Born in Paris, pianist and composer Pierre Hurel was first discovered by Paris Jazz Conservatory’s founder and director Charles Henry. At age 20, as he was about to reluctantly start studying business, Hurel decided to change course and enrolled at the School of Modern Music in Paris. Six months later, he came to Boston for a summer session at the Berklee College of Music and has remained here ever since. Hurel's music combines his own takes on familiar standards, newly written compositions for the piano and free improvisations that mix French Impressionist sounds with contemporary classical music and jazz of various periods and READ MORE AT http://www.getshowtix.com/regattabar/moreinfo.cgi?id=2292
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