Sylvain Luc comes from Bayonne. Surrounded by the inspiring atmosphere of his eagerly music practising brothers, he chooses the guitar as his instrument at the age of 5. He is 9 when he enters the conservatoire and starts recording his first album of Basque folklore "Elgarrekin" together with his brothers. In the Luc family they remember with tenderness the year when he made his stage debut as Joe Dassin with a local group.
His preference for the strings is not limited to the guitar alone; by exploring the classical richness (with Jorge Cardoso), he learns to appreciate the mandolin, the violin and studies the cello for 10 years. At the age of 12 he joins the group of his brother Gerard, accordionist, and makes his second "family record", "Olinakarin". In the early 80's, when he is 15, he discovers jazz and starts his first group "Bulle Quintet". 1982 he gets an award at the Festival international de San Sebastian.
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Sylvain Luc est un guitariste de jazz ne a Bayonne en 1965.
Il a effectue des etudes de violon, violoncelle au conservatoire de Bayonne tout en etudiant aussi la guitare classique. Il joue tres jeune dans une formation familiale et acquiert rapidement une experience de la scene avec ses propres groupes.
Il s'installe a Paris et devient arrangeur, compositeur et accompagnateur de nombreux artistes de variete (Georges Moustaki, Philippe Leotard, Romain Didier, Catherine Lara, Michel Jonasz...) tout en conservant un pied dans le jazz en etant le bassiste du trio de Richard Galliano.
Il a fonde en 1999 la formation Trio Sud en compagnie de Andre Ceccarelli et de Jean Marc Jafet.
Depuis 2006 on le retrouve regulierement dans la formation "String quartet", aux cotes de Didier Lockwood, Victor Bailey et Billy Cobham.
