Jean-Louis Pommier
Jean-Louis Pommier (* 1960 ) is a French jazz musician ( trombone , composition).
Act
Pommier graduated from the Le Mans Conservatory with a degree in classical music . Then he devoted himself to jazz. He made a wide range of experiences in big bands: He first worked in the formation of Jean-Loup Longnon (1984), then in La Bande à Badault (1987) and in Eddy Louiss ' Multicolor Feeling . Denis Badault brought him to the Orchester National de Jazz from 1991 to 1994 . Then he worked in Bertrand Renaudin's Zoom Top Orchestra , with whom two albums were created, the Ornicar Big Band and the Minotaure Jazz Orchestra by Jean-Marc Padovani . He also worked in Claude Barthélemy's octet ( Sereine , 2000), from 2003 in Barthélemy's second phase of the Orchester National de Jazz and in Franck Tortiller's large formations ( Orchester Sentimentale , 2008) as well as in Alban Darches Le Gros Cube (2008) and Bruno Régniers À suivre X'TET (2009). In 1999 he founded his own combo Qüntê . In 2000 he was (together with Alban Darche and Sébastien Boisseau ) co-founder of the music label and collective Yolk in Nantes, which specialized in jazz and improvisational music and received the Victoire du Jazz as “Label of the Year” in 2019 ; the three musicians also appear as the Yolk Trio ( Clover , 2020).
In addition to musical projects, Pommier takes part in numerous teaching projects. He has also emerged as a composer, commissioning Radio France and the Europa Jazz Festival . He composes especially for his group Qüntet and for the last ten years for the trio LPT.3 , which he runs with François Thuillier and Christophe Lavergne, and the Brass Dance Orchestra ( La Danse du souffle ).
Web links
- Entry (Yolk Records)
- Jean-Louis Pommier at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pommier, Jean-Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz musician (trombone, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |