Vincent Courtois
Vincent Courtois (born March 21, 1968 in Paris ) is a French jazz cellist .
Live and act
Courtois studied classical cello at the Aubervilliers Conservatory with Erwan Fauré and then with Roland Pidoux and Frédéric Lodéon . He also played jazz music with Didier Levallet and Dominique Pifarély . Since 1988 he has worked in Paris with Christian Escoudé's band and Didier Levallet's Swing String System . He also founded his own quartet and released his first album as a band leader in 1990.
After performing in a duo with Martial Solal , he founded the Pendulum Quartet (with Julien Lourau ), the group Tukish Blend and the Trio Zebra 3 with Franck Tortiller and Xavier Desandre Navarre in 1993 . With Michel Petrucciani , Tony Williams and Dave Holland he recorded the album Marvelous .
In 1995 Courtois gave his first solo concerts and recorded drama and film music with Louis Sclavis . He recorded two albums with the Rabih Abou-Khalil quintet and in 1998 played with the Pierre Favre ensemble and the Yves Robert trio . In 2000 he appeared with three of his own trio formations and a quintet, and in 2002 at the Festival Banlieues Bleues in a trio with Ellery Eskelin and Sylvie Courvoisier .
In 2005 Courtois recorded with Michele Rabbia and Marilyn Crispell and performed the spectacle Sur le Fil in Bamako with his own trio and the trio of Zoumana Tereta . He was at Henri Texier's recording of the music for the film Holy Lola by Bertrand Tavernier involved. In 2006 he founded a new quartet with Jeanne Added , Marc Baron and François Merville .
2008 Courtois took Ze Jam Afane L'homme avion on
Discographic notes
- Cello News with Pierre Christophe , Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac , Serge Gacon , 1990
- Pleine Lune with Pierre Christophe, Xavier Desandre, Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac, Serge Gacon, Julien Loureau , 1991
- Gilles Andrieux & Vincent Courtois Turkish Blend with Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac, Kakoli , Nicolas Krassik , Julien Lourau , Youval Micenmacher , Bojan Zulfikarpašić , 1994
- Pendulum Quartet with Julien Lourau, Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac, Daniel Garcia Bruno , 1995
- Translucide with Noël Akchoté , Michel Godard , Yves Robert , 2000
- The Fitting Room with Marc Ducret and Dominique Pifarély, 2001
- Les Contes de Rose Manivelle , 2004
- Trio Rouge with Lucilla Galeazzi and Michel Godard, 2005
- L'homme avion with Ze Jam Afane, 2008
- Medium , 2012
- West , 2014
- Daniel Erdmann , Samuel Rohrer , Vincent Courtois, Frank Möbus : Ten Songs About Real Utopia. 2015 quarterly award of the German Record Critics .
- Vincent Courtois, Robin Fincker , Daniel Erdmann: Love of Life (2020)
Web links
- Homepage of Vincent Courtois
- Vincent Courtois at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Courtois, Vincent |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz cellist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |