Francesco Chebat, born in Trento (Italy) in 1978, studied classical music at the Milan Conservatory (piano and composition). During his studies, he started listening to jazz and jazz-rock, more specifically to Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and Jimmy Smith. He studied jazz music with teachers from Berklee College (Larry Monroe, Jeff Stout, Russel Hoffman) and with Italian jazz musicians (Tino Tracanna, Giovanni Tommaso).

He began performing in clubs in Milan and since then he has played with several important musicians, such as Dave Weckl, Tino Tracanna, Attilio Zanchi, Gianluigi Trovesi, Maurizio Giammarco, Giovanni Falzone, Riccardo Fioravanti, Maxx Furian, Yuri Goloubev, Emilio Soana, Paolo Tomelleri, JW Orchestra (diretta da Marco Gotti), Luca Meneghello, Javier Girotto, Andrea Tofanelli, Sergio Orlandi, Tony Arco, Enrico Intra, Kyle Gregory, Paolo Pellegatti and many others.

Over these years, he performed in more than a thousand musical events, both large and small: jazz festivals, clubs, theaters, television broadcasts, private events, among which the main ones are: Festival Mutamenti, Mendrisiotto Jazz Club (Svizzera), Monfrà Jazz Fest, Ambria Jazz Festival, Bergamo Jazz Festival, Piacenza Jazz, Le 2 Rive della Jazz, Blue Note Milano, International Jazz Festival Osijek (Croazia), Iseo Jazz, Brianza Open jazz festival, Lario Festival, Valtidone festival, Match Music (Sky tv), Jazz Club Bergamo, Ivrea Jazz Club, Società del Quartetto (Bergamo), Locarno Film Festival, Radio Popolare Roma, Auditorium della Camera del Lavoro di Milano, Piccolo Teatro…

He is active as a side-man, band-leader, composer and educator. He has also played with bluesmen, songwriters and actors, showing his versatility both live and in the studio.

He has been working with vocalist Martha J. as pianist and arranger, since 2008. They produced eight albums together, with different bands. They recorded songs from the traditional jazz repertoire and many originals. Their latest album is dedicated to The Beatles and it features jazz arrangements of a selection of their songs.

Since 2006, Francesco has also been playing with JW Orchestra, conducted by saxophonist Marco Gotti, who has written many avant-guard arrangements for this big band.

Francesco Chebat is pianist and composer of the Saddex project, whose debut CD has recently been released, together with Alessandro Bottacchiari on trumpet, and Maxx Furian on drums.