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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 Conservatoire à rayonnement régional d'Avignon. He made his debut in jazz by following the class of André Jaume, is a member of the Groupe de recherche et d'improvisation musicales (GRIM), then joined the Lyon collective Association à la Recherche d'un Folklore Imaginaire 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, Franck Vigroux, Benjamin de la Fuente, Samuel Sighicelli, Laurent Dehors, Gerome Nox etc.
Essentially a sideman, Chevillon also flourishes as a soloist, however, notably in his performance on Pier Paolo Pasolini. Contemporary classical music is also part of his work.
In 2007, he recorded his only solo album Hors-Champ published on the label d'Autres Cordes, which mixes double bass and electronics. In 2014, he joins the [National Jazz Orchestra] as artistic advisor, alongside Olivier Benoit.




Recordings



1994: Acoustic Quartet, with Louis Sclavis, Dominique Pifarély, Marc Ducret - ECM
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, Éric Échampard and Samuel Sighicelli) - La Buissonne
2013: Stretching Out with Samo Salamon, Dominique Pifarely and Roberto Dani - Samo Records




References






External links


Literature by and about Bruno Chevillon in the German National Library catalogue
Bruno Chevillon discography at Discogs
Bruno Chevillon, on the site of the Orchestre national de jazz

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