Cyril Guiraud is a French-born saxophonist, producer and composer based in SF and Paris. He is the co-founder of the music label doubleOone and the web3 music production platform everwave.
Cyril Guiraud has played and recorded with Mark de Clive-Lowe, Michel Petrucciani, Juan Rozoff, Kenny Garrett, Eric Lelann, Mike Stern, Eddy Gomez, Mino Cinelu, George Clinton, Alpha Blondie, Paco Sery, Cheik Tidiane Seck, Bernard Allison, Howard Wiley, Adam Theis, David Ewell, Dayna Stephens, Hamir Atwall, Will Weston, Nino Moschella, David Michel Ruddy, Bruno Angelini, Stephane Kerecky, Fabrice Moreau and many more.
He has performed at SF Jazz, Monterey Jazz Festival, Stern Grove Festival, and numerous festivals and clubs in the US and Europe.
Currently, Guiraud leads an acoustic quartet featuring Isaac Schwartz (drums), Gary Johnson (bass), and Ian McArdle (piano/keys), collaborates in an innovative electroacoustic duo with Jonah Levine (trombone/keys/electronics), exploring the boundaries between composition and improvisation through layered loop building and real-time sampling, and performs with Barrio Manouche. His recent duo collaboration with pianist Omree Gal-Oz resulted in the album "The Single Petal of a Rose," featuring interpretations of works by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Joe Henderson, and Wayne Shorter, alongside original compositions.
Discography as Leader
The Single Petal of a Rose (2025 / doubleOone) - duo with Omree Gal-Oz
itch ultra (2022 / doubleOone)
Cyril Guiraud American Trio Live in San Francisco (2010 / doubleOone)
The Long Play (2004 / Dajazz/2good)
The Most Expensive Band in the World (2000 / Dajazz/2good)
The White Album (2001 / Dajazz/2good)
Compilation Life is Jazz (le maquis/Naive 2003)
Selected Discography as Producer
Eric Lelann / "New York" (feat Mike Stern, Eddie Gomez, Mino Cinelu, Paco Sery, Louis Winsberg)
13 NRV / "After Beat" & "Mourir"
Lucy Dixon / "Feet"
Barrio Manouche / "Aires De Cambio", "El Joven", "Despierta"
Kalil Wilson / "Time Stops"
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra / "Matter is"
Cyril Guiraud / "itch ultra"
Critics praise Guiraud as "one of the best tenor players in jazz today" (Big Issue) and an "astonishing musician" offering "fresh and resolutely modern music" (Jazzosphere). KCSM Jazz called his latest work "balm for our time" (Jayn Pettingill).
