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Discography

* 1991 : ''Parcours'', Quintet des frères Moutin (Blue Line) - with Louis and François Moutin, Marianne and Simon Spang-Hanssen. * 1993 : ''Impro Primo'' ( RDC Records) - Sylvain Beuf Quartet with Bojan Z, Christophe Wallemme and Stéphane Huchard * 1999 : ''La danse des internotes'' (RDC Records) - Sylvain Beuf Quintet with Manuel Rocheman, Christophe François Verly and Jean-Pierre Arnaud * 2001 : ''Soul Notes'' (Naïve) - Sylvain Beuf Quintet and Manuel Rocheman, Christophe Wallemme, François Verly and Laurent Robin * 2001 : ''Sylvain Beuf Trio'' (Naïve) with Diégo Imbert and Franck Agulhon * 2004 : ''Octovoice'' (Naïve) with E Bex, L Moutin, Th Peala, L Saltiel, L Littardi, V Puesh, B Jacquot. * 2004 : ''Trio Expérience'' (RCD) with F Agulhon and D Imbert * 2007 : ''Mondes parallèles'' with Franck Agulhon, Damien Argentieri, André Ceccarelli, Frédéric Delestré, Diego Imbert, Denis Leloup, Laura Littardi, Michel Perez, Jérôme Regard * 2010 : ''Joy'' (Such Prod/ Harmonia Mundi) with Franck Agulhon (d), Diego Imbert (b), Pierrick Pedron (as), Denis Leloup (tb) and Jean-Yves Jung (p), live at Jazz Club de Dunkerque. * 2012 : ''Electric Excentric'' (Such Prod/Harmonia Mundi) with Manu Codjia, Philippe Bussonnet, Julien Charlet, Alex Tassel, Nicolas Folmer, Thomas Guei and Thomas Beuf * 2015 : ''Plénitud (Impro Primo Records/Socadisc) with Manu Codjia, Philippe Bussonnet, Julien Charlet and Laurent Coulondre.

References

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