Thierry Lalo
Thierry Lalo (born February 3, 1963 - † November 16, 2018 ) was a French jazz musician ( piano , arrangement , composition ).
Live and act
Lalo attended the École Monceau (1966–1973), the Collège Le Parc (1974–1978), the Lycée Technique Annexe de Voillaume Aulnay (1978–1981) and the Institut d'administration des entreprises de Paris (1995–1996). In addition, he had a classical music education before moving to jazz through music a. a. came from Bill Evans , Miles Davis , Horace Silver , Duke Ellington and Count Basie . Following the example of the Double-Six around Mimi Perrin , he founded the jazz vocal ensemble Voice Messengers in 1994, of which he was musical director. In 1997 a first album was created.
Lalo also wrote five jazz operas and also wrote a book on John Lewis . For his jazz opera Randam , Lalo was the first jazz musician to receive the Prix Nouveau Talent Musique from the French authors' society Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD) in 2002 . In 2011 he won the Prix Maurice Yvain of the SACD for his achievements as a composer and arranger. With the Voice Messengers he was awarded the Prix du Jazz Vocal of the Académie du Jazz in 2008 .
Discographic notes
- Lumieres d'Automne (Black & Blue), with Amelie Payen, Isy Aston, Chloe Cailleton, Solange Vergara, Manu Inacio, Larry Browne, Sylvain Bellegarde, Vincent Puech, Gilles Naturel , Philippe Soirat
Web links
- Web presence
- Thierry Lalo at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Le festival Eclats de voix dans la peine après le décès brutal du créateur des Voice messengers. La Depeche, November 18, 2018, accessed November 19, 2018 (French).
- ↑ a b Biographical information from Copains Davant
- ^ Event information in WAZ online
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 19, 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lalo, Thierry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd February 1963 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th November 2018 |