Emmanuel Bex
Emmanuel Bex (born June 8, 1959 in Caen ) is a French jazz organist.
Live and act
Bex attended the conservatories of Caen, Paris and Bordeaux, where he studied music theory, classical piano and bassoon. After meeting Bernard Lubat and Eddy Louiss , he switched to the Hammond organ in 1983 . In 1984 he received the SACEM Composition Prize . In the following years he worked with musicians such as Barney Wilen , Babik Reinhardt , Christian Escoudé , Philip Catherine , Aldo Romano and Louis Winsberg .
In 1988 he founded his first own trio; next to it he stepped u. a. with Ray Lema , Gérard Pierron and Romain Didier . In 1991 he founded the quintet BEX'tet . After several albums as a band leader and soloist, he recorded a CD in 2006 with the Brazilian singer Mônica Passos . He formed a keyboard trio with Denis Badault (piano) and Andy Emler (synthesizer). In 2007 he composed Esperanto Cantabile for Hammond organ and symphony orchestra.
Prize and awards
The Académie du Jazz awarded him the Prix Django Reinhardt in 1995. With the BFG group (Bex / Ferris / Goubert ) he received the Grand Prize of the Academie Charles Cros in 2000 and the Django d'Or in 2003 . He also received the Prix Boris Vian .
Discographic notes
- At Duc Des Lombards with Christian Escoudé, Bruno Ziarelli , 1986
- Triple Idioms , 1988
- Enfance with Yves Brouqui , Guillaume Naturel , Guillaume Kervel , Olivier Renne , 1991
- Organique , 1993
- Steel Bex with Guillaume Kervel, Xavier Jouvelet , Olivier Renne, 1997
- Pee Wee Music with Biréli Lagrène , André Ceccarelli , Philip Catherine, Aldo Romano, Claude Barthélémy , Stéphane Buchard , 1998
- A Tribute to Wes Montgomery with Fabio Zeppetella , Roberto Gatto , 1998
- 3 with Bireli Lagrene, André Ceccarelli, Claude Barthélémy, Stéphane Huchard , Philip Catherine, Aldo Romano, 1999
- Mauve with Stéphane Huchard, Jean-Philippe Viret , Jérôme Barde , DJ Shalom , Patrick Bebey , Myriam Betty , François Verly , Jaco Largent , Xavier Jouvelet, Erwan Lekeravec , François Laizeau , Marc-Michel Lebévillon , 1999
- Here & Now! with Glenn Ferris , Simon Goubert , 2001
- Jazz Z with Jean-Philippe Viret , Aldo Romano, 2002
- Coversinging with Melody , solo album, 2004
- Bizart Trio: Hope with Francesco Bearzatti , Aldo Romano, Enrico Rava , 2005
- Organ song with Mônica Passos , Jérôme Barde, Frédéric Monino , François Laizeau, 2006
- Pietro Tonolo , Flavio Boltro , Emmanuel Bex, Joe Chambers The Translators , 2009
- Fabio Zeppetella, Emmanuel Bex, Géraldine Laurent , Roberto Gatto Chansons! , 2017
- Emmanuel Bex, Philip Catherine & Aldo Romano La belle vie , 2019
Web links
- Emmanuel Bex website (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bex, Emmanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caen |