| Baptiste Trotignon | |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| Instrument: | Piano |
| Years Active: | 1990s–present |
Baptiste Trotignon (born 1974) is a French jazz pianist and composer.
Trotignon was born near Paris in 1974. He started playing the violin at the age of 6 and the piano three years later. His first solo piano album was 2003's Solo.[1] Trotignon composes music and plays "interpretations of music from Led Zeppelin and [Bob] Dylan to Edith Piaf".[2]
The Daily Telegraphs Ivan Hewett wrote on the originality of Trotignon's style in 2009 that "Any references are only subliminally present in a style that's very much his own. He has certain favourite devices such as rapid-fire repetitions of single notes, and machine-gun alternations of the hands".[3] The Guardians John Fordham, commenting on a Trotignon duo concert with percussionist Minino Garay stated that the pianist's playing contained "startling chordal exclamations, plaintively romantic lyricism and [...] a collage of liquid lines and stuttering drumlike invitations to his partner".
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Fluide | Naïve | Trio | |
| 2001 | Sightseeing | Naïve | Trio | |
| 2003 | Naïve | Solo piano | ||
| 2005 | Naïve | Solo piano | ||
| 2005 | Trotignon/El-Malek | Naïve | Co-leader with | |
| 2006 | Flower Power | Naïve | Co-led with Aldo Romano | |
| 2007 | Fool time | Naïve | Co-led with | |
| 2009 | Naïve | Some tracks trio, with Baptiste Matt Penman (bass), Otis Brown III and Eric Harland (drums, separately); some tracks quintet, with Mark Turner (sax), Tom Harrell (flugelhorn) added | ||
| 2010 | Naïve | Quartet, with Mark Turner (tenor sax), Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Matt Penman (bass), Eric Harland (drums); on one track, Thomas Bramerie (bass) and Franck Agulhon (drums) replace Penman and Harland | ||
| 2012 | Naïve | |||
| 2013 | Naïve | Duo, co-led with Mark Turner | ||
| 2014 | Naïve | Trio, with Thomas Bramerie (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums) | ||
| 2015 | Naïve | Piano concerto written by Trotignon, played by Nicholas Angelich with the Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, conducted by Paul Daniel (Naïve) | ||
| 2016 | Chimichurri | Okeh | Duo, co-led with Minino Garay (cajón, percussion) | |
| 2017 | Ancestral Memories | Okeh | Co-led with (saxophones, chekeré). With Yunior Terry (bass) and Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums) | |
| 2019 | You've Changed | Sony Classical | Solo piano, duos with Joe Lovano, Avishai Cohen, Ibrahim Maalouf, Thomas de Pourquery, Vincent Ségal, and Camélia Jordana (Sony Classical) | |
| 2022 | Anima | Alpha Classics | Piano, with Orchestre Victor Hugo and Jean-François Verdier (conductor) | |
| 2022 | Symphonie du ponant | Coop Breizh | Piano, with Didier Squiban and Orchestre National de Bretagne | |
| 2022 | Body and Soul | Paradise Improvisé | Solo piano |
| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Hommage à Jaco | Seventh Records | ||
| 1998 | My Own Phoolosophy | Soundhills | ||
| 2001 | French Songs | Elabeth | ||
| 2001 | Cherokee | Elabeth | ||
| 2002 | Les Racines Du Ciel | RDC Records | ||
| 2002 | Moutin Reunion Quartet | Power Tree | Shai - Dreyfus/USA | |
| 2002 | & The Space Time Big Band New Light | Bill Mobley & The Space Time Big Band New Light | Space Time Records | |
| 2003 | Melodolodie | Sunnyside | ||
| 2003 | OLH Orchestra/Geoffroy Tamisier & Kenny Wheeler | G Meets K | Yolk records | |
| 2003 | Paradis artificiels | NextMusic | ||
| 2003 | Moutin Reunion Quartet | Red Moon | Nocturne | |
| 2004 | Bohemia | Nocturne | ||
| 2004 | Carte blanche | Dreyfus Jazz | ||
| 2006 | Chante | Dreyfus Jazz | ||
| 2007 | Trouble Shootin | Blue Note | ||
| 2008 | 13 aurores | |||
| 2008 | Solisticks/2 | |||
| 2009 | Sweet People | (CamJazz) | ||
| 2011 | Inner Smile | |||
| 2012 | Art of Dreaming | (Aztec Musique) | ||
| 2013 | & | Flamenco Reunion | (Contrabaix) | |
| 2014 | Keys | |||
| 2014 | Vamos | |||
| 2017 | Thousands of miles |