Sébastien Charlier
Sébastien Charlier (born October 25, 1971 in Beaumont-sur-Oise ) is a French musician who has emerged particularly on the harmonica in both jazz and light music. "Due to his perfect over-bending technique, his harmonica sounds like Stéphane Grappelli's violin ."
Live and act
Charlier has played the diatonic harmonica since childhood . From jazz-rock he came to jazz on the one hand, but also to other genres such as blues , folk or country . He learned numerous instruments such as the banjo , guitar , flutes , soprano saxophone . He began studying philosophy , but after a semester decided to become a professional musician.
Since 1990 Charlier has worked on many projects with the guitar virtuosos Yves Cutulic and Nicolas Espinasse . He also played with Didier Lockwood , Alain Caron , John Barry , Gilles Coquard and Stéphane Huchard . From 1997 to 2001 he worked as a demonstrator for Yamaha on the blow converter . In 2008 he performed with the Orchester national de Lyon under the direction of Péter Eötvös in the field of new music . He can also be heard as a studio musician on numerous albums and has written several textbooks.
The French trade magazine Jazzman recognized him in 2005 as a “new talent”.
Discographic notes
- Impasse des Mousserons (1995)
- Just Jazz (1997)
- Diatonic Revelation (2005)
- Precious Time (Alien Beats Records, 2010, with Alain Caron , Curt Bisquera )
- Blues & Beyond Quartet Echec et Malt (2013, with Yannick Robert, Dominique di Piazza , Yoann Schmidt)
- as a sideman
- Six ½ - Six ½ chante nougaro
- Jean-Paul Millier Jazz par Millier
- Gilles Coquard Le doute Massaï
- Jean Philippe Valette Echantillonage d'un temps primaire
- Soundtracks
- John Scott Concerts pour l'Aventure
- Armand Amar La jeune fille et les loups
- Patrice Peyriéras Une famille pas comme les autres
- Thierry Malet L'Héritier
Video
- Harmo Jazz
- L'Harmonica en Video (Editions Hit Diffusion)
Fonts
- Je débute l'harmonica (Éditions Hit Diffusion)
- Méthode en poche harmonica (Éditions Hit Diffusion)
- Je débute l'harmonica, CD et DVD ( Editions Hit Diffusion)
- Harmonica & Guitare Playlist Vol. 1 (Editions Hit Diffusion)
- So precious!
Web links
- Web presence
- Short biography (Hohner)
- Sébastien Charlier at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Roher: Jazz Harmonica Player of the World
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Charlier, Sebastien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz and entertainment musician (harmonica) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beaumont-sur-Oise |