Laurent Mignard

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Laurent Mignard (2005 with Jazz à Juan )

Laurent Mignard (born June 12, 1965 in Bellot (Seine-et-Marne) ) is a French jazz musician ( trumpet , composition ) and big band leader.

Live and act

Mignard initially received a village music education, attended the conservatory and played cornet in local fanfare and dance music for eleven years . During his studies (1985 Masters in Marketing Management at the Université Paris IX Dauphine ) he discovered jazz and initially played in the traditional le Fou Jazz Band . He took lessons at the CIM, the Institut Art Culture Perception and with François Théberge , Albert Mangelsdorff , David Liebman and François Jeanneau .

In 1998 he presented his debut album, in which he fused the sounds of a jazz trio with those of four cellists. He then founded his Pocket Quartet , with which he performed at the Concours de la Défense in 2002 and received the Prix Revélation at the Jazz à Juan Festival in 2005 . He also founded a big band in 2003 dedicated to the work of Duke Ellington . With her he appeared at numerous, also international festivals, in Cork as well as in Vienne , Beirut or in Coutances at Jazz sous les pommiers . The first album of his Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra was released in 2009 and was awarded a Grand Prix of the Hot Club de France .

Mignard was brought in as a soloist by Mico Nissim in his sextet ( Ornette - Dolphy, Tribute Consequences , 2009).

Discographic notes

  • Face à Face (Juste une trace, 1998 with Olivier Sens, Peter Perfido , Paul Broutin, Chahan Dinanian, Carlos Beyris, Jean Taverne)
  • Laurent Mignard Pocket Quartet Suites (Juste une trace 2002)
  • Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra Duke Ellington Is Alive (Juste une trace 2009, with Didier Desbois, Aurelie Tropez, Nicolas Montier , Christophe Allemand, Philippe Chagne, Franck Delpeut, Franck Guicherd, François Biensan, Richard Blanchet, Jean-Louis Damant, Guy Figlionlos, Guy Arbion, Philippe Milanta , Bruno Rousselet, Julie Saury, Patrick Bacqueville)
  • Laurent Mignard Pocket Quartet Good News (Juste une trace, 2011, with Geoffrey Secco, Eric Jacot, Luc Isenmann)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hot-club.asso.fr
personal data
SURNAME Mignard, Laurent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (trumpet, composition) and big band leader
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Bellot (Seine-et-Marne)