Eugenio Toussaint

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Eugenio Toussaint Uhthoff (born October 9, 1954 in Mexico City ; † February 8, 2011 there ) was a Mexican jazz pianist , composer and arranger .

Live and act

Toussaint began his career in 1972 as a pianist in the band Odradek ; In 1975 he played in the jazz formation Blue Note , with which his first record was made. In October 1976 he founded the jazz band Sacbé , which also included his brothers Enrique (bass) and Fernando Toussaint (drums) as well as the saxophonist Alejandro Campos. In 1979 he went to the United States with the band and worked a. a. in Minneapolis with guitarist Will Sumner . In 1980 he received a scholarship from the Mexican government to study in Los Angeles at the Dick Grove Music School , where he a. a. Had lessons with Jon Crosse . With Crosse he played a few albums for Discovery Records ( Street Corner, Aztlan and Dos mundos ).

In the early 1980s he worked with Paul Anka and Herb Alpert in the USA ; he worked as artist in residence at Berklee College of Music and in 2000 in Banff (Alberta) . In 1986 he returned to Mexico City , where from then on he was primarily active as a composer of ballet and chamber music , interpreting a. a. by cellist Carlos Prieto .

From 1977 to 2002 he was responsible for the soundtracks for 10 films, short films and documentaries, including the almost completely language-free film Dollar Mambo (1993).

Toussaint also remained active in the field of jazz; In 2001 and 2004, respectively, he was nominated for Grammy Awards in Latin Music for the albums Gauguin (2001) and Musica de Cámara (2004). With Eddie Gomez and Gabriel Puentes he recorded the album Oinos in trio . Eugenio Toussaint died in February 2011, possibly from an overdose of antidepressants .

Discographic notes

  • Sacbe (1977)
  • Selva tucanera (1978)
  • Street Corner (1982)
  • Aztlán (1983)
  • Dos mundos (1986)
  • The Painters (1996)
  • Todo Sacbé (2001/2007)
  • Tri neo (2007)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary at Terra.com
  2. ^ The 2007 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival: Almost Free For You Today by Marc Sabbatini in All About Jazz
  3. ↑ Information at ssristories.com ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ssristories.com
personal data
SURNAME Toussaint, Eugenio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Toussaint Uhthoff, Eugenio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican jazz pianist, composer and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 2011
Place of death Mexico city