Ernie Odoom

Ernie Odoom
Photo of Ernie in 2009
Background information
Genres	Jazz, jazz fusion, jazz funk, improvisation
Occupation(s)	Bandleader, composer, saxophonist, vocalist
Instrument(s)	Saxophone, Vocals
Website	www.ppa-plus.com/ernie

Ernie Odoom is a Swiss Vocalist, Saxophonist and Band Leader. He was a co-founder of PPA+ and Rootman which is Thai version of PPA+.[1][2] Odoom released albums for the band LeBocal, as a vocalist and saxophonist, with his friends since 2002 and developing modern-improvising on his own style.[3]

Odoom won the Prix du Festival at Crest Vocal Jazz competition in 2004 and went on to form the piano-voice duo E'MOW and the progressive pop quartet Liquid Groovement with pianist Michel Wintsch, who is a reference in improvised music in Switzerland.[4][5] In 2008, Ernie began work with a new trio, The Glenn Ferris Wheel, with Glenn Ferris on trombone and Bruno Rousselet on double bass.[6]

As a founder of Jaydo's Jazz Cafe in Geneva,[7][8] he is playing jazz music in Geneva and usually appears on European/Asian jazz stages including AMR Jazz Festival (Swiss), Thailand Jazz Conference (Thailand), Saxophone Pub (Thailand), Eden Lounge (Vietnam), Pickwick Pub (Swiss) and Blakat Jam Session in Au Chat Noir (Swiss).[9][10][11][12][13]

Discography

Ernie Odoom began recording his full album in 1991. A list of albums featuring Ernie Odoom :[14][15]

With Les Tontons Flingueurs

• Mama Told Me (1991)
• Voleur de Feu (1995)

With Peeping Tom

• Peeping Tom (1994)

With Sao

• Entre Ciel et Terre (1999)

With LeBocal

• Collectif etc (2002)
• Oh No !... Just Another Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue ! (2003)
• Ego (2006)
• Bist du froh ? (2012)

With Pavel Pesta Re-Bop Quintet

• Pavel Pesta Re-Bop Quintet (2005)

With Glenn Ferris Wheel Trio

• ENJA (2009)

With William Parker

• Essence of Ellington (Centering, 2012)
• Wood Flute Songs (AUM Fidelity, 2013)

Recordings on his live performances :

• Just Kidding, Interrogation (1999)
• PPA+, Live at the Chat Noir (2002)
• Croon On (2003)
• L’Ilorkestra (2004)
• E’MOW (2006)

A list of CD albums that Ernie was invited to be a guest artist :

• Icare-SaturnSplit-32db (1997) - with Peeping Tom
• Lili Lazer (1998) - with Brico Jardin
• Liquid Sand (1999) - with Peeping Tom
• 16 Nouvelles Aventures (1999) - with Brico Jardin
• Neuf (2000) - with Sandro en Compagnie
• Delivering (2004) - with Actaruss 1
• Pavel Pesta Re-Bop Quintet (2005)
• Right Next Door (2006) - with Quartier Lointain

Sources

1. "PPA+ Group".
2. "Rootman:Grooves,Funk,Jazz ,Electronic,Nu Jazz Bangkok ,Thailand". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
3. "LEBOCAL collective".
4. "Ernie Odoom - Biography".
5. "Biographie E'MOW".
6. "Ferris Wheel - Glenn Ferris, Ernie Odoom, Bruno Rousselet | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
7. "Jaydo's Jazz Café - News".
8. "Jazz Clubs Switzerland". Archived from the original on 2009-05-31. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
9. "| AMR".
10. "Thailand Jazz Conference 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
11. "Rootman:Grooves,Funk,Jazz ,Electronic,Nu Jazz Bangkok ,Thailand". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
12. "Home - Mr Pickwick".
13. "Tilllate.com Schweiz - Blakat Jam Session, Donnerstag 3.3.2011, Chat Noir, Carouge". Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
14. "Ernie Odoom - Listen".
15. "LEBOCAL : discography". www.lebocal.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.

External links

• Ernie Odoom- official website.
• LeBocal - official Lebocal album website.
• Jaydo's Cafe - official Jaydo's jazz cafe.