Baptiste Trotignon

Baptiste Trotignon (born 1974) is a French jazz pianist and composer.

Life and career Trotignon was born near Paris in 1974. Trotignon composes music and plays "interpretations of music from Led Zeppelin and [Bob] Dylan to Edith Piaf".

Playing style The Daily Telegraph'''s Ivan Hewett wrote on the originality of Trotignon's style in 2009 that "Any references are only subliminally present in a style that's very much his own. He has certain favourite devices such as rapid-fire repetitions of single notes, and machine-gun alternations of the hands". The Guardian'''s John Fordham, commenting on a Trotignon duo concert with percussionist Minino Garay stated that the pianist's playing contained "startling chordal exclamations, plaintively romantic lyricism and [...] a collage of liquid lines and stuttering drumlike invitations to his partner".

Discography As leader or co-leader

As sideman Blue Note 2008 13 aurores| 2008 Solisticks/2| 2009 Sweet People|(CamJazz) 2011 Inner Smile| 2012 Art of Dreaming|(Aztec Musique) 2013 & Flamenco Reunion|(Contrabaix) 2014 Keys| 2014 Vamos| 2017 Thousands of miles''