Laurent de Wilde

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Laurent de Wilde (* 1960 in Washington, DC ) is a French jazz pianist.

Life

Born in the USA, he moved the family back to France in 1964. In 1981 he studied philosophy at the École Normale Superieure in Paris . In 1983 he went to Brooklyn College near New York City on a music scholarship and stayed in New York after the scholarship expired, where he performed with Greg Osby , Reggie Workman and Ralph Moore and became a member of the trumpeter Eddie Henderson's band (“Off the boat ”1987,“ Odd and Blue ”1989 with Jack DeJohnette ,“ Colors of Manhattan ”1990).

In the early 1990s he moved back to Paris . In 1992 he released the trio album "Open Changes" with drummer Billy Drummond and bassist Ira Coleman , which brought him the 1993 Prix ​​Django Reinhardt . He played with Dee Dee Bridgewater , Aldo Romano , André Ceccarelli , Barney Wilen , Harold Land and released his successful album "The Back Burner" (Sony Jazz) in 1995 with Coleman, Drummond, Henderson and the alto saxophonist Antonio Hart . In 1996 his album "Spoon a Rhythm" followed with Coleman, the drummer Dion Parson and the percussionist Bobby Thomas, for which he received a Les Victoires du Jazz in 1998 as "New Talent".

With “Time 4 Change”, published by Warner in 2000, he turned to electronic music and swapped the piano for the Fender Rhodes and the computer. The album features the trumpeter Flavio Boltro , the saxophonist Gael Horrelou , the bassist Jules Bikoko, the percussionist Minino Garay , the singer Dana Bryant and the drummer Stéphane Huchard . In 2003 the album "Stories" followed, on which u. a. from Malawi coming jazz singer Malia sings. In 2004 he founded a new group "Organics", u. a. with Gael Horrelou. In 2006 he played again with an acoustic trio (with drummer Laurent Robin and bassist Darryl Hall ), with whom he recorded the 2006 album "The Present".

In 1996 he wrote a biography "Monk" (Gallimard, 1997 English with Marlowe Press) about Thelonious Monk , which was awarded the " Prix ​​Charles Delaunay ". In 2017 he received the Prix ​​du Disque Français for his album New Monk Trio . In 2018 he was named Artist of the Year by Les Victoires du jazz .

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SURNAME Wilde, Laurent de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC