Baptiste Trotignon
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French jazz pianist and composer
Born1974 (age 50–51)
Paris, France
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentPiano
Baptiste Trotignon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 (age 50–51) Paris, France |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Website | baptistetrotignon |
Musical artist
Baptiste Trotignon (born 1974) is a French jazz pianist and composer.
Trotignon was born near Paris in 1974.[1] He started playing the violin at the age of 6 and the piano three years later.[1] His first solo piano album was 2003's Solo.[1] Trotignon composes music and plays "interpretations of music from Led Zeppelin and [Bob] Dylan to Edith Piaf".[2]
Playing style
The Daily Telegraph's Ivan Hewett wrote on the originality of Trotignon's style in 2009 that "Any references are only subliminally present in a style that's very much his own. He has certain favourite devices such as rapid-fire repetitions of single notes, and machine-gun alternations of the hands".[3] The Guardian's John Fordham, commenting on a Trotignon duo concert with percussionist Minino Garay stated that the pianist's playing contained "startling chordal exclamations, plaintively romantic lyricism and [...] a collage of liquid lines and stuttering drumlike invitations to his partner".[2]
Discography
As leader or co-leader
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Fluide | Naïve | Trio |
| 2001 | Sightseeing | Naïve | Trio with Clovis Nicolas (bass), Tony Rabeson (drums); reissued 2005 |
| 2003 | Solo [fr] | Naïve | Solo piano |
| 2005 | Solo II [fr] | Naïve | Solo piano |
| 2005 | Trotignon/El-Malek | Naïve | Quartet co-led by David El Malek [fr] (tenor sax), with Darryl Hall (bass), Dré Pallemaerts (drums) |
| 2006 | Flower Power | Naïve | Trio with Aldo Romano, Rémi Vignolo (bass) |
| 2007 | Fool Time | Naïve | Quartet co-led by David El Malek, with Darryl Hall, Dré Pallemaerts |
| 2009 | Share [fr] | Naïve | Trio with Matt Penman (bass), Otis Brown III or Eric Harland (drums), guests Mark Turner (tenor sax), Tom Harrell (flugelhorn) |
| 2010 | Suite... [fr] | Naïve | Quartet with Mark Turner, Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Matt Penman, Eric Harland; one trio track with Thomas Bramerie (bass), Franck Agulhon (drums) |
| 2012 | Song, Song, Song [fr] | Naïve | Duos and trios with Minino Garay (perc), Thomas Bramerie (bass) a.o. plus strings (trio or quartet), Jeanne Added, Melody Gardot, Christophe Miossec, Monica Passos (vocals) |
| 2013 | Dusk Is a Quiet Place [fr] | Naïve | Duo with Mark Turner |
| 2014 | Hit [fr] | Naïve | Trio with Thomas Bramerie (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums) |
| 2015 | Different Spaces [fr] | Naïve | Piano concerto written by Trotignon, played by Nicholas Angelich with the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine conducted by Paul Daniel |
| 2016 | Chimichurri | Okeh | Duo with Minino Garay (cajón, percussion) |
| 2017 | Ancestral Memories | Okeh | Quartet co-led by Yosvany Terry [de] (saxophones, chekeré), with Yunior Terry (bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums) |
| 2019 | You've Changed | Sony Classical | Solo piano, duos with Joe Lovano, Avishai Cohen, Ibrahim Maalouf, Thomas de Pourquery, Vincent Ségal, Camélia Jordana |
| 2022 | Anima | Alpha Classics | With Orchestre Victor Hugo conducted by Jean-François Verdier |
| 2022 | Symphonie du ponant | Coop Breizh | With Didier Squiban, Orchestre National de Bretagne |
| 2022 | Body and Soul | Paradise Improvisé | Solo piano |
| 2023 | Brexit Music | Paradis Improvisé | Trio, with Matt Penman, Gregory Hutchinson |
| 2024 | Pianoforte | Artwork Records | Quartet with Éric Legnini, Pierre de Bethmann [fr], Bojan Z |
| 2024 | Piano voix | Tôt ou tard | Duo with Arthur Teboul |
As sideman
| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Jean-Luc Chevalier | Hommage à Jaco | Seventh Records |
| 1998 | Claudia Solal | My Own Phoolosophy | Soundhills |
| 2001 | Christian Brun | French Songs | Elabeth |
| 2001 | Pierrick Pédron | Cherokee | Elabeth |
| 2002 | Doudou Gouirand | Les Racines Du Ciel | RDC Records |
| 2002 | Moutin Reunion Quartet | Power Tree | Shai - Dreyfus/USA |
| 2002 | Bill Mobley & The Space Time Big Band New Light | Bill Mobley & The Space Time Big Band New Light | Space Time Records |
| 2003 | Jerome Barde | Melodolodie | Sunnyside |
| 2003 | OLH Orchestra/Geoffroy Tamisier & Kenny Wheeler | G Meets K | Yolk records |
| 2003 | Hervé Krief | Paradis artificiels | NextMusic |
| 2003 | Moutin Reunion Quartet | Red Moon | Nocturne |
| 2004 | Rick Margitza | Bohemia | Nocturne |
| 2004 | André Ceccarelli | Carte blanche | Dreyfus Jazz |
| 2006 | Aldo Romano | Chante | Dreyfus Jazz |
| 2007 | Stefano di Battista | Trouble Shootin' | Blue Note |
| 2008 | Jean Fauque | 13 aurores | |
| 2008 | Franck Agulhon | Solisticks/2 | |
| 2009 | André Ceccarelli | Sweet People | (CamJazz) |
| 2011 | Aldo Romano | Inner Smile | |
| 2012 | Jacques Schwarz-Bart | Art of Dreaming | (Aztec Musique) |
| 2013 | Marc Miralta & Perico Sambeat | Flamenco Reunion | (Contrabaix) |
| 2014 | Mélanie Dahan | Keys | |
| 2014 | Minino Garay | Vamos | |
| 2017 | Kate Lindsey | Thousands of miles |
References
- 1 2 3 Bragonier, J Robert (12 November 2003) "Baptiste Trotignon: Solo (2003)". AllAboutJazz.
- 1 2 Fordham, John (29 February 2012) "Baptiste Trotignon/Tom Arthurs – Review". The Guardian.
- ↑ Hewett, Ivan (9 July 2009) "Baptiste Trotignon at Charlie Wright's International, Review". The Daily Telegraph.
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