Olivier Hutman

Olivier Hutman (2006)

Olivier Hutman (born November 12, 1954 in Boulogne-Billancourt ) is a French jazz pianist and composer.

Live and act

Hutman had classical piano lessons from 1958 to 1968 and then studied ethnomusicology (dissertation Musiques urbaines au Ghana , 1978). He came to jazz music after listening to an album by Oscar Peterson . In 1975 he founded the group Moravagine with Denis Barbier and Mino Cinelu ; he was also a member of the jazz rock orchestra Chute Libre until 1977 . From 1980 to 1982 he was a member of Christian Escoudé's quartet . From 1983 to 1989 he worked in a trio with Marc Berteaux and Tony Rabeson , at the same time he was a member of Éric Le Lann's quartet from 1984 to 1988 and performed regularly with Luigi Trussardi and Philippe Combelle . In 1991 and 1992 he took part in the tours of the Barney Wilen Quartet.

Hutman u. a. with Pepper Adams , Tony Scott , Art Farmer , Harry Sweets Edison , James Moody , Toots Thielemans , Philip Catherine , Didier Lockwood , Eddy Louiss , Joe Lee Wilson , Mundell Lowe , Dee Dee Bridgewater , Ted Nash , Jimmy Gourley , Junior Cook , Tom Harrell , Frank Wess and Clifford Jordan . He has also performed as a piano accompanist for Henri Salvador , Yves Montand , Charles Aznavour and Camille Bertault .

Hutman has been active as a film composer since 1985. At the Festival de Biarritz he was awarded twice for the best film music.

Discography

• Maravagine , 1975
• Chute libre , 1977
• Chute libre "ali baba" , 1978
• Live à l'Olympia with the Debarbat Dolphin Orchestra, 1979
• Planète carrée , 1980
• A live in Paris with Glenn Ferris , 1980
• Benjy with Philippe Laccarriere , 1980
• Gypsy's morning with Christian Escoudé, 1981
• First Steps in with Georges Acogny , 1981
• Quartet Charles "Lolo" Bellonzi , 1981
• Featuring Toots Thielemans with Christian Escoudé, 1982
• Images pour cordes with Stéphane Grappelli , 1982
• Guitars on the move with Georges Acogny, 1982
• Nite life with Silvin Marc , 1983
• The 13thmoon with Philippe Deletrez , 1983
• Night bird with Éric Le Lann, 1983
• Images with Herry Ansker , 1983
• Six songs , 1983
• Séance de nuit with Bruno Letort , 1985
• I mist you with Éric Le Lann, 1986
• Claude Barthélemy Real politik , 1986
• The man with the broken tooth , 1987
• Brussels with Jean Pierre Llabador , 1987
• Japanese bop , 1988
• 5th edition with Jean Pierre Llabador, 1989
• Force 9 with Michel Barrot , 1990
• Casino with Michel Ripoche , 1990
• Modern Nostalgia with Barney Wilen, 1992
• Joue Gainsbourg with Alain Brunet , 1993
• European Quartet with Ted Nash, 1994
• Vendredi 14 with Luigi Trussardi , 1994
• This is always with Valentina Casula , 1995
• French Melodies in LA with Alain Brunet, 1996
• Brooklyn Eight , 1997
• Elisabeth Caumont Mieux qu'un baiser , 1997
• L'amour dans l'âme with Luigi Trussardi, 1998
• El bobo with Jean Pierre Llabador, 2000
• Aquarella do Brasil with Lourival Sylvestre , 2000
• The interval with Richard Raux , 2000
• Garden Club with Claude Garden , 2001
• Band shapes , 2002
• Delicatessen with Klezmer Nova , 2003
• Five in Green , 2003
• A french jazz quartet with Serge Casero , 2003
• At the copy shop with Laurent Larcher , 2004
• Genèse with the Raux-Bivalski Big Band, 2004
• I thought about you with Marina Xavier , 2005
• Abracadadrums with Charles Bellonzi , 2006
• mto-jazz-quartett, New German Timbres with Michael T. Otto , 2006
• First Page with the S.Spira Quartet, 2006
• New Incentive with Steve Williams , 2007
• Give Me Five with Jean-Pierre Llabador, 2007

Film music

• 1985: Mon Oncle
• 1987: high speed
• 1990: Printemps perdu
• 1994: Ma Sœur Chinoise
• 1997: Maigret Mille désirs
• 2000: Freedom on trial (Le Miroir aux alouettes)
• 2001: La Moitié du ciel
• 2002: Claude Sautet or invisible magic (Claude Sautet ou La magie invisible)

Web links

• Homepage of Olivier Hutman
• Olivier Hutman in the Internet Movie Database (English)