Vincent Ségal
French cellist and bassist

Vincent Ségal

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French cellist and bassist
A.K.A.
Vincent Segal
Gender:
Male
Places:
France
Is:
MusicianCellistComposerBassist
Work field:
Music
Birth:
27 April 1967(Reims, arrondissement of Reims, Marne, France)
Star sign:
Taurus
Genres:
Classical musicVocal music
Instruments:
CelloBass
Education:
Conservatoire de musique de Reims
Reims, arrondissement of Reims, France
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon
9th arrondissement of Lyon, Lyon, France
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Vincent Ségal, is a French cellist and bassist born in 1967 in the French city of Reims.

He studied at the National Music Academy of Lyon and the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. He is mainly known for the variety of his collaborations and unusual projects. He has worked with Steve Nieve, Elvis Costello, Cesaria Evora, Blackalicious, Carlinhos Brown, the French reggae band Tryo, Franck Monnet, the experimental project Mujeres Encinta, Georges Moustaki or with Alexandre Desplat in the O.S.T. of Lust, Caution and other of his films.

In 1986 he and Cyril Atef and formed the band Bumcello, a downtempo electronica duo that won the Victoires de la Musique award and was named Electronic artist of the year 2006. He played on every Matthieu Chedid (-M-) album. In 2009 he worked with Sting on his album If on a Winter's Night.... In October of the same year he recorded, in the studio of Salif Keïta in Mali, the album Chamber Music with Ballaké Sissoko

Discography

As leader

  • 2002: T-Bone Guarnerius
  • 2007: Cello

With Bumcello

  • 1999: Bumcello
  • 2001: Booty Time
  • 2002: Nude for Love
  • 2003: Get Me (live)
  • 2005: Animal sophistiqué
  • 2008: Lychee Queen
  • 2012: Al

Collaborations

With Ballaké Sissoko

  • 2009: Chamber Music
  • 2015: Musique de Nuit

With -M-

  • 1997: Le Baptême
  • 1999: Je dis aime
  • 2003: Qui de nous deux

With Mujeres Encinta

  • 1999: Wild Hongi (The Beak Brackets Series)
  • 2001: Carisma de Alquiler

With Dick Annegarn

  • 1999: Adieu verdure
  • 2000: Au cirque d'hiver (label Tôt ou tard)

With Blackalicious

  • 2002: Blazing arrow
  • 2005: The Craft

With Piers Faccini

  • 2003: Leave No Trace
  • 2014: Songs of Time Lost

With others