Nicolas Montier

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Nicolas Montier (born October 24, 1955 in Paris ) is a French jazz musician ( saxophone , guitar ).

Act

Montier first received piano lessons before switching to the guitar and in 1972 decided on the tenor saxophone , which he learned as an autodidact . Between 1977 and 1983 he was a member of the Grand Orchester du Splendid , but also played with hot jazz groups such as Orphéon Célesta or Irakli (1980). He played mainstream jazz with Electropic , Saxomania ( Django d'Or 1996) and with Jean-Loup Lognon . In 1991 he founded the Trio Colas ; In the 1990s he worked in various big bands, such as that of François Laudet (until 1977), Stan Laferrière, Michel Pastre and the Paris Swing Orchestra . Increasingly, he led his own combos, with which he also recorded; He also combined his trio with the organ grinder Pierre Charial ( Swing de Barbarie ). He also worked as a guitar player in a quartet of Laferrière as baritone saxophonist Marc Richard ( Cooking the Rabbit ) and as a tenor in the Duke Orchestra of Laurent Mignard and European Saxophone Quartet , with whom he in 2007 and 2008 JazzAscona occurred. He not only toured in France, but also played at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival and other international festivals in the Netherlands, Belgium and the USA.

Discographic notes

  • Trio Colas (1990)
  • Nicolas Montier Quintet (2002)
  • Interdit d'ecouter (2004)
  • Eclipse (2006)
  • Stan Laferrière Il fait toujour beau (2009)

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SURNAME Montier, Nicolas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris