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Live at Iridium, New York [Live]
Live at Iridium, New York [Live]
ASIN: B000AXWH8U
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About the Artist
Born in Paris in 1960, Pilc worked as a rocket scientist with the French Space Agency before becoming a full-time musician. Largely self-taught, he was a jazz devotee by age 8, which is when he first heard Bix Beiderbecke. "The magic wand touched me and I still can feel it like it was yesterday," Pilc told Jazz Improv. "Everything which to me is important in art is present in Bix's music: unique voice and sound, emotion, clarity, honesty, directness, naturalness, mystery, greatness."
After building a respectable musical career in France, Pilc arrived in the U.S. in 1995 and soon signed on as musical director for Harry Belafonte (who wrote the liner notes for Pilc's 2002 Dreyfus debut, Welcome Home). To date, Pilc has played with such greats as Roy Haynes, Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman and John Abercrombie, and made recent sideman appearances with his esteemed peers Ari Hoenig, Sam Newsome, Rosario Giuliani, Richard Bona and more.
Bassist Thomas Bramerie has performed with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Chet Baker, Joe Lovano and Tom Harrell, among others. Drummer Mark Mondesir has played with John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul, John Scofield and Jeff Beck, and was recently featured (along with Beck, Tom Jones and Van Morrison) in the Martin Scorsese documentary, "Red, White & Blues." With Jean-Michel Pilc at the helm, these exceptional players scale the heights of modern jazz expression. Live at Iridium, New York is their first volley; more are sure to follow.
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Whether working in solo, trio or ensemble settings, Jean-Michel Pilc has earned a reputation as a master pianist, a brilliant interpreter of standards, and a forward-looking composer. Pilc's fourth album for Dreyfus, Live at Iridium, New York, signals yet another turn in his creative evolution: it is the first recording with his new working trio, featuring bassist Thomas Bramerie and drummer Mark Mondesir. This is also Pilc's first live album for Dreyfus Jazz, and his first live recording since the highly acclaimed two-volume series Together: Live at Sweet Basil (Challenge, 2000-2001).
Pilc has described the piano trio as a "three-headed, six-handed creature," and his new lineup with Bramerie and Mondesir lives up to that colorful billing, from the first bristling choruses of "No Print" (his oblique variation on Wayne Shorter's "Footprints"). "Playing with Thomas and Mark is a very special experience for me," says Pilc. "We first performed together back in 1993, and happily reunited 10 years later for an extensive series of concerts." In a recent interview for Jazz Improv magazine, Pilc added: "Playing great music with these guys, you forget everything, including who you are, and become part of this big wave of sound, of music, of emotions."
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Whether working in solo, trio or ensemble settings, Jean-Michel Pilc has earned a reputation as a master pianist, a brilliant interpreter of standards, and a forward-looking composer. Pilc's fourth album for Dreyfus, Live at Iridium, New York, signals yet another turn in his creative evolution: it is the first recording with his new working trio, featuring bassist Thomas Bramerie and drummer Mark Mondesir. This is also Pilc's first live album for Dreyfus Jazz, and his first live recording since the highly acclaimed two-volume series Together: Live at Sweet Basil (Challenge, 2000-2001).Pilc has described the piano trio as a "three-headed, six-handed creature," and his new lineup with Bramerie and Mondesir lives up to that colorful billing, from the first bristling choruses of "No Print" (his oblique variation on Wayne Shorter's "Footprints"). "Playing with Thomas and Mark is a very special experience for me," says Pilc. "We first performed together back in 1993, and happily reunited 10 years later for an extensive series of concerts." In a recent interview for Jazz Improv magazine, Pilc added: "Playing great music with these guys, you forget everything, including who you are, and become part of this big wave of sound, of music, of emotions."
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