Daniel Mille

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Daniel Mille (* 1958 in Grenoble ) is a French jazz musician ( accordion , composition ).

Live and act

Mille comes from a musical household (mother is a dancer, father a drummer). He began playing the accordion at the age of eleven, but gave up lessons after two years because the instrument seemed too limited to him. It was only after seeing Richard Galliano in a concert by Claude Nougaro that he discovered the possibilities the instrument offered in a jazz context. He began to work as a street musician , but also accompanied Barbara . In 1993 he was discovered on the street by the music producer (and singer) Pierre Barouh , who immediately recorded albums with him on Savannah Records .

Mille also accompanied artists such as Jacques Higelin , Gérard Ansaloni, Maxime Le Forestier and Maurane during his further career . He can also be heard on albums with Daniel Goyone , Salif Keita , Lokua Kanza , Richard Bona , Jean-Pierre Mas , Christophe Wallemme , Brigitte Fontaine , Camille Bertault and Nina Hagen and has accompanied Jean-Louis Trintignant with poetry recitations on several albums, initially by Guillaume Apollinaire ( Poèmes à Lou, Alcools on compositions by Erik Satie ) and by Louis Aragon ( La Valse des adieux on his own compositions). Most recently, in 2014, he recorded an album with compositions by Astor Piazzolla .

Prizes and awards

In 1995 Mille received a Django d'Or as "New Talent". In 2006 he was voted “Best Jazz Musician of the Year” by Victoires du Jazz ; in the same year he was awarded both the Prix ​​Gus Viseur and the Coup de cœur of the Académie Charles-Cros for the productions with Jean-Louis Trintignant.

Discographic notes

  • Sur les quais (1993)
  • Les Heures Tranquilles (1995)
  • Le Funambule (1999)
  • Entre chien et loup (2001)
  • Eric Longsworth with Daniel Mille & Pierre Tanguay Sans Souci ( Enja 2003)
  • Après la pluie ... (2005)
  • L'Attente (2009)
  • Cierra tus ojos (Sony 2014)
  • Trintignant Mille Piazzolla (with Jean-Louis Trintignant , 2018)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography
personal data
SURNAME Mille, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (accordion, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Grenoble