Eric Le Lann
Éric Le Lann (born November 4, 1957 ) is a French jazz trumpeter and composer.
Le Lann has lived in Paris since 1977 , where he won the La Défense national jazz competition in 1979 . Since 1980 he has worked with the quartets of René Urtreger and Henri Texier . In 1981 he did a series of concerts with Pepper Adams and became a member of Patrice Caratini's group and the Martial Solal big band .
In 1982 he founded his own quartet with André Ceccarelli , Cesarius Alvim and Olivier Hutman . The following year he received the Prix Django Reinhardt of the Académie du Jazz . After touring India, he appeared in Bertrand Tavernier's 1985 film Autour de minuit with Dexter Gordon , Herbie Hancock and Billy Higgins . He has also composed film scores for Didier Haudepin Film Elsa, Elsa and Benoît Jacquots Film Corps et bien . In 1986 he starred in the legendary jazz film Round Midnight .
In 1989 he founded a fusion jazz ensemble with Louis Winsberg and Paco Séry . In the 1990s he performed in Asia and Africa and recorded an album with chansons by Édith Piaf and Charles Trenet . He also worked with Michel Graillier , Martial Solal and Archie Shepp .
In 1999 he composed the score for Gilles Bourdos ' film Disparos and for a documentary by Valérie Stroh about Simone de Beauvoir . He worked as a musician on Bertrand Blier's film Les Acteurs .
Le Lann founded the École de création musicale in Rennes , which was relocated to Dinan in 2003 . For the music to Jean-Bernard Pouy's piece 54x13 he received the 2001 music criticism's great prize. For the 2002 Inter Celtique Festival in Lorient , he composed a piece for twenty-five musicians. In 2005 he recorded compositions by Antônio Carlos Jobim with the guitarist Jean-Marie Ecay .
Private
Le lann lives with the French actress, writer and director Valérie Stroh. They have two daughters together. Lola Le Lann is also dedicated to acting.
Discography
- Nightbird with André Ceccarelli, Cesarius Alvim and Olivier Hutman, 1982
- I mist you with Tony Rabeson , Cesarius Alvim and Olivier Hutman, 1985
- New York with Mino Cinelu , Eddie Gomez , Paco Séry , Mike Stern and Louis Winsberg , 1989
- Eric Le Lann joue Piaf Trenet with Jean-François Jenny-Clark , Jean-Michel Pilc , André Ceccarelli and orchestra, 1990
- Cap Frehel with Lionel Belmondo , Jean-Michel Pilc, Richard Bona and Jean-Paul Ceccarelli, 1991
- Trois heures du matin with Michel Graillier , 1995
- Live in Paris with Archie Shepp, Richard Clements , Wayne Dockery and Stephen McCraven , 1996
- Today I fell in love with Éric Legnini , Rémi Vignolo and Jean-Pierre Arnaud , 1998
- Portrait in black on white with Martial Solal, 1999
- Origines with Manu Lann-Huel , Marthe Vassallo , Francis Lockwood , Henri Dorina , Stéphane Véra , Patrice Marzin , Cyril Callac , Mickaël Le Strat , Stéhanie Pinard and Violaine Le Chamalec , 2004
- Éric Le Lann Jean-Marie Ecay Play Jobim , 2005
- Paul Lay & Éric Le Lann: Thanks a Million (Gazebo 2018)
Web links
- Homepage of Éric Le Lann
- Éric Le Lann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Le Lann, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz trumpeter and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4th 1957 |