Baptiste Trotignon

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Baptiste Trotignon
Born1974 (age 4849)
Paris, France
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Piano
Years active1990s–present
Website baptistetrotignon.com

Baptiste Trotignon (born 1974) is a French jazz pianist and composer.

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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 or co-leader

Year recordedTitleLabelPersonnel/Notes
2000Fluide Naïve Trio
2001Sightseeing Naïve Trio
2003 Solo  [ fr ] Naïve Solo piano
2005 Solo II  [ fr ]NaïveSolo piano
2005Trotignon/El-MalekNaïveCo-leader with David El Malek  [ fr ]
2006Flower PowerNaïveCo-led with Aldo Romano
2007Fool timeNaïveCo-led with David El Malek  [ fr ]
2009 Share  [ fr ]NaïveSome 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 Suite...  [ fr ]NaïveQuartet, 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 Song, Song, Song  [ fr ]Naïve
2013 Dusk Is A Quiet Place  [ fr ]NaïveDuo, co-led with Mark Turner
2014 Hit  [ fr ]NaïveTrio, with Thomas Bramerie (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)
2015 Different Spaces  [ fr ]NaïvePiano concerto written by Trotignon, played by Nicholas Angelich with the Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, conducted by Paul Daniel (Naïve)
2016ChimichurriOkehDuo, co-led with Minino Garay (cajón, percussion)
2017Ancestral MemoriesOkehCo-led with Yosvany Terry  [ de ] (saxophones, chekeré). With Yunior Terry (bass) and Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums)
2019You've ChangedSony ClassicalSolo piano, duos with Joe Lovano, Avishai Cohen, Ibrahim Maalouf, Thomas de Pourquery, Vincent Ségal, and Camélia Jordana (Sony Classical)
2022AnimaAlpha ClassicsPiano, with Orchestre Victor Hugo and Jean-François Verdier (conductor)
2022Symphonie du ponantCoop BreizhPiano, with Didier Squiban and Orchestre National de Bretagne
2022Body and SoulParadise ImproviséSolo piano

As sideman

Year recordedLeaderTitleLabel
1995 Jean-Luc Chevalier Hommage à JacoSeventh Records
1998 Claudia Solal My Own PhoolosophySoundhills
2001 Christian Brun French SongsElabeth
2001 Pierrick Pédron CherokeeElabeth
2002 Doudou Gouirand Les Racines Du CielRDC Records
2002Moutin Reunion QuartetPower TreeShai - Dreyfus/USA
2002 Bill Mobley & The Space Time Big Band New LightBill Mobley & The Space Time Big Band New LightSpace Time Records
2003 Jerome Barde MelodolodieSunnyside
2003OLH Orchestra/Geoffroy Tamisier & Kenny Wheeler G Meets KYolk records
2003 Hervé Krief Paradis artificielsNextMusic
2003Moutin Reunion QuartetRed MoonNocturne
2004 Rick Margitza BohemiaNocturne
2004 André Ceccarelli Carte blancheDreyfus Jazz
2006 Aldo Romano ChanteDreyfus 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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bragonier, J Robert (12 November 2003) "Baptiste Trotignon: Solo (2003)". AllAboutJazz.
  2. 1 2 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.