Diego Imbert

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Diego Imbert, Oslo 2017

Diego Imbert (* 1966 in Paris ) is a French bassist of the Jazz , who also serves as a music journalist works.

Live and act

Imbert initially received classical violin lessons for ten years; at the age of 15 he switched to the electric bass . In 1986 and 1987 he began jazz training at the Center d'Informations Musicales Paris , which he completed at the Center Musical et Créatif de Nancy in 1989. In 1991 he started writing for Bass & Drums magazine; later he also worked for the magazine Guitare & Bass . Temporarily still operating from Nancy , he became a member of the big band Shake Orchestra in 1992 , with whom he recorded the album Angustia d'amour (1999). He increasingly shifted to playing the double bass , which he studied with Eddie Gomez , Hein van de Geyn and Jean-François Jenny-Clark . In 1999 he was awarded the silver medal at the Concours International de Contrebasse de Capbreton .

In 1993 he founded his own band Amestys , with which he released an album and performed at various French festivals. Further albums under his own name followed. Since 1998 he has belonged to various groups of Biréli Lagrène , with whom he also recorded two albums. He also belonged to the bands of Viviane Ginapé, Sylvain Beuf ( Another Building ), Flavio Boltro and Jean-Yves Jung .

Between 1992 and 2018, Imbert was involved in 42 recording sessions; he can also be heard on albums by Jean-Marie Viguier, Derrick James / Wesley G, Frédéric Schlick , Olivier Strauch, Ro Gebhardt , Alex Jacquemin, André Ceccarelli , Dorado Schmitt and Rocky Gresset . He has also appeared with Archie Shepp , Aldo Romano , Richard Galliano , Éric Legnini , Enrico Pieranunzi , Antonio Faraò and Jean-Michel Pilc . As a composer, he also wrote stage and ballet music.

Discographic notes

  • Ametys (1993, with Louis Winsberg , Éric Séva , Christian Jacob, André Charlier)
  • Opale (1996, with Pierre-Alain Goualch , José Barrachina, Jacques Tellitocci, Franck Agulhon)
  • Love at First Sight feat. Dania Kay & Ro Gebhardt (1999, with Jochen Krämer , Sergio Parra, Thomas Schmidt)
  • Biréli Lagrène Gipsy Project & Friends (2001, with Holzmano Lagrène, Stochelo Rosenberg , Hono Winterstein , Thomas Dutronc, Florin Niculescu )
  • À l'ombre du saule pleureur (2009, with Alexandre Tassel, David El-Malek, Franck Agulhon)
  • Next Move (2011)
  • Diego Imbert, Michel Perez Double Entente (2012)
  • Diégo Imbert, Enrico Pieranunzi, André Ceccarelli: Tribute to Charlie Haden (2017)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography
  2. ↑ Entry at Dima Media
personal data
SURNAME Imbert, Diego
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (bass)
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris