Alain Jean-Marie

Alain Jean-Marie (born 1945 in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French jazz pianist.

Jean-Marie taught himself to play piano from age eight. He played in dance orchestras in Guadeloupe (especially that of Robert Mavounzy), lived in Canada from 1967 to 1970 and then in the Antilles. He made his first recordings in 1969 (released in 1997 as piano biguines). At the same time he played regularly with the trio of Winston Berkley and Jean Claude Montredon. In 1973, he moved to Paris, where he accompanied jazz musicians such as Chet Baker, Sonny Stitt, Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, Lee Konitz, and Max Roach. In 1979, he debuted with his own trio (Al Levitt on percussion, Gus Nemeth and later Riccardo Del Fra on bass). Since the 1980s, he has regularly performed with Barney Wilen, including as a duo on albums such as La Notenbleue (1986) and Dreamtime (1992). In 1986, he regularly accompanied Dee Dee Bridgewater. In 1987 he recorded the album Latin Alley in a duo with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. In 1990 he accompanied Abbey Lincoln on the album World Is Falling Down with Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins and Charlie Haden. In 1991 he played with Henri Texier (bass) and Aldo Romano (drums) on The Scene Is Clean. His 1992 trio album Biguine Reflections was influenced by the music of the Antilles as well as bebop. He also played in a trio with Gilles Naturel and John Betsch (Lazy Afternoon, 2000) and recorded his first solo album in 1999 (Afterblue, which received the Prix Boris Vian). In 2004, a second solo album, Thats What, followed.

Jean-Marie también tocó con músicos de Guadalupe como el guitarrista André Condouant ( Clean & Class , 1997), un grupo de músicos de Guadalupe liderado por el trompetista Franck Nicolas ( Jazz Ka Philosophy ) y la saxofonista Jocelyn Ménard ( Men Art Works ). También trabajó con Jacques Vidal / Frédéric Sylvestre , con Michel Graillier ( Portrait in Black & White , 1995), Boulou y Elios Ferré ( Intersection , 2001, Live in Montpellier , 2006), con Xavier Richardeau , Sara Lazarus y Ted Curson ( In Paris, Live At The Sunside , 2006).

En 1979, recibió el Premio Django Reinhardt y en 2000 el Django d'Or .

• Las reflexiones completas de Alain Jean-Marie Biguine ( fr:Frémeaux & Associés , 1992–2013) ^{[ 2 ]}

Con Teddy Edwards

• La Villa: Vivir en París (Verve/Gitanes, 1993)

• Caballero de la Orden del Mérito de Francia : 2012 ^{[ 3 ]}

• "Alain Jean-Marie". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz . 2.ª edición, ed. Barry Kernfeld .