en sourdine solo piano “A nocturnal imprint” — Vers du silence Cover of Les couloirs du temps 2016 Les couloirs du temps with Michael Alizon “A dormant alchemist” — Citizen Jazz Cover of Chroniques de l'Imaginaire 2015 Chroniques de l'Imaginaire with Bruno Tocanne “A maturity in his expressiveness” — Citizen Jazz Cover of Le Tricycle 2014 Le Tricycle trio “A hearty musical statement” — All About Jazz Cover of EP 2012 EP solo piano “A mature artist with a clear aesthetics and musical vision” — All About Jazz

Collaborations

And some fifty albums as a pianist, arranger or producer, including:

Cover: Paul, Du soleil dans l'abîme Paul Du soleil dans l'abîme · 2025 Cover: Les Garçons Trottoirs, Maîtres chansonniers Les Garçons Trottoirs Maîtres chansonniers · 2023 Cover: Bredelers, Dodekopf Bredelers Dodekopf · 2018 Cover: Paul d'Amour, La belle aventure Paul d'Amour La belle aventure · 2017 Cover: Les Garçons Trottoirs, Doux, durs et dingues Les Garçons Trottoirs Doux, durs et dingues · 2017
Cover: Lyre le temps, Prohibition swing Lyre le temps Prohibition swing · 2016
Cover: Les Garçons Trottoirs, La liberté Les Garçons Trottoirs La liberté · 2014 Cover: Les Garçons Trottoirs, Rien ne va plus Les Garçons Trottoirs Rien ne va plus · 2012
Cover: Paul d'Amour, Premier jet Paul d'Amour Premier jet · 2012
Cover: Julien m'a dit, Premières nouvelles Julien m'a dit Premières nouvelles · 2011

07 — Commissions

Music
made to measure

I write, arrange and produce in my studio, for the stage, the screen and other artists.

01

Composition

Live performance, theater, film, series, advertising.

02

Arrangement

Strings, brass, keyboards, from demo to score.

03

Production & mixing

Recording, album production, mixing.

04

Remote sessions

I work on your tracks from my studio, wherever you are: playing, arranging, producing.

Selected work

Since 2016 All the soundtracks for the satirical Revue at the Théâtre de la Choucrouterie

Also played on Week-end Family (Disney+ series, 2022) · Gaston Lagaffe (film soundtrack, 2018)

Listen to excerpts from these scores, or tell me about your project.

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08 — Contact

contact@jeanrenemourot.com

For a concert, a commission, or just to say hello.

Jean-René Mourot

Biography

First and foremost a pianist, I am also a multi-instrumentalist (accordion, vocals, trumpet), as well as a composer, improviser, producer and arranger. Expressing myself through many forms of music is essential to my passion: I improvise as much as I compose, in the studio as well as live.

I am currently preparing the release of Prose, my new solo album, due in May 2027. The repertoire was recorded while touring in living rooms, and the first single, Minimal Optimal, is already out.

On stage

I play jazz, French chanson, free improvisation, street theatre and cabaret. As a member of Collectif OH! (a Strasbourg-based collective for off-the-beaten-path music), I perform and create with several groups, including La Tablée (Dream Weapon Orchestra ft. Fred Pallem), Les Résonances de Satie, (Parenthèses) and In Wonderland We Trust. I’ve been part of Les Garçons Trottoirs since 2008, with over 500 shows; I’ve appeared in the satirical revue at the Théâtre de la Choucrouterie since 2016, and on the street with the large-scale show Cristal Palace by the Transe Express company. I’ve had the chance to tour in about twenty countries.

In the studio

I work as an instrumentalist, arranger, producer, recording engineer and mixer, and have worked on some fifty albums: my personal projects (solo, Chroniques de l’Imaginaire, Le Tricycle, In Wonderland We Trust…) and many collaborations.

Anticipating, arranging, mixing, choosing… Producing an album takes an overall vision, and the ability to step back and serve the music. In recent years, I have produced Du Soleil dans l’Abîme by Paul & les Opportunistes, as well as Maîtres chansonniers by Les Garçons Trottoirs.

Commissions

The world of live performance music, for film and stage shows or soundtracks for theater, allows me to take on wonderful creative commissions such as the show Dérives by Compagnie MangeNuage (sailing circus) or Marceau l’Alsacien (by Boutros el Amari at the Théâtre de la Choucrouterie), as well as the soundtrack for Trak, the latest show by the Système Paprika company.

Before that

Born in 1986 in Nancy, I grew up in a family of musicians. I attended the Nancy Conservatory, where I studied piano and trumpet. As a teenager, I quickly felt the need to break away from the institution and see how things were done elsewhere. I was fascinated by the world of pop and jazz, and marveled at the musicians who played without sheet music. I started joining bands and was introduced to jazz in a class at the Conservatory that had just been created. I then moved on to the dance hall: pop on Saturday nights, musette on Sunday afternoons, a fast-paced music life alongside my studies in science.

At the time, I was torn between becoming a sound engineer or a musician. I took the entrance exam for a sound engineering school that accepted only nine students. I came in tenth. So I moved on and continued my musical studies, enrolling at the Strasbourg Conservatory in the improvised music class. I spent five years there studying under Eric Watson, an experience that taught me an enormous amount. I quickly felt at home: we could experiment, try new things, write, tinker, improvise… I felt so at home in this new city that I stayed.

Since then, alongside touring, I have built up my studio experience, and through constant observation and experimentation, I ended up behind the controls too. Now I do a bit of all of it… More to come!

Collaborations

All albums

Records I play on, in addition to my personal projects.

  1. 2025PaulDu soleil dans l'abîme
  2. 2025Follow the YLucky Us
  3. 2025Solaris Great ConfusionVol. 1
  4. 2023Les Garçons TrottoirsMaîtres chansonniers
  5. 2022Lyre le tempsSwing Résistance
  6. 2019Lyre le tempsClock Master
  7. 2018Lyre le tempsGaston Lagaffe (film soundtrack)
  8. 2017Paul d'AmourLa belle aventure
  9. 2017The YokelHere Comes the Wild
  10. 2017Maggy BolleJ'suis pas ta mère
  11. 2016Lyre le tempsProhibition swing
  12. 2016Les Garçons TrottoirsDoux, durs et dingues
  13. 2016Max Sugar BlanckSpoonful of Sugar
  14. 2016Isabelle GrussenmeyerIch bin do
  15. 2016Françoise & Daniel PrissTissons la fraternité
  16. 2014Les Garçons TrottoirsLa liberté frappe à notre porte
  17. 2014Elisa Arciniegas PinillaImprovisible
  18. 2013BredelersO Lorelei
  19. 2013Alex ToucourtMémoire d'éléphant rose
  20. 2013Les Hopla GuysDas haw i garn
  21. 2013Roberdam & Quatuor 440 HzRoberdam EP
  22. 2012Emma DemoiselleIl était une fois
  23. 2012Laura CahenSelf-titled EP
  24. 2012Paul d'AmourPremier jet
  25. 2011Les Garçons TrottoirsRien ne va plus
  26. 2011Paul d'AmourFrappé par un éclair
  27. 2011Lionel GrobÇa vaut pas le premier album
  28. 2011Julien m'a ditPremières nouvelles
  29. 2011RoberdamJe voudrais être star
  30. 2010MessongesCesser le feu
  31. 2009Bertrand CharpillozLe fil rouge
  32. 2008Emma DemoiselleEmma Demoiselle
  33. 2007HemeraAvant et après

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Commissioned music

Excerpts

A selection of my work for the stage, the screen and other artists.

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Legal notice

Publisher

Jean-René Mourot — contact@jeanrenemourot.com

Hosting

OVH SAS, 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France — www.ovhcloud.com

Credits

Photos: P-mod photographies, Adrien Berthet. Videos: YouTube. Players: Bandcamp, SoundCloud.

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