Médéric Collignon

Médéric Collignon, born 6 July 1970 in Villers-Semeuse, Ardennes, is a French jazz vocalist, cornettist and saxhorn player.

He learnt to play the trumpet at the age of five, became a pupil at the Conservatoire de Charleville-Mézières in 1984, and gained his diploma at the Conservatoire de Nancy in 1989. In 2009 he was awarded the Django Reinhardt prize by the Académie du Jazz.^[1]

He has been influenced by various genres, including funk, hard rock, jazz-rock and the music of Olivier Messiaen.

Discography

As leader

• 2006 Porgy and Bess, Discograph
• 2010 Shangri-Tunkashi-La, Plus Loin Music

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, with Louis Sclavis
• 2007 Bamana, Act Music, with Soriba Kouyaté

References

1. ^ "Géraldine Laurent et Médéric Collignon lauréats du prix Django Reinhardt". La Tribune. 13 January 2009. http://www.latribune.fr/culture/musiques/20090113trib000330916/geraldine-laurent-et-mederic-collignon-laureats-du-prix-django-reinhardt.html. Retrieved 28 April 2010. 

External links

• Médéric Collignon at OC-TV (in French)

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