Alain Guyonnet
Alain Guyonnet (* 1949 in Geneva ) is a Swiss multi-instrumentalist ( piano , guitar , bass , vibraphone , flute and drums ), composer and arranger of modern jazz .
Live and act
Guyonnet started making music at an early age. Despite claim on an autodidactic approach to music was he in the harpsichord class of Isabelle Nef at the Geneva Conservatory trained, where he dealt with the work of Johann Sebastian Bach worked. He also played jazz. He performed his works in his own groups with different casts. Since 1979 he has released albums; he also worked with Lee Konitz . He also performed his works with the AMR Big Band and the Bern Uptown Big Band .
Guyonnet, who characterizes himself as apôtre du métissage (“apostle of mixing”), wrote more than 475 works for a wide variety of formations in various styles. “Whether duo, big band, guitar ensemble or children's choir, whether march , twist , salsa or church music : Alain Guyonnet's love of music knows no reservations.” His pieces are characterized by “a pronounced melodic security” alongside a harmonic sense.
Guyonnet teaches in Geneva at the AMR and at the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique . He has published the books Une noire vaut deux dièses, Vocabulaire de blues and 6 petits blues pour les petites mains .
Web links
- Web presence
- Entry (JazzIndex)
- Alain Guyonnet at Allmusic (English)
- Alain Guyonnet at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guyonnet, Alain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss multi-instrumentalist, arranger and composer of modern jazz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |