Born in 1991, Germain Cornet started playing drums at the age of 15 but it was only two years later that he discovered jazz. 

 

Influenced by Swing and Be-bop music, he learned drums from Charles Bellonzi and studied at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris. 

 

Accompanying great musicians like Tamir Hendelman, Harry Allen, Nicolas Bearde, Mandy Gaines; he plays regulary in Parisian jazz clubs such as "Le Duc des Lombard", "Sunset-Sunside", "Caveau de la Huchette" ... and in jazz festivals such as "Jazz à Vienne", "Saint- Emilion Jazz Festival "," Sancy Snow Jazz "... 

 

Since summer 2015, he became the disciple of Jeff Hamilton that he met at the "Centrum Jazz Workshop" in Port Townsend (USA). 

In 2018, Germain Cornet becomes an artist endorsed by the Japanese drum brand CANOPUS.