Attica Blues Big Band, the project - Planete-Aurora

Cécile McLorin Salvant
http://www.cecilemclorinsalvant.com
Cécile McLorin Salvant was born and raised in Miami, Florida of a French
mother and a Haitian father. She started classical piano studies at 5, and
began singing in the Miami Choral Society at 8. Early on, she developed
an interest in classical voice, began studying with private instructors,
and later with Edward Walker, vocal teacher at the University of Miami.
Cécile McLorin Salvant was born and raised in Miami, Florida of a French
mother and a Haitian father. She started classical piano studies at 5, and
began singing in the Miami Choral Society at 8. Early on, she developed
an interest in classical voice, began studying with private instructors,
and later with Edward Walker, vocal teacher at the University of Miami.
In 2007, Cécile moved to Aix-en-Provence, France, to study law as well as classical and baroque voice at the Darius
Milhaud Conservatory. It was in Aix-en-Provence, with reedist and teacher Jean-François Bonnel, that she started
learning about improvisation, instrumental and vocal repertoire ranging from the 1910s on, and sang with her
first band. In 2009, after a series of concerts in Paris, she recorded her first album, «Cécile», with Jean-François
Bonnel’s Paris Quintet. A year later, she won the in Washington D.C. Cécile performs unique interpretations of
unknown and scarcely recorded jazz and blues compositions. She focuses on a theatrical portrayal of the jazz standard
and is just beginning to compose her own instrumental compositions and songs. She is also sings in French,
her native language as well as in Spanish. She enjoys growing popularity in Europe and in the United States, performing
in clubs, concert halls, spiegeltents, and festivals accompanied by renowned musicians like Jean-Francois
Bonnel, Rodney Whitaker, Aaron Diehl, Dan Nimmer, Jonathan Batiste, Jacky Terrasson (with an a noted collaboration
in his «Gouache» Universal CD), Archie Shepp... She sings for the 2nd consecutive year for the Chanel’s
« Chance » ad campaign. In August 2012, Cécile recorded at the Avatar Studios a CD to be released early
next year for the Mack Avenue Label with Aaron Diehl, Rodney Whitaker, Herlin Riley and James Chirillo.
Sebastien Llado
www.sebastienllado.com
Trombonist, conchist and composer born in Perpignan, he studyied from Guy
Figlionlos, JJ Johnson and Phil Wilson at Berklee College of Music (Boston, USA)
and in Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP). He
won 3 bandleading contests in National Jazz Contest of la Défense (1999: Spice
‘Bones, 2001: Sébastien Llado Quartet, 2003: Zerafa / Georgelet Quartet), was
soloist in National Jazz Orchestra(ONJ), conducted by Claude Barthélémy from
2002 to 2005, with whom he toured Europe and abroad.
He played, a.o. with French top jazz artists like Archie Shepp, David Patrois, Manu
Codjia, Médéric Collignon, Jef Sicard, Emmanuel Bex, Sylvain Cathala,
Sarah Murcia, «Magic» Malik Mezzadri and also with Albert Mangelsdorff’s German-French big band for 5 years.
Very open-minded musician, he could also be heard with De La Soul, Muktiar Ali, Sophia Charaï, ElectroDeluxe, Hocus
Pocus, Chris Garneau, Sébastien Tellier or Lenny Kravitz. You can either hear his trombone on the original soundtrack of
the 2010 Swedish award-wining movie «Sound of Noise» by Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjarne Nilsson, and also on Yael
Naïm’s 2007 award-wining pop single «New Soul».
Despite his activities as a musician, he also is a gifted composer (movies soundtracks like «Muslims in France» (Phares et
Balises, 2008) and the hymn of «En Marche» (JL Mélenchon’s French left party’s webserie) and teaches trombone and
ensemble classes in Montreuil Conservatory.
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