MYSTERE TRIO 4TET

Since its creation in 1998, Mystère Trio 4tet has been forging a unique path, combining swing, energy, and freedom.
On stage, the group displays all the richness and originality of its universe, as reflected in its new album : “En équilibre,” in which the musicians invite us to share a musical journey marked by balance, harmony, and serenity. This new opus features beautiful moments of composition, inspired improvisations, and a constant attention to melody. Thirteen original compositions, each with its own identity, flow smoothly into one another to form a coherent whole, reflecting a search for both artistic and human balance. The arrival of Tom Bernus on guitar brings a more electric, sometimes more modern color, further enriching the quartet’s sound palette.
In concert, this new creation takes on its full meaning: maturity, freedom, and complicity combine to offer the audience a moment of fulfillment and communicative energy. Mystère Trio 4tet evolves and renews itself, but remains faithful to the generous vitality that makes the heart of its music beat.

THE MUSICIANS

CYRIL SALVAGNAC : guitar

He has been teaching himself to play the guitar since the age of 9, plays and composes for several jazz-influenced bands, and has also worked for the Figaro & Co company (Grease, Hair). Since 2006, he has also been writing music for shows (Le tueur au nez
rouge, Casting de Rennes, the Foix sound and light show “Histoire d’Oc,”etc.). In 1998, he fell in love with gypsy jazz, which is
omnipresent in his playing. Since that same year, he has been playing and composing for the group Mystère Trio. He is responsible for most of the compositions of the swing and French chanson group Anagallis (Sapphô Marlhiac on vocals – Xavier Faro on piano – Fabrice Camboulive on double bass – Laurent Meyer on drums). He also wrote many tracks on the album “Au début” by the contemporary jazz group Tiptoe Combo, released in November 2017, which features the same musicians mentioned
above. He is responsible for the vast majority of the arrangements for the group LES ACCORDES SWING, which brings together the musicians of Mystère trio 4tet around singer Cordélia Czaïka, and together they revisit the hits of French chanson and pop in swing style. He wrote all the compositions on the MYSTÈRE TRIO 4tet album “Les ondes vagabondes,” released in April 2020.
That same year, he formed the Soary Quartet with singer Antonela Lucia, joined by Fabrice Camboulive on double bass and Laurent Meyer on percussion. He wrote the compositions for the album “Un giorno nuovo,” released in October 2023, which features Latin and Mediterranean jazz influences. He wrote 10 of the 13 compositions on the new album “En équilibre,” to be released in October 2026.

TOM BERNUS : guitar

Born in Paris in 1994, Tom has been a musician since the age of 7. He began learning the saxophone at the Toulouse Conservatory.
He first performed in various groups as part of his musical studies. Ensemble and saxophone quartet, concert band, conservatory big band He quickly turned to the guitar at the age of 15 and taught himself to play the instrument, starting with pop, rock, and contemporary music. After enrolling at Sciences Po Toulouse in 2013, he quickly dropped out that same year to pursue a career in music, enrolling at the University of Jazz Musicology in Toulouse. At the same time, he took private guitar lessons at Music’Halle with excellent teachers such as Mathieu Royer, Cyril Amourette, and Thierry Di Filippo. In 2017, he completed his Master I in Musicology and joined the Manel Cheniti Trio in the same year. In 2018, he formed the group La Casita, which won the young talent springboard at Jazz en Comminges, and he performs regularly at festivals in Toulouse and the surrounding region. He then formed his own trio with Damien Roche (drums) and Clément Juvigny (double bass), where he flourished playing his own compositions.
In 2021, he discovered swing dancing and rediscovered 1930s jazz. He formed his quintet, the Tom Bernus Hot Quintet, in which he arranges pieces by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, etc.
In 2022, he joined the Royal Swing project, with which he performed throughout France alongside singer Amélie Barthe.
In 2024, he joined the MYSTÈRE TRIO 4tet team, bringing new swing and contemporary jazz compositions.

LAURENT MEYER : drums and percussions

Born in 1971, He started playing drums at the age of 8. A performer and arranger in various funk and jazz groups, he also plays with the Figaro & Co company, accompanying actors in numerous musicals (Les Misérables, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Grease, Hair). In 1998, he won first prize at the Toulouse Dante Agostini drum school Dante Agostini led by Daniel Dumoulin, where he taught for 6 years.
In 1998, he founded the group MYSTERE TRIO with Cyril Salvagnac and Christophe Gruel on guitars, with whom he performed no less than 1,000 concerts around the world, recorded 6 albums, and created shows for young audiences, including « Le rêve de Monsieur jazz, » which toured the Jeunesses Musicales de France network from 2013 to 2015.
The group evolved in 2015 with the arrival of Fabrice Camboulive on double bass to become MYSTERETRIO
QUARTET. His playing reflects numerous influences from both Latin jazz and Afro jazz, with great mastery of swing and brush techniques. He developed his percussion skills with MYSTERE TRIO (cajon, derbouka, and Tipijâze). Together with Cyril Salvagnac, Xavier Faro, and Fabrice Camboulive, he founded the contemporary jazz group Tiptoe Combo, releasing their first album of original compositions, “De l’autre côté,” in November 2017.
He also plays with the group Les Accordés Swing, where he revisits pop and French songs from the 60s to the 80s in swing versions. Laurent has also played in the Soary Quartet, performing Latin and Mediterranean jazz songs.
He is also part of the Meajam group, a creative jazz project led by pianist Xavier Faro, accompanied by Alain Angeli on saxophones and Fabrice Camboulive on double bass. Following “L’envol,” released in March 2019, their new album “Utopia” was released in April 2025 on Mazetosquare, featuring Ludivine Issambourg on flute and Clémence Lagier on vocals. He appears on all seven albums by MYSTÈRE TRIO 4tet.

FABRICE CAMBOULIVE : double bass

Born in 1974, Fabrice completed his professional training at the Music’Halle school in Toulouse and then played with the funk band Ketzaco, performing concerts all over France. He composed the music for several plays between 2005 and 2007, which were performed at the Gaité Montparnasse and the Clavel theater in Paris.
He also participated in the jazz opera ”Mise à nu » in 2009 as part of the “La Novela” festival. During this time, he played his double bass in several big bands in Toulouse, notably the  » Jazz Silicious Big Band, » joined the popswing groupAnagallis, as well as the poetic-musical project Soir de grand vent” by the “Compagnie des temps venus.”
He founded the contemporary jazz group Tiptoe Combo with Cyril Salvagnac, Xavier Faro, and Laurent Meyer, and they released their first album of compositions,  » de l’autre côté, » in November 2017. He plays in the group Les Accordés Swing and also with Meajam, a creative jazz project by pianist Xavier Faro, accompanied by Alain Angeli on saxophones and Laurent Meyer on drums. After “L’envol,” released in March 2019, their latest album, “Utopia,” was released in April 2025. He also recorded the album “Les ondes vagabondes” by MYSTÈRE TRIO 4tet, released in April 2020, and contributed a composition to the new album “En équilibre.”

The travels of MYSTERE TRIO

– International jazz Festival of Montréal

– Euro Jazz Festival of Mexico

– Guatemala International Jazz Festival

– Tour in Ecuador, El Salvador, Bolivia, and Peru

– First edition of the music festival of Erbil – Kurdistan

– Gouvy Jazz Festival – Belgium

– Django festival at Liberchies – Belgium

– Salamontjuic Festival of Barcelona

– Tanjazz Festival of Tanger – Morocco

– Origano Festival de Dornbirn – Autriche

– Jazz Festival « Glatt & Verkhert » at Krems – Austria

– Gypsy Jazz festival of Noumea – New Caledonie

– Jazz à Vienne Festival – France

– Jazz Festival of Juan les Pins

– Toulouse d’été Festival – Toulouse, France

– Jazz sur son 31 Festival in Toulouse, France

– Rhino Jazz Festival at Rive-de-Gier, France

– International de guitare Festival of Vendôme, France

– « Les Biennales de la guitare » Festival at Chambéry, France

– Guitar Festival de guitare of Issoudun, France

– Swing 41 Festival at Salbris, France

– and so others…

Events

For what regards the First edition of the music festival of Erbil – Kurdistan the 21st June of 2008, MYSTERE TRIO was selected by the French embassy in Kurdistan, the Kurdish government, and Cultures France.

In March 2007, MYSTERE TRIO made a tour during a full month in South America (Mexico, Ecuador, El Salvador, Bolivia, and Peru), with shows, master classes, and educational concerts.

The meetings

Meetings on stage were made with Manu DI BANGO, Didier LOCKWOOD, Sylvain LUC , Angelo DEBARRE , Le trio ELB ( Peter ERSKINE, Nguyên LÊ, Michel BENITA ), Omar SOSA, MAURANE, Thomas DUTRONC, and many more.

Discography

1999 – « Mystère trio » : single 4 titles, released May 2000 (EMP Records, distribution Night and Day).

2001 – « Expression » : album with 10 titles, released June 2001 (Musiquémo Editions, Distribution MosaicMusic), awarded with 4 **** in Jazzman Magazine in May 2002.

2003 – « Comme l’air » : album with 13 titles released June 2001 (Musiquémo Editions, Distribution MosaicMusic)

2006 – « Sérieusement live » album with 14 titles, released March 2006 (self made production, Distribution MosaicMusic)

2008 – « Du Nord au swing » album with 13 titles released May 2008 (produced by Vitavic, Distribution MosaicMusic)

2011 – « Restons scène » album with 12 titles released March 2012 self made production (MVS DISTRIBUTION)

2015 – « Les saisons du swing » album with 12 titles  released september 2015, self made production, Digital Distribution.

2020 – « Les Ondes Vagabondes »

album with 12 titles  released in April 2020, self made production, Digital Distribution.

2026 – « En Equilibre » new album 13 titres released in Octobre 2026, self made production, Digital Distribution.

PRESS REVIEW
« … one of the most accomplished attempt at musical syncretism. An incredible
cultural evolution … This trio has listened much and much and well struggled to
find a formula so obvious and percussive that no one had thought of it before « .
4 **** jazzman

« From the Balkans to South America where they played in 2007, Trio Mystery
cooks with freshness and a high sense of setting up a mixed swing, which is
played through borders and codes. » Guitarist Acoustic –
« We are literally blown away by the diversity and the setting up of this swing
combo capable of seducing a wide audience while renewing the gypsy style. »
Jazz Rhônes Alpes

« Original compositions and a musical sense that overwhelm the public ensure
their undeniable success. » The New Republic
« You can only admire this quality in writing, always at the service of the
melody, who knows how to dig into the roots of Manouche, Hispanic, Latin,
Afro-blues, Balkan or even groove » Jazz Colors