Born in 1965,
David Patrois followed a classical percussion training and obtained a first prize from the Music Academy of Angers in 1986. He decided to devote himself entirely to the vibraphone. In Paris, he met and studied with François Jeanneau, JF Jenny- Clark, David Friedman, Daniel Humair and in 1987 obtained a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture in order to study with
Gary Burton at the
Berklee School of Music in the United States .
Back in France in 1989, he collected prizes at the Jazz Contest "La Defense", inside the bands of David Chevallier, Eric Lohrer or Olivier Ker Ourio, and won the first prize in the "jazz and polar" contest with his trio with Christophe Wallemme and Christophe Marguet...
Then he performed regularly along with Aldo Romano, Michel Benita, Nelson Veras, Louis Winsberg, Bojan Z , Hervé Sellin, François Jeanneau, Glenn Ferris, Bernard Lubat, Emmanuel Bex, Louis Sclavis, Simon Goubert, and recently Charnett Moffet, Kirk Lightsey and Victor Lewis...
Between 1995 and 1999, he performed in quintet and recorded his first album under his own name in 1997 : Attraper le temps with Sylvain Beuf, Frederick Favarel, Christophe Wallemme, Benjamin Henocq.