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Artist description
Jim A. : compositions and arrangements, piano, keyboards, computer - Philippe Slominski : trumpet, bugle - Bertrand Auger : saxophones, bass clarinet - Marc-Michel Le Bévillon : electro-acoustic bass - François Laizeau : drums, percussions |
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Music Style
jazz |
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Musical Influences
Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Coltrane, Horace Silver, Charlie Mingus, Jimmy Hendrix, Duke Ellington, Bela Bartok, Keith Emerson, Don Pullen, Cecil Taylor, Dizzy Gillespie, Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy, Archie Shepp, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Alan Silva |
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Similar Artists
Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, John Coltrane |
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Artist History
The musicians are all good friends of Bertrand Auger, saxophonist, who's chosen them on Jim A.'s request. The band has recorded a fist cd on 2000, july 17th. We hope we can soon record other compositions... |
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Group Members
Jim A. : compositions, piano. He was in the parisian free jazz movement of the 80's, with Alan Silva, Itaru Oki, Denis Colin, François Cotinaud, Philippe Sellam, Didier Petit, etc...He had occasions to play or record with Itaru Oki, Georges Brown, Denis Colin, Takami Fujimoto, Mike Ellis, Ron Pittner, etc... Philippe Slominski : Trumpet, bugle Has played in several big bands : ONJ en 1987 with Antoine Hervé, Toots Thielemans, Randy Brecker, Gil Evans, Carla Bley. Michel Legrand's Big bands, JL. Longnon, Martial Solal, Claude Bolling, P. Caratini, Eddy Louiss.Others : Aznavour, Bécaud, Dutronc, Lavilliers, etc.Recordings : ONJ, M. Legrand, Kassav, Toure Kounda, Gipsy King, Magma, Bill Deraime, Paul Simon, etc.Movies : Prêt à porter, Germinal, etc. Bertrand Auger : Saxophones, bass clarinet Some of his references :Denis Badault, Claude Barthélémy, Patrice Caratini, Touré Kounda, JL. Longnon, etc.2E2M, Ensemble InterContemporain, musichall (West Side Story, Cats, Hello Dolly, Opéra de Quat’sous, Porgy and Bess, etc.)Recordings : André Hodeir, Luc Le Masne, Tony Marlow, Laurent Cokelaere, Les Primitifs du futur, etc. Marc-Michel Le Bévillon : electro-acoustic bassSome of his works : Michel Legrand, Eddy Louiss, Didier Lockwood, Claude Bolling, Galigaï, SOS quintet, Djoa, etc. François Laizeau : Drums - Has played or recorded with Joschk’o Seffer, Magma, Eddy Louiss, Michel Legrand, Tania Maria, Martial Solal, Michel Portal, Céléa-Couturier-Pifarely, F. Jeanneau, Antoine Hervé, Andy Emler, ONJ Denis Badault, Louis Sclavis, ONJ Didier Levallet, Emmanuel Bex,etc... |
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Instruments
piano, keyboards, trumpet, bugle, tenor sax, alto sax, bass clarinet, bass, drums, percussions |
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Albums
comme un enfant |
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Press Reviews
good reviews by France Culture french radio, Fréquence Jazz radio, Framboise Switzerland radio, Improjazz french magazine, etc... |
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Additional Info
new other compositions to come |
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Location
Paris - France |
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