Franck Avitabile

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Franck Avitabile

Franck Avitabile (born November 24, 1971 in Lyon ) is a French jazz pianist .

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Avitabile received classical piano lessons at the Lyon Conservatory from the age of 9. Inspired by listening to Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea , he turned increasingly to jazz in 1988 and attended Mario Stanchev's jazz class at the Lyon Conservatory in 1990 (graduated in 1994 with a gold medal). At the same time he graduated in computer science in 1995, attended courses at IRCAM in Paris and visited New York for a few months, where he attended classes by Fred Hersch and discovered the music of Bud Powell (his first album - released in 1996 - was called “Tribute to Bud Powell "). In Lyon he has played in the “Mu de Macon” collective since 1995, with whom he was also successful at the Dijon Festival. During his military service in 1996 he prepared for the admission competitions for the CNSMDP in Paris, which he successfully completed. He decided to devote himself entirely to music. In the same year he won a jazz piano competition in Vanves with Martial Solal as jury president. In 1998 he won a second prize at the International Martial Solal Competition in Paris and a first prize at the CNSMDP Conservatory. The prize of the competition in Vanves was the production of his own CD, "Lumières" (1997) with bassist Louis Petrucciani . Michel Petrucciani heard the recording through his brother's mediation and convinced Dreyfuss Jazz to produce it. The result was an album "Jazz in Tradition" at Dreyfuss Jazz with Riccardo Del Fra on bass and drummer Luigi Bonafede, which earned him a Django d'Or (France) in 1999 and consisted mainly of compositions by Bud Powell. In 2000 his second album "Right Time" was released by Dreyfuss with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen on bass and Roberto Gatto on drums. In the same year he played at the jazz festivals of Ramatuelle, Marciac (invited by Wynton Marsalis ) and Paris (invited by Steve Grossman ). In 2002 his album "Bemsha Swing" followed with Dreyfuss with the Flemish drummer Dré Pallemaerts and the bassist Rémi Vignolo . With this trio he also went on tour and to the festivals of Montreal, Marciac and Nice. The trio also received the Prix ​​Ténot des Les Victoires du Jazz 2004. From 2004 he was a member of the group " Manu Katché Tendances". His solo album “Just Play” (2005) received a choc from “Jazzman” magazine. In 2006 his album "Short stories" was released. He also worked with the Mondrian String Quartet ; Katché also worked with Pino Palladino on his album "Paris Sketches" (2009).

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  1. ↑ Petrucciani also protected him in the following years. After his death, Avitabile regularly played a piece by him at his concerts
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SURNAME Avitabile, Franck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyon