Baptiste Trotignon
Baptiste Trotignon | |
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Born | 1974 (age 46–47) Paris, France |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Piano |
Years active | 1990s–present |
Website | baptistetrotignon |
Baptiste Trotignon (born 1974) is a French jazz pianist and composer.
Life and career[]
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/co-leader[]
Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
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2000 | Fluide | Naïve | Trio |
2001 | Sightseeing | Naïve | Trio |
2003 | Naïve | Solo piano | |
2005 | Naïve | Solo piano | |
2005 | Trotignon/El-Malek | Naïve | Co-leader with |
2006 | Flower Power | Naïve | Co-led with Aldo Romano |
2007 | Fool time | Naïve | Co-led with |
2009 | Naïve | Some tracks trio, with Baptiste Matt Penman (bass), Otis Brown III and Eric Harland (drums, separately); some tracks quintet, with Mark Turner (sax), Tom Harrell (flugelhorn) added | |
2010 | Naïve | Quartet, with Mark Turner (tenor sax), Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Matt Penman (bass), Eric Harland (drums); on one track, Thomas Bramerie (bass) and Franck Agulhon (drums) replace Penman and Harland | |
2012 | Naïve | ||
2013 | Naïve | Duo, co-led with Mark Turner | |
2014 | Naïve | Trio, with Thomas Bramerie (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums) | |
2015 | Naïve | Piano concerto written by Trotignon, played by Nicholas Angelich with the Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, conducted by Paul Daniel (Naïve) | |
2016 | Chimichurri | Okeh | Duo, co-led with Minino Garay (cajón, percussion) |
2017 | Ancestral Memories | Okeh | Co-led with chekeré). With Yunior Terry (bass) and Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums) | (saxophones,
2019 | You've Changed | Sony Classical | Solo piano, duos with Joe Lovano, Avishai Cohen, Ibrahim Maalouf, Thomas de Pourquery, Vincent Ségal, and Camélia Jordana (Sony Classical) |
As sideman[]
Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
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1995 | Hommage à Jaco | Seventh Records | |
1998 | My Own Phoolosophy | Soundhills | |
2001 | French Songs | Elabeth | |
2001 | 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 | Melodolodie | Sunnyside | |
2003 | OLH Orchestra/Geoffroy Tamisier & Kenny Wheeler | G Meets K | Yolk records |
2003 | 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 | 13 aurores | ||
2008 | Solisticks/2 | ||
2009 | André Ceccarelli | Sweet People | (CamJazz) |
2011 | Aldo Romano | Inner Smile | |
2012 | Jacques Schwarz-Bart | Art of Dreaming | (Aztec Musique) |
2013 | & Perico Sambeat | Flamenco Reunion | (Contrabaix) |
2014 | Keys | ||
2014 | Vamos | ||
2017 | Kate Lindsey | Thousands of miles |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Bragonier, J Robert (12 November 2003) "Baptiste Trotignon: Solo (2003)". AllAboutJazz.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
- 1974 births
- French jazz pianists
- French male pianists
- Living people
- 21st-century pianists
- 21st-century French male musicians
- French male jazz musicians
- Okeh Records artists
- Sunnyside Records artists