Philippe Soirat was born in Menton in 1961. After self-taught beginnings, he studied at both the Monaco Conservatory and the Nice Contemporary Music Center. He settled in Paris in 1986 and moved in the informal jazz school made up of meetings and experiments among musicians. Concerts came thick and fast and he has accompanied most musicians on the French and international jazz scene, such as Barney Wilen, Ricky Ford, Lee Konitz, Yannick Rieu, Lionel et Stéphane Belmondo, Lou Donaldson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ray Brown, Laurent DeWilde, Jonny Griffin, Mark Turner, Phil Woods, Steve Grossman...