Fulbright recipient who has worked on Grammy Award winning album “Beautiful Life” by Dianne Reeves
“Hanriot, a swinging stylist who can keep several ideas afloat at once, make notable contributions as well, moving the hardbop ethos into present times.”
Tom Greenland, The New York City Jazz Record
Terri Lyne Carrington (3 time Grammy Award winning drummer who has worked with Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder)
“Cédric is a formidable force in new jazz. He's one of the most expressive pianists I have ever worked with.”
"Cédric Hanriot is one of the most talented and personal musicians I have met in a long time. His music is surprising, moving, and irresistible. Not to be missed!"
Jean Michel Pilc (pianist, composer, educator who has played with Michael Brecker and Harry Belafonte)
"As soon as I heard Cédric play, I knew he was an outstanding musician. Cédric has something that goes beyond the instrument"
Hal Crook (trombone with Paul Motian, Clark Terry, John Abercrombie)
"Cédric is one of the most talented musicians I know. His wide range of abilities from playing to arranging and sound design, makes him a triple threat. Cédric is destined for great things..."
Terri Lyne Carrington (drums with Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, 3 time Grammy Award winner)
"The composer and pianist Cédric Hanriot, is, for me, more than a talented musician and an exceptional person. He is a young master who seeks perfection ... in any situation. We need more of his music."
Fransisco Mela (drummer McCoy Tyner, Joe Lovano)
"His talent is unquestionably strong and he shows it in his fantastic improvising skills, in his fantastic sense of time and in his natural ability to reinvent harmonies of the tunes he plays"
Marcello Pelliterri (drums with Pat Metheny, Joe Henderson, John Scofield)