(Modern Big Band) Laurent Cugny Big Band Lumiere — Dromesko — 1993, MP3, 320 kbps

Cugny, Laurent, composer, pianist-keyboardist, author; b. La Garenne-Colombes, France, 14 April 1955. In 1965 he began studying piano. In 1977 he earned a degree in economics (Paris X-Nanterre) and in 1978 a D.E.A. in cinematography (Paris I-Pantheon-Sorbonne). He soon became a major figure in French jazz with in 1979 his creation of the Lumiere big band and in 1987 his collaborations with Gil Evans (concerts and recordings). From 1994-1997 he was musical director of the Orchestre National de Jazz. He spoke in 1996 at the 2nd Miles Davis Conference in Saint Louis, and in 1997 at the Miles Davis Conference at the University of Padua, Italy. He has also spoken at IRCAM (Paris). In 1999 he created the official Gil Evans website (www.gilevans.org) and in 2000 he created the site La Maison du jazz (www.maisondujazz.org). In 2001 he completed a Doctorate of music history and musicology (Paris IV-Sorbonne), writing a dissertation on the analysis of jazz.

Laurent Cugny (keyboards, conducting)
Denis Barbier (fl on 1,3,5,6, alto fl on 2,4)
Pierre-Olivier Govin (as on 2 to 6, ss on 1), Charles Schneider (ts, ss on 1)
Julien Lourau –special guest- (ts on 2), Philippe Sellam (bs on 1 to 5, as on 6)
Claude Egea (tp, flh on 4) , Stéphane Belmondo (tp, flh on 4,6), Antoine Illouz (tp)
Bernard François (frh on 2 to 5), Jean-Jacques Justafret (frh on 1,6)
Denis Leloup (tb), Philippe Legris (tu)
Lionel Benhamou (g), Benoit de Mesmay (keyboards)
Frederic Monino (b), Stéphane Huchard (dr), Xavier Desandre (perc)