Médéric Collignon | |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1970 |
Birth Place: | Villers-Semeuse, Ardennes, France |
Genre: | Jazz |
Occupation: | Vocalist, instrumentalist |
Instrument: | Cornet, saxhorn, mini korg |
Years Active: | 1989–present |
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.