Serge Ermoll
Serge Ermoll (born August 15, 1943 in Shanghai as Serge Sergeivitch Ermolaeff , † October 6, 2010 ) was an Australian jazz pianist .
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Ermoll was born in Shanghai to Belarusian parents; his mother Xenia was a singer and dancer, his father Sergei Ermolaeff a Manchurian jazz drummer and orchestra leader who performed in Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1951, the family fled to the Communist victory in the civil war from China to Australia, where he abridging his surname later Ermoll. He received piano lessons from his father from the age of five, and he also learned the trumpet. Under the influence of Dizzy Gillespie's music , he began to get enthusiastic about jazz . He later accompanied Gillespie on a tour of Australia.
Ermoll also worked as a private detective and lived in London for a time in the late 1960s, where he stood in for the Dudley Moore Trio. In the 1970s he formed his band Free Kata . The name alludes to the Kata examination units customary in the martial arts Shōtōkan - Karate . He played a number of albums under his own name; his album Jungle Juice was nominated for the ARIA Award . He has also worked with musicians such as Richie Cole , Lester Bowie , Don Moye , Phil Woods , Art Pepper , Herb Ellis , Ray Brown , Sonny Stitt , Jimmy Witherspoon , Ernestine Anderson , Branford Marsalis , Odean Pope and John Lee .
Web links
- Official website
- Interview at Abc.net
- Serge Ermoll at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ermoll, Serge |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ermolaeff, Serge Sergejvitch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shanghai |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 2010 |