Jacky Terrasson (born November 27, 1965) is a French jazz pianist and composer.
Background
Terrasson's mother is African-American from Georgia, and his father is French.
From his parents he heard classical music as a child.
He began piano lessons at an early age.
He became interested in jazz when he heard his mother's albums of
Miles Davis
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and
Billie Holiday
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.
Terrasson went to the
Berklee College of Music
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in Boston for two semesters, then performed in clubs as a jazz pianist in Chicago and New York City.
In 1993 he won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition.
As the leader of a trio, Terrasson recorded his first solo album for
Blue Note, then recorded with
Jimmy Scott and
Cassandra Wilson.
He has worked with
Stéphane Belmondo,
Michael Brecker,
Mino Cinélu,
Ugonna Okegwo,
Leon Parker,
Michel Portal,
Adam Rodgers, and
Cécile McLorin Salvant. The
Los Angeles Times
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heralds him as "a pianist with a shining improvisational imagination, Terrasson seems clearly determined to follow his own path."
Discography
As leader/co-leader
* ''
Moon and Sand'' with
Tom Harrell
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(Jazz Aux Ramparts, 1991)
* ''
Jacky Terrasson'' (
Blue Note, 1994)
* ''
Reach'' (Blue Note, 1995)
* ''
Rendezvous'' with
Cassandra Wilson (Blue Note, 1997)
* ''
Alive'' (Blue Note, 1998) – live recorded in 1997
* ''
What It Is'' (Blue Note, 1999) – recorded in 1998
* ''
A Paris...'' (Blue Note, 2000)
* ''
Kindred'' with
Stefon Harris (Blue Note, 2001)
* ''
Smile'' (Blue Note, 2002)
* ''
Into the Blue'' with
Emmanuel Pahud (Blue Note, 2003) – recorded in 2001
* ''
Mirror
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'' (Blue Note, 2007) – recorded in 2006
* ''
Push'' (Concord Jazz, 2010) – recorded in 2009
* ''
Gouache'' (Universal, 2012)
* ''
Take This'' (Impulse!, 2015) – recorded in 2014
* ''
Mother
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'' with
Stéphane Belmondo (Impulse!, 2016)
* ''
53'' (Blue Note, 2019)
* ''
Moving On'' (Earth-Sounds, 2024)
As sideman
With
Cindy Blackman
* ''
In the Now
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* Independen ...
'' (
Highnote, 1998) – recorded in 1997
* ''
Telepathy
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'' (Muse, 1994)
With
Ry Cooder
* ''Music from the Motion Picture Primary Colors'' (
MCA, 1998)
* ''
Chavez Ravine'' (
Nonesuch, 2005)
* ''
My Name Is Buddy'' (Nonesuch, 2007)
With
Philippe Gaillot
* ''Be Cool'' (Ilona, 2018)
* ''CassIstanmbul'' (That Sound, 2022)
With
Javon Jackson
* ''When the Time Is Right'' (
Blue Note, 1994) - recorded in 1993
* ''For One Who Knows'' (Blue Note, 1995)
With others
*
Stefano di Battista, ''Stefano di Battista'' (Blue Note, 2000)
*
Ray Brown, ''Ray Brown's New Two Bass Hits'' (
Capri
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, 1992) – recorded in 1991
*
Jesse Davis, ''As We Speak'' (
Concord Jazz, 1992)
*
Eddie Harris, ''Freedom Jazz Dance'' (
Venus
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, 1994)
*
Jon Hassell
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, ''Fascinoma'' (
Water Lily Acoustics, 1999)
*
Irvin Mayfield and Jaz Sawyer, ''Live at the Blue Note'' (
Half Note, 2000) – live
*
Leon Parker, ''Above and Below'' (Epicure, 1994)
*
Dianne Reeves, ''Quiet After the Storm'' (Blue Note, 1994)
*
Antoine Roney, ''The Traveler'' (Muse, 1994)
*
Wallace Roney, ''
Seth Air'' (
Muse
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, 1991)
*
Jimmy Scott, ''Heaven'' (
Warner Bros., 1996)
*
Art Taylor, ''
Wailin' at the Vanguard'' (
Verve, 1993) – live recorded in 1992
References
External links
Official website*
All Music
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Post-bop pianists
Berklee College of Music alumni
African-American jazz musicians
American jazz pianists
American male jazz pianists
American people of French descent
French jazz pianists
German jazz pianists
1966 births
Living people
Musicians from Berlin
Blue Note Records artists
20th-century American pianists
21st-century American pianists
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
African-American pianists
20th-century African-American musicians
21st-century African-American musicians