Sophie Alour

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Sophie Alour (born December 24, 1974 in Quimper ) is a French jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , soprano saxophone , also clarinet , bass clarinet , flute , composition).

Live and act

Alour began studying clarinet at Quimper's music school at the age of 13 (which she still sometimes plays). At the age of 19 she switched to the saxophone, which she learned mostly self-taught, supplemented by courses at the CIM in Paris and IACP.

In 2000 she was involved in founding the "Vintage Orchestra", with u. a. Fabien Mary , Thomas Savy, Jerry Edwards and Yoann Loustalot (album "Thad" 2005). In 2001 she founded a sextet with Stéphane Belmondo and played in the formation "Manita" by Jean-Daniel Botta . She recorded the album “Ouverture” in a big band led by Christophe Dal Sasso (with Stéphane and Lionel Belmondo , released by Nocturne) and performed at the Marciac Festival . In 2004 she played in the quartet of Rhoda Scott (with whose Lady Quartet she made live recordings at Sunset 2009 and at Jazz à Vienne 2010). In the same year she performed at the Jazz à Vienne festival, took part in a project by Aldo Romano and played in the big band of Wynton Marsalis .

In 2005 Nocturne released their first album under their own name "Insulaire", with mostly their own compositions and with the participation of guitarist Hugo Lippi, Emmanuel Bex and Stéphane Belmondo. She recorded “DJ Killer” with Benjamin Roy's electro big band and “Be Where You Are” in 2006 with pianist Alexandre Saada . In 2007 her album "Uncaged" followed with the pianist Laurent Coq and the guitarist Sébastien Martel as well as Yoni Zelnik (double bass) and Karl Jannuska (drums). With this formation she performed frequently in the following years, except in France in North Africa and Central America. In 2010 her trio album Opus 3 was released and in 2012 her quintet album La geographie des rêves (with Stéphan Caracci vibraphone, Yoann Loustalot trumpet and flugelhorn, she herself on bass clarinet, clarinet and tenor saxophone, Nicolas Moreaux and Frédéric Pasqua drums). In 2011 she played on Prétextes by Christophe Dal Sasso. In 2014 she presented the album Shaker with organist Frédéric Nardin and drummer Frédéric Pasqua.

In 2007 she received a Django d'Or (France) as a new talent.

Discography

  • 2005: Insulaire
  • 2007: Uncaged
  • 2010: Opus 3
  • 2012: La géographie des rêves
  • 2014: Shaker
  • 2018: Time For Love
  • 2020: Joy

Web links

Commons : Sophie Alour  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review of All About Jazz
personal data
SURNAME Alour, Sophie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (saxophone, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH December 24th 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Quimper