Émile Parisien

Émile Parisien
Parisien at the Deutsches Jazzfestival in Frankfurt in 2015
Born	(1982-10-12) 12 October 1982 (age 41) Cahors, Lot, France
Education	Conservatoire de Toulouse
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Awards	Echo Jazz

Émile Parisien (born 12 October 1982) is a French soprano and alto saxophonist, jazz musician, and composer.

Career

Émile Parisien entered the fifth class at the age of 11 in the first class of Marciac's College de jazz,^[1] where he studied music with established musicians such as Pierre Boussaguet, Guy Lafitte and Christian "Tonton" Salut.

From 1996, he studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse, where he also studied classical and contemporary music. During these years, he has had the opportunity to perform alongside major jazz figures such as Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, Johnny Griffin and Bobby Hutcherson, during the Jazz in Marciac festival.

Influences

Parisien moved to Paris in 2000 and in 2004 founded his own quartet with Julien Touery (piano), Ivan Gélugne (

Parisien performs in France and internationally with, among others, Michel Portal, Jacky Terrasson, Yaron Herman, Joachim Kühn, Stéphane Kerecki, John Taylor, Éric Serra, Paco Sery, Rémi Vignolo, Manu Codjia, Anne Paceo, Daniel Humair, Jean-Paul Céléa, Vincent Peirani.

Awards

• June 2017 Echo Jazz (Germany), category international instrumentalist
• Artist of the year at the
  Victoires du Jazz
  2014
• Winner of the Prix Django Reinhardt^[2] 2012 awarded 15 January 2013 by the Académie du Jazz
• Winner at the Victoires du Jazz 2009 in the Révélation Instrumentale Française de l'Année (Prix Frank Ténot) category
• In 2007, Émile Parisien is elected Talent Jazz of the Fonds d'Action Sacem for three consecutive years; with this support, the Quartet recorded two records at Laborie Jazz in 2007: Au Revoir Porc-épic, and in 2009, Original Pimpant, both unanimously hailed by generalist and specialized critics.
• Winner of the program Jazzmigration of the AFIJMA (Association des Festivals Innovants en Jazz et Musiques Actuelles) in 2009.
• Winner Jazz Primeur 2009, awarded by
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture
  for international cultural exchanges.

• Émile Parisien Quintet: Éphémère (2000 – CD auto-produit Famimra)
• Émile Parisien 4tet: Au revoir porc-épic (2006 – Laborie (label) [fr])
• Émile Parisien 4tet: Original pimpant (2009 – Laborie)
• Émile Parisien 4tet: Chien Guêpe (2012 – Laborie)
• Émile Parisien 4tet: Spezial Snack (2014 – ACT)
• Émile Parisien and Vincent Peirani: Belle Époque (2014 – ACT)
• Émile Parisien Quintet feat. Joachim Kühn: Sfumato (2016 – ACT)
• Émile Parisien Quintet feat. Joachim Kühn: Sfumato live in Marciac (2018 – ACT)
• Émile Parisien Quartet: Double Screening (2019 – ACT)
• Émile Parisien and Vincent Peirani: Abrazo (2020 – ACT)
• Émile Parisien Sextet: Louise (2022 – ACT)

As sideman

• Daniel Humair: Sweet and Sour (2012 – Laborie)
• Jean-Paul Céléa: Yes Ornette (2012 – Out Note Records)
• Yaron Herman: Alter Ego (2012 – ACT)
• Gueorgui Kornazov 5tet: Sila (2013 – BMC)
• Hugo Carvalhais: Particula (2013 – Clean Feed Records)
• Romain Cuoq - Anthony Jambon 5tet: Awake (2013 – Cristal Records)
• Stéphane Kerecki: Nouvelle Vague (2014 – Out Note Records)
• Vincent Peirani 5tet: Living Being (2015 – ACT)
• Jan Lundgren: Into the Night (2021 – ACT)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Émile Parisien.

• Serge Loupien, Émile Parisien, élève devenu maître, Libération
• Émile Parisien on France Musique
• Émile Parisien on France Culture
• Émile Parisien on Le Triton