Jean-Pierre Bertrand is considered by the media and by the public to be one of the best Boogie Woogie pianists in France. Born in 1955 in St Germain en Laye, from the age of 14, he dedicated himself to learning this style by listening to pianists such as Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Sammy Price, Memphis Slim, Lloyd Glenn or Meade Lux Lewis.

He has performed on stage in piano duets with Ray Bryant, Bob Seeley, Axel Zwingenberger, Little Willie Littlefield and has regularly played with the eminent French pianist : Jean-Paul Amouroux.

He style is based on improvisation of Blues and Boogie Woogie and the revival of Jazz standards that he adapts in a very personal way without ever losing the Swing, the common theme of this music.

His nimbleness and the acoustic qualities of his piano playing lie, in particular, in his solid tempo, a profound knowledge of the difficult technique of the speciality that is Boogie Woogie and a fertile creativity in improvisation.