Jonah Hieb, trumpet.
Brahm Sasner, piano.
Isaac Coyle, bass.
Guilhem Fourty, drums.

$20 cover charge / BYOB.
Students $10.
For a reservation, call (415) 586-3733.

Guilhem Fourty, born and raised in Toulouse, France and now based in NYC, is bringing a modern jazz quartet to Bird & Beckett to present his original music and arrangements of jazz standards. 

His quartet at Bird & Beckett tonight features two of Guilhem’s young colleagues on the New York scene, both with west coast roots: Jonah Hieb, raised in the Pacific Northwest, and Brahm Sasner on piano, out of the Bay Area city of Lafayette., On bass, we have the great Isaac Coyle, raised in the East Bay city of El Cerrito. Isaac is jamming out to Glen Park for this gig from another engagement (in fact, we hear this is his fifth gig in the last 24 hours), so we’ll start with a short trio of trumpet, piano and drums to set the stage for the full quartet.

Fourty began drumming at the age of five and went on as a youth to study at the Toulouse Conservatory of Music where he focused on jazz studies. His passion for drums led him to study also with well-respected educators including Daniel Dumoulin of the Dante Agostini drum school.

After continuing his jazz performance studies at Jean Jaurès University, Guilhem received a scholarship at age 19 to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he was mentored by legendary musicians such as Dave DiCenso (Hiromi, Josh Groban, Cro-Mags), Neal Smith (Mulgrew Miller, Steve Nelson), Greg Hopkins (Buddy Rich Band), Ralph Peterson (Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers), Billy Kilson (George Duke, Dave Holland), and Terry Lyne Carrington (Herbie Hancock, Esperanza Spalding, Wayne Shorter).

Guilhem worked as a session drummer throughout his time at Berklee, recording for artists including Zach Santos, Audrey Bussanich, Sam Chandler, Rakel Saranga, Lucas Ghelfi, Chopin Nanan, Richard Stenmeyer, and many more. By the age of 21, Guilhem had played with renowned musicians including Grammy nominee saxophonist Miguel Zenón; and in that same year, he joined the Berklee Jazz and Gender Institute directed by NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington.

In 2022, Guilhem received an award from the Fondation de La vocation Marcel Bleustein Blanchet in France. He has also been recognized by Downbeat magazine within the Berklee Advanced Jazz choir led by Ned Rosenblatt, twice winning the student music award (2022, 2023). In 2023, he received the 1st annual Jazz Camp Fellowship Award, where he was mentored by Ulysses Owen Jr. and Allison Miller in La Honda, California, as well as the PASIC 23 Ed Shaughnessy scholarship.