Baptiste Trotignon

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Baptiste Trotignon
Born1974 (age 46–47)
Paris, France
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsPiano
Years active1990s–present
Websitebaptistetrotignon.com

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
2000 Fluide Naïve Trio
2001 Sightseeing Naïve Trio
2003  [fr] Naïve Solo piano
2005  [fr] Naïve Solo piano
2005 Trotignon/El-Malek Naïve Co-leader with  [fr]
2006 Flower Power Naïve Co-led with Aldo Romano
2007 Fool time Naïve Co-led with  [fr]
2009  [fr] 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  [fr] 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  [fr] Naïve
2013  [fr] Naïve Duo, co-led with Mark Turner
2014  [fr] Naïve Trio, with Thomas Bramerie (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)
2015  [fr] 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  [de] (saxophones, chekeré). With Yunior Terry (bass) and 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, and Camélia Jordana (Sony Classical)

As sideman[]

Year recorded Leader Title Label
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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Bragonier, J Robert (12 November 2003) "Baptiste Trotignon: Solo (2003)". AllAboutJazz.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Fordham, John (29 February 2012) "Baptiste Trotignon/Tom Arthurs – Review". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Hewett, Ivan (9 July 2009) "Baptiste Trotignon at Charlie Wright's International, Review". The Daily Telegraph.
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