Andy Emler
Andy Emler (* 1958 ) is a French jazz pianist and synthesizer player, composer and band leader.
Live and act
As a child, Emler had a classical piano training and was a student of Marius Constant at the Conservatoire de Paris . There he founded a piano- vibraphone duo with Antoine Hervé . In addition, a quintet soon emerged with the guitarist Marc Ducret , the trumpeter François Chassagnite , the bassist Philippe Talet and the drummer François Verly . Emler composed two pieces for the Orchester National de Jazz , founded by François Jeanneau in 1986 : Superfrigo and Motorcycle Nana .
In 1990 he founded the Mégaoctet , with which he released two albums on the Bleu label . He also worked with musicians such as Michel Portal , Joachim Kühn , Trilok Gurtu and Daniel Humair . With Emmanuel Bex (organ) and Denis Badault (piano) he formed a keyboard trio in which he plays synthesizers.
In 2015 he realized the album Tubafest on the French record label La Buissonne with tuba player and producer François Thuillier . It was a live recording from 24./25. October 2014 at the Festival Le Triton, Les Lilas. The quartet production Running Backwards came out on the same indie label in 2017 .
Discographic notes
As a band leader
- Mégaoctet: Headgames
- Dreams in Tune , 2006
- West in Peace , 2007
- Crouch, touch, engage , 2008
- E Total , 2012
- Tubafest , 2015 (with François Thuillier )
- Running Backwards , 2017 (with Marc Ducret g, Claude Tchamitchian b and Éric Echampard dr)
As a sideman
- Marc Ducret: Gris , 1990
- Michel Portal: Turbulence , 1992
- Trilok Gurtu: Bad Habits Die Hard , 1995
- Michel Portal: Anyway , 1996
- Michel Portal: Musiques de Cinemas , 1996
- Orchester National de Jazz: 86 , 1997
- Trilok Gurtu: Glimpse , 1997
- Ensemble Aleph : Arrets Frequents , 1998
- Larry Coryell : Crossing Borders , 2001
- Gebhard Ullmann : Big Band Project , 2004
Web links
- Andy Emler at Discogs (English)
- Andy Emler at Allmusic (English)
supporting documents
- ↑ See Discogs , accessed July 28, 2017
- ^ "Running Backwards" review , on Deutschlandfunk July 27, 2017, accessed July 28, 2017
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Emler, Andy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz pianist, composer and band leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |