Baptiste Trotignon (born 1974) is a French jazz pianist and composer.
Life and career Trotignon was born near Paris in 1974. He started playing the violin at the age of 6 and the piano three years later. His first solo piano album was 2003's Solo.Bragonier, J Robert (12 November 2003) "Baptiste Trotignon: Solo (2003)". AllAboutJazz. Trotignon composes music and plays "interpretations of music from Led Zeppelin and [Bob] Dylan to Edith Piaf".Fordham, John (29 February 2012) "Baptiste Trotignon/Tom Arthurs – Review". The Guardian.
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".Hewett, Ivan (9 July 2009) "Baptiste Trotignon at Charlie Wright's International, Review". The Daily Telegraph.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".
Discography As leader or co-leader Year recordedTitleLabelPersonnel/Notes2000FluideNaïveTrio2001SightseeingNaïveTrio with Clovis Nicolas (bass), Tony Rabeson (drums); reissued 20052003NaïveSolo piano2005NaïveSolo piano2005Trotignon/El-MalekNaïveQuartet co-led by (tenor sax), with Darryl Hall (bass), Dré Pallemaerts (drums)2006Flower PowerNaïveTrio with Aldo Romano, Rémi Vignolo (bass)2007Fool TimeNaïveQuartet co-led by David El Malek, with Darryl Hall, Dré Pallemaerts2009NaïveTrio with Matt Penman (bass), Otis Brown III or Eric Harland (drums), guests Mark Turner (tenor sax), Tom Harrell (flugelhorn)2010NaïveQuartet with Mark Turner, Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Matt Penman, Eric Harland; one trio track with Thomas Bramerie (bass), Franck Agulhon (drums)2012NaïveDuos and trios with Minino Garay (perc), Thomas Bramerie (bass) a.o. plus strings (trio or quartet), Jeanne Added, Melody Gardot, Christophe Miossec, Monica Passos (vocals)2013NaïveDuo with Mark Turner2014NaïveTrio with Thomas Bramerie (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)2015NaïvePiano concerto written by Trotignon, played by Nicholas Angelich with the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine conducted by Paul Daniel 2016ChimichurriOkehDuo with Minino Garay (cajón, percussion)2017Ancestral MemoriesOkehQuartet co-led by (saxophones, chekeré), with Yunior Terry (bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums)2019You've ChangedSony ClassicalSolo piano, duos with Joe Lovano, Avishai Cohen, Ibrahim Maalouf, Thomas de Pourquery, Vincent Ségal, Camélia Jordana2022AnimaAlpha ClassicsWith Orchestre Victor Hugo conducted by Jean-François Verdier2022Symphonie du ponantCoop BreizhWith Didier Squiban, Orchestre National de Bretagne2022Body and SoulParadise ImproviséSolo piano2023Brexit MusicParadis ImproviséTrio, with Matt Penman, Gregory Hutchinson2024PianoforteArtwork RecordsQuartet with Éric Legnini, , Bojan Z2024Piano voixTôt ou tardDuo with Arthur Teboul
As sideman Year recordedLeaderTitleLabel1995Hommage à JacoSeventh Records1998My Own PhoolosophySoundhills2001French SongsElabeth2001CherokeeElabeth2002Les Racines Du CielRDC Records2002Moutin Reunion QuartetPower TreeShai - Dreyfus/USA2002 & The Space Time Big Band New LightBill Mobley & The Space Time Big Band New LightSpace Time Records2003MelodolodieSunnyside2003OLH Orchestra/Geoffroy Tamisier & Kenny WheelerG Meets KYolk records2003Paradis artificielsNextMusic2003Moutin Reunion QuartetRed MoonNocturne2004BohemiaNocturne2004Carte blancheDreyfus Jazz2006ChanteDreyfus Jazz2007Trouble Shootin''' |Blue Note |- |2008 | |13 aurores| |- |2008 | |Solisticks/2| |- |2009 | |Sweet People|(CamJazz) |- |2011 | |Inner Smile| |- |2012 | |Art of Dreaming|(Aztec Musique) |- |2013 | & |Flamenco Reunion|(Contrabaix) |- |2014 | |Keys| |- |2014 | |Vamos| |- |2017 | |Thousands of miles''
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