Antoine Ogay

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Antoine Ogay (born September 23, 1958 in Lausanne ) is a Swiss jazz musician ( double bass ) and sound engineer.

Live and act

Ogay, son of the jazz pianist Bernard Ogay, first received classical lessons on the violin before switching to the clarinet and then the flute . Shortly before completing his training as a piano maker , he discovered the double bass in 1978. Soon he was accompanying such diverse musicians as Curtis Fuller , Toots Thielemans , George Gruntz and Matthieu Michel . In 1983 he was in the recording studio for the first time with Jazz à quatre (his father's quartet); further albums with Thierry Lang or Moncef Genoud followed. In the following years he mainly worked in the trio of Silvano Bazan and with the Big Band de Lausanne , which worked with soloists such as Fred Hersch , Jon Faddis , Adam Nussbaum , Johnny Griffin , Marvin Stamm , Tom Rainey and Franco Ambrosetti and produced numerous albums. He has also appeared with Harry Sweets Edison , Pascal Auberson , Philippe Staehli and Phil Collins .

In 1991 he founded a mastering studio, mainly working for the TCB label.

Discographic notes

  • Swing and Blues Band Talk to Me ( Plainisphare , 1983)
  • Alberto Tognetti Piano Bar (Disques Office, 1987)
  • Bernard Ogay Suite for Sextet (TCB, 1989)
  • Toots Thielemans, Fred Hersch, Christian Gavillet, Big Band de Lausanne, Orchester de Chambre de Lausanne Concerto pour Harmonica (TCB, 1994)
  • Silvano Bazan Trio A Little Dizzy (ESPACE 2 / BOS, 1995)
  • Peter Candiotto Quartet Martha (PMC, 1995)
  • Max Jendly Chocoratorio (Disques Office, 1997)
  • Larry Alexander I Am Who Sings (LA, 1998)
  • Silvano Bazan Trio (Featuring George Robert , Special Guest Phil Collins): I Whish I Knew (TCB, 2003)
  • Joséphine A voix basse (Plainisphare, 2003)
  • Yvan Ischer Scorpio 7 Sleepless (TCB, 2005)
  • Julien-François Zbinden It's the Talk of the Town (TCB, 2007)

Lexical entries

  • Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz. CD supplement to: Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6

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personal data
SURNAME Ogay, Antoine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss jazz musician (double bass) and sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Lausanne