Cécile Verny Quartet
The Cécile Verny Quartet is a jazz band from Freiburg im Breisgau that received prizes at the internationally important jazz festival in Juan-les-Pins .
The front woman and namesake of the quartet is the singer Cécile Verny, who was born in the Ivory Coast and grew up in France . She is accompanied by Bernd Heitzler on bass, Andreas Erchinger on piano / synthesizer and Lars Binder on drums ( Torsten Krill until 2009 ). The quartet began in Strasbourg in 1987 .
African roots, French singing tradition and jazz singing are important sources for the rhythmically stimulating mix of chanson, scat singing, blues and swing , which are performed in French and English. For the CD European Songbook , the quartet employed renowned arrangers such as B. Michael Gibbs or Carinne Bonnefoy .
Discography
- Oazoo (1992)
- Patchwork (1995); Cécile Verny Quartet for Jazz D'Or
- Expressive Impressions (1995); Cécile Verny Quartet live at ZMF
- Coquelicot - Melodie De Vie (1997)
- Got a Ticket (1998)
- Métisse (1999)
- Kekeli (2002)
- Cécile Verny Quartet - live in Antibes (DVD, 2004)
- European Songbook (2005); Solo CD Cécile Vernys with an extended line-up
- The Bitter and the Sweet (2006)
- Amoureuse (2008)
- Keep some secrets within (2010)
- Fear & Faith (2013)
Awards
- Prix of the "Concours Vocal du Festival de Crest" (1992)
- Festival sponsorship award of the international tent music festival in Freiburg im Breisgau (1995)
- 1st prize in the Vocal Jazz category and Grand Prix of the jury at the Jazz Festival in Antibes / Juan-les-Pins (2003)
- German Record Critics' Prize for The Bitter and The Sweet as an "artistically outstanding new release" in the jazz category (2nd quarter 2006)
- Award of the Reinhold-Schneider-Prize of the city of Freiburg (2012)
Web links
- Recordings by Cécile Verny Quartet in the catalog of the German National Library (under Cécile Verny Quartet)
- Recordings by Cécile Verny Quartet in the catalog of the German National Library (under Cécile Verny)
- Web presence of the Cécile Verny Quartet
- Cécile Verny website
- Bernd Heitzler's website
- Lars Binder's website