Bruno Chevillon (born 23 August 1959) is a French jazz double bassist who is well known in avant-garde jazz as well as in new improvised music.

Life

Born in Valréas Vaucluse, Chevillon followed a double training since he graduated from the Beaux Arts in 1983 where he studied photography, and at the same time followed Joseph Fabre's classical double bass teaching at the . He made his debut in jazz by following the class of , is a member of the Groupe de recherche et d'improvisation musicales (GRIM), then joined the Lyon collective where he made a decisive encounter: that of Louis Sclavis. Chevillon was then associated with a large part of the clarinettist's projects. In addition to his long collaboration with Sclavis, the double bassist plays with the main actors of avant-garde jazz and Free improvisation : Marc Ducret, Claude Barthélemy, Stéphan Oliva, François Corneloup, François Raulin, Joey Baron, Elliott Sharp,

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, Chevillon also flourishes as a soloist, however, notably in his performance on Pier Paolo Pasolini.

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Recordings

* 1994: '' Acoustic Quartet'', with Louis Sclavis, Dominique Pifarély, Marc Ducret -

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* 1999: ''L'Ombra Di Verdi'' within the Marc Ducret Trio - Screwgun Records * 2007: ''Hors-Champ'' - d'Autres Cordes * 2011 : ''Old And Unwise'', with Tim Berne - Clean Feed * 2012: ''Caravaggio #2'' within the group Caravaggio (Benjamin de la Fuente,

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and Samuel Sighicelli) - La Buissonne * 2013: ''Stretching Out'' with

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and Roberto Dani - Samo Records

References

External links

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Bruno Chevillon
on the site of the Orchestre national de jazz {{DEFAULTSORT:Chevillon, Bruno French jazz double-bassists 1959 births Living people People from Vaucluse Free improvising musicians École des Beaux-Arts alumni Clean Feed Records artists