Jack Art is a Parisian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose style is often compared to that of great American songwriters such as Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Tom Petty, Jackson Browne and Elliott Murphy.
Born into a family of classical musicians, he turned to the guitar in his teens and discovered the richness of American and British music.
After playing in local bands in Reims, Jack moved to London where he formed One Step Up and performed in pubs. Returning to France in the mid-90s, he founded Dust, a power trio with whom he played over 400 concerts in the Paris region and throughout France. Their first and only album, Different Roads, self-produced, was distributed by FNAC and hailed as "the rare and unexpected album".
After a break dedicated to his family and professional life, Jack returned to music in 2012, encouraged by his musician sons. He then founded The Jack Art Band, with his son Pablo on keyboards. In 2017, the band produced the concept album The Life and Times of Candy Rose. Praised by critics and broadcast on numerous radio stations in France, the album is the result of meticulous and ambitious work, combining elegance and energy on stage.
In October 2019, Jack Art embarked on a more personal project, writing a new album in New York. The Outsider was released in March 2020, featuring 10 intimate tracks recorded in a minimalist manner, with only a piano, a guitar, and a few touches of harmonica and steel guitar. The reviews were more than flattering (Rolling Stone, Rock&Folk, Gérard Bar David...).
During the 2020 lockdown, Jack experimented with livestreaming, participated in an online festival and reached a new audience. He refined his new compositions for the stage, shaping his show Stories of America.
Currently, Jack Art is working on his next studio album, Grand Hotel with his new backing band, The Time Keepers.
