Baptiste Trotignon | |
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Born | 1974 (age 48–49) Paris, France |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Piano |
Years active | 1990s–present |
Website | baptistetrotignon |
Baptiste Trotignon (born 1974) is a French jazz pianist and composer.
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]
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]
Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
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2000 | Fluide | Naïve | Trio |
2001 | Sightseeing | Naïve | Trio |
2003 | Solo | Naïve | Solo piano |
2005 | Solo II | Naïve | Solo piano |
2005 | Trotignon/El-Malek | Naïve | Co-leader with David El Malek |
2006 | Flower Power | Naïve | Co-led with Aldo Romano |
2007 | Fool time | Naïve | Co-led with David El Malek |
2009 | Share | 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 | Suite... | 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 | Song, Song, Song | Naïve | |
2013 | Dusk Is A Quiet Place | Naïve | Duo, co-led with Mark Turner |
2014 | Hit | Naïve | Trio, with Thomas Bramerie (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums) |
2015 | Different Spaces | 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 Yosvany Terry (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) |
2022 | Anima | Alpha Classics | Piano, with Orchestre Victor Hugo and Jean-François Verdier (conductor) |
2022 | Symphonie du ponant | Coop Breizh | Piano, with Didier Squiban and Orchestre National de Bretagne |
2022 | Body and Soul | Paradise Improvisé | Solo piano |
Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
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1995 | Jean-Luc Chevalier | Hommage à Jaco | Seventh Records |
1998 | Claudia Solal | My Own Phoolosophy | Soundhills |
2001 | Christian Brun | French Songs | Elabeth |
2001 | Pierrick Pédron | 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 | Jerome Barde | Melodolodie | Sunnyside |
2003 | OLH Orchestra/Geoffroy Tamisier & Kenny Wheeler | G Meets K | Yolk records |
2003 | Hervé Krief | 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 | 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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