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Médéric Collignon
Médéric Collignon on stage at Le Triton (Les Lilas, 93 - France) in December 2008
Background information
Born (1970-07-06) July 6, 1970 (age 54)
Villers-Semeuse, Ardennes, France
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s)Vocalist, instrumentalist
Instrument(s) Cornet, saxhorn, mini korg
Years active1989–present
Website www.myspace.com/medericollignofficial

Médéric Collignon (born 6 July 1970 in Villers-Semeuse, Ardennes) is a French jazz vocalist, cornettist and saxhorn player.

He learnt to play the trumpet at the age of five, became a pupil at the Conservatoire de Charleville-Mézières in 1984, and gained his diploma at the Conservatoire de Nancy in 1989. In 2009 he was awarded the Django Reinhardt prize by the Académie du Jazz. [1]

He has been influenced by various genres, including funk, hard rock, jazz-rock and the music of Olivier Messiaen.

Discography

As leader

  • 2006 Porgy and Bess, Discograph
  • 2010 Shangri-Tunkashi-La, Plus Loin Music
  • 2012 À la recherche du roi frippé, Just Looking

As sideman

References

  1. ^ "Géraldine Laurent et Médéric Collignon lauréats du prix Django Reinhardt". La Tribune. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2010.

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Médéric Collignon
Médéric Collignon on stage at Le Triton (Les Lilas, 93 - France) in December 2008
Background information
Born (1970-07-06) July 6, 1970 (age 54)
Villers-Semeuse, Ardennes, France
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s)Vocalist, instrumentalist
Instrument(s) Cornet, saxhorn, mini korg
Years active1989–present
Website www.myspace.com/medericollignofficial

Médéric Collignon (born 6 July 1970 in Villers-Semeuse, Ardennes) is a French jazz vocalist, cornettist and saxhorn player.

He learnt to play the trumpet at the age of five, became a pupil at the Conservatoire de Charleville-Mézières in 1984, and gained his diploma at the Conservatoire de Nancy in 1989. In 2009 he was awarded the Django Reinhardt prize by the Académie du Jazz. [1]

He has been influenced by various genres, including funk, hard rock, jazz-rock and the music of Olivier Messiaen.

Discography

As leader

  • 2006 Porgy and Bess, Discograph
  • 2010 Shangri-Tunkashi-La, Plus Loin Music
  • 2012 À la recherche du roi frippé, Just Looking

As sideman

References

  1. ^ "Géraldine Laurent et Médéric Collignon lauréats du prix Django Reinhardt". La Tribune. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2010.

External links



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