Laurent Cugny
French musician

Laurent Cugny

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French musician
Gender:
Male
Places:
France
Is:
MusicianWriterCriticMusicologistJazz musicianNon-fiction writerJournalistPianistMusic critic
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AcademiaJournalismLiteratureMusic
Birth:
14 April 1955(La Garenne-Colombes, canton of La Garenne-Colombes, arrondissement of Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine)
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Laurent Cugny (born 14 April 1955 in La Garenne-Colombes) is a French jazz musician (pianist, bandleader, composer and arrangeur), jazz critic and musicologist. In 1987 he recorded two albums with his bigband Lumière and Gil Evans.

Awards

  • DjangodOr as composer (2009)
  • DjangodOr as leader of the Orchestre National de Jazz (1997)
  • Prix Django Reinhardt (1989)

Discography

With Gil Evans

  • Rhythm A Ning (EmArcy, 1988)
  • Golden Hair (EmArcy, 1989)