French jazz pianist and composer
Musical artist
Laurent Coq (born 22 February 1970) is a French jazz pianist and composer.
Life and career
Coq began playing the piano at the age of seven.[1] He studied at the Centre d'informations musicales in Paris, at which time he also played in a trio with bassist Jules Bikôkô bi Njami and drummer Daniel Garcia Bruno, and in a variety of other bands.[1] Coq was awarded a government grant in 1994 to travel to the U.S., where he studied with pianists Bruce Barth, John Hicks and Mulgrew Miller.[1]
Coq's 2011 album Rayuela, co-led with saxophonist Miguel Zenón, was inspired by Julio Cortázar's novel of the same title.[2] The Down Beat reviewer commented that "Rayuela experiments with song structures and the connections between tunes to express emotions and motifs each artist observed by reading the [book]".[2]
Discography
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
As leader/co-leader
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Title
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Label
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Personnel/Notes
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| 1997
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Jaywalker
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Enja
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Quartet, with Jean-Christophe Béney (tenor sax), Jules Bikoko bi Njami (bass), Daniel Garcia-Bruno (drums)
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| 1999
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Versatile
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Cristal
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Quartet, with Jean-Christophe Béney (tenor sax), Jules Bikoko bi Njami (bass), Philippe Soirat (drums)
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| 2001
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Live @ the Duc des Lombards
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Cristal
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Trio, with David El-Malek (tenor sax), Olivier Zanot (alto sax)
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| 2003
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Like a Tree in the City
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Sunnyside
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Trio, with Jérôme Sabbagh (tenor sax), Brandon Owens (bass), Damion Reid (drums)
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| 2004
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Spinnin'
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Cristal
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Trio, with Reuben Rogers (bass), Otis Brown III (drums)
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| 2006
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The Thing to Share
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Cristal
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With Olivier Zanot (alto sax), David El-Malek (tenor), Laurence Allison (vocals)
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| 2008
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Eight Fragments of Summer
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88 Trees
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Quartet, with Jérôme Sabbagh (tenor sax), Joe Sanders (bass), Damion Reid (drums)
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| 2011
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Rayuela
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Sunnyside
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Quartet, with Miguel Zenón (alto sax), Dana Leong (cello, trombone), Dan Weiss (drums, percussion)
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| 2011
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Crosswords
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With Sam Sadigursky (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute), Yoni Zelnik (bass), Karl Jannuska (drums), Laurence Allison and Christine Correa (vocals)
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| 2012
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Dialogue
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Sunnyside
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Some tracks duo, with Ralph Lavital (guitar); some tracks trio, with Nicolas Pelage (vocals) added
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References
- ^ a b c Harris, Craig "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ a b Odell, Jennifer (September 2012) "Miguel Zenón/Laurent Coq – Rayuela". Down Beat. p. 74.
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