Ardennes
The Ardennes ( ; ; ; ; ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France.
Geological ...
cornet
The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. There is also a soprano cor ...
tist and
saxhorn
The saxhorn is a family of valved brass instruments that have conical bores and deep cup-shaped mouthpieces. The saxhorn family was developed by Adolphe Sax, who is also known for creating the saxophone family. The sound of the saxhorn has a ...
player.
He learnt to play the trumpet at the age of five, became a pupil at the Conservatoire de
Charleville-Mézières
Charleville-Mézières () is a commune of northern France and the prefecture of the Ardennes department, in the Grand Est region.
Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse.
History
Charleville and Mézières were ori ...
in 1984, and gained his diploma at the Conservatoire de Nancy in 1989. In 2009 he was awarded the
Django Reinhardt
Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani people, Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Belgium, Belgian-born Romani jazz guitarist and composer in France. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe ...
prize by the
Académie du Jazz The Académie du jazz (English: Jazz Academy) is a non-profit French association created in 1954, which annually awards the best artists and the best musical productions in the world of jazz. The founding president was violinist André Hodeir follow ...
.
He has been influenced by various genres, including
funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ...
,
hard rock
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,
jazz-rock
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and the music of
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...
.
Discography
As leader
* 2006 ''Porgy and Bess'', Discograph
* 2010 ''Shangri-Tunkashi-La'', Plus Loin Music
* 2012 ''À la recherche du roi frippé'', Just Looking
As sideman
* 2001 ''Sereine'', Label Bleu, with Claude Barthélémy
* 2003 ''Admirabelamour'', Label Bleu, with the ''Orchestre national de jazz'' conducted by Claude Barthélémy
* 2003 '' Napoli's Walls'',
ECM
ECM may refer to the following:
Economics and commerce
* Engineering change management
* Equity capital markets
* Error correction model, an econometric model
* European Common Market
Mathematics
* Lenstra's Elliptic curve method for factor ...
, with
Louis Sclavis
Louis Sclavis (born 2 February 1953) is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including avant-garde jazz, free jazz, free improvisation and contemporary classical.
Life ...
* 2005 "Lunfardo", record label Chief Inspector (200509), Sébastien Gaxie
* 2007 ''Bamana'', Act Music, with