bruno tocanne
"For the past 20 years , musician, teacher and activist Bruno
Tocanne has been a catalyst for improvised music, bringing together
some of the most creative musicians on the French and International
scenes. Bruno's travels around the globe have resulted in musical
encounters with Dave Burell (USA) Steve Potts (USA), Yuri Kusnetsov (Ukraine), Vladimir Volkov (Russia), Russ Johnson (NY USA), Jean Vanasse (Canada), Quinsin Nachoff (Canada - NY), Itaru Oki (Japan), Tom Walsh (Canada), Michael Bates (Canada - NY), Louis Sclavis (France)..." MUSIC NETWORK - IRELAND
Bruno Tocanne played in many international festivals and clubs all around the world, like :
Montreal
Jazz Festival, Lubjana Jazz Festival, Zagreb Jazz Festival, Hong Kong
Jazz Festival, Jarasum Jazz Festival (Korea), Odessa Jazz Festival, Guangzhou world and jazz Festival (China), Euro Jazz Iasi (Romania)... Jazz clubs in Toronto and Ottawa (Canada), in Shenzhen (China), in Moscou...
In France :
Grenoble Jazz Festival, Nevers Jazz Festival, Paris Jazz Festival,
Nîmes Jazz Festival, Europa Jazz Festival, Reims Jazz Festival...
In most of the Jazz clubs in France (Paris : Sunset, Sunside, Duc des Lombards, Petit Opportun, New Morning...)
And toured in Ireland,
Maroc, Canada, Tunisia, Senegal, China, Korea, Poland, Russia,
Ukrainia, Yougoslavia, Romania, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany...
Born in Paris in 1955, he began his studies in drums with the drummer Jean Louis Méchali, jazz an improvisation playing in the Manuel Villaroel
and Steve Lacy workshops.
current projects
Michael Bates (NY), Samuel Blaser (CH), Rémi Gaudillat, Bruno Tocanne
. Nachoff - Tocanne Project
Quinsin Nachoff (NY), Bruno Tocanne, Fred Roudet, Rémi Gaudillat, Lionel Martin
album 2008 : "5 new dreams" TOP ALBUMS of the year 2008
. I.Overdrive Trio / A tribute to Syd Barrett
Philippe Gordiani (guit) Rémi Gaudillat (tpt) Bruno Tocanne (dms)
- album 2008 **** Culture Jazz
Fred Roudet, Philippe Gordiani, Fred Meyer, Rémi Gaudillat, Benoît Keller, Damien Sabatier, Bruno Tocanne
- 2009/2010 creation
. "new dreams" trio
Two wind instruments : Rémi Gaudillat (trompet) - Damien Sabatier (saxs) + Bruno Tocanne (dms)
[ invited Louis Sclavis, Hasse Poulsen... ]
- album 2007 "new dreams nOw !" ELECTED Ctizen Jazz
. "Call it Anything"
Rémi Gaudillat 4tet
- 2009 creation - Album release september 2009
. Mad Kluster
4tet Alain Blesing, Bruno Tocanne, Fred Roudet, Benoît Keller
- 2009 creation - Recording september 2009
. Trio Résistances
Tocanne - Martin - Keller
- 3 albums : "Resistances" 2001- "Global Songs" 2004 - "Etats d'urgence" 2006
imuZZic network collective
80s
Numerous pop-rock groups. Among them, Dider Thibaut’ “Moving“, then played regularly with jazz musicians like Laurent Cugny,
Serge Lazarevitch, Jean
Phillipe Viret, Michel Bénita, Serge Adam, Michel Saulnier...
Toured Europe and Canada with “L’Orchestre Sympathique de Montréal” (Jean Vanasse, Michel Saulnier, François Richard)
90s
Toured and recorded “Hors Serie“ with Sophia Domancich, Phillipe Sellam and Michel Saulnier,
then with the Sophia Domancich Trio with Paul Rogers, featuring John Greaves...
- Bruno Tocanne Reunion which brought together Laurent Dehor, Malo Vallois, Daniel Casimir, Patrick Fradet...
- Co-founded “Polysons“ collective with Jean-Remy Guédon and Serge Adam and then played w/ Antoine Hervé, Renaud Garcia-Fons...
2000s
Residency at Agapes - Lyon with Catherine Delaunay, they host guest artists like Louis Sclavis, Denis Badault,
Alain Blesing, Regis Huby, Emmanuel Bex, Lucia Recio, Serge Lazarevitch...
- Recorded in duet with Catherine Delaunay and began a series of concerts that insclued tours in Japan, Ukraine, Poland and Canada.
- Founded the imuZZic
collective in 2000 : actually w/ Damien Sabatier, Benoit Keller, Fred
Roudet, Rémi Gaudillat, who host guest artists like Louis Sclavis, Russ
Johnson (NY), Sophia Domancich, Xavier Garcia, Michael Bates, Samuel Blaser...
- Formed Trio Resistances with Lionel Martin and Benoit Keller. 3 albums, the two laters signed to Cristal Records.
- Toured with pianist Dave Burell (USA) and Catherine Delaunay in Japan.
- Performed in Montréal alongside Tom Walsh and Richard Savoie and w/ quebec poet José Aquelin.
- Toured with Jean Vannasse and Jean-Phillipe Viret 4tet and 5tet in France and in Montréal.
- Performed and recorded “Y en a qui manquent pas d’air“ brass band under direction of Catherine Delaunay
- Creative music for photo display by Jaques Bisceglia w/ Itaru Oki and Daniel Huck
- Other 2000's performances
Played with Jean Méreu, Guy Villerd (ARFI), Eric Brochard, Francesco Bearzatti (sax Italy) , Régis Huby, Enzo Rocco (guit - Italy), Russ Johnson (tpt - usa), Yuri Kustnetsov (piano - Ukrainia), Hasse Poulsen (guit - Danemark), Xavier Garcia (keyboards), Fred Meyer (guit)...
selected discography
call it anything rémi gaudillat 4tet - imuZZic sept. 2009
5 new dreams nachoff - tocanne project / cristal 2008 TOP ALBUMS MONTREAL GAZETTE and *** JAZZMAN
new dreams nOw ! tocanne"new dreams" trio + lionel martin, rémi gaudillat / cristal 2007 **** JAZZMAN
etats d'urgence trio résistances - tocanne, martin, keller / cristal 2005 ELECTED by CITIZEN JAZZ
global songs trio résistances - tocanne, martin, keller / cristal 2004 ELECTED by CITIZEN JAZZ and***JAZZMAN
coeur de lune delaunay, casimir, havet, martin, tocanne / nocturne 2003 RECOMANDED by REPERTOIRE
résistances tocanne, martin, keller / agapes 2002 CD OF THE MONTH in JAZZBREAK
tocade(s) duo tocanne - delaunay / agapes 2000 SELECTED CD in JAZZ MAGAZINE
odessa bruno tocanne réunion / quoi de neuf 1994 CD OF THE MONTH in DRUMS MAGAZINE
funerals trio sophia domancich / gimini 1991 CHOC ! in LE MONDE DE LA MUSIQUE
hors série sellam, saulnier, tocanne, domancich / caravan 1990
tours and concert venues
Paris : New Morning, Instant Chavirés, Duc des Lombards, Sunset, Sunside, Baiser Salé, Maison de Radio-France, Le Triton...
International tours : ex-Yougoslavia, Poland, Japan, Canada, Germany, Greece, Switzerland...
international festivals :
Nis, Zagreb, Lubjana, Athens, Liverpool, Belgrade, Ioannina, Montreal,
Odessa, Iasi, Grenoble,
Couches, Brest, Nimes, Montpellier, Paris, Rive
de Gier, Montbrison, Belle Ile, Auxerre, Couches, Querbes, Jena, Hong Kong, Seoul...
medias
“A munificent, subtle and lavish drummer !"
JAZZ MAGAZINE 2008
“For all those who
doubt the benefits of freedom in music, Bruno Tocanne sends a
musical message full of rich nuances...”
DRUMS MAGAZINE
“Bruno Tocanne is to his drums and cymbals what a japanese calligrpaher is to his art....”
LIBERATION
“A catalyst of ideas and emotions, developing ideas on the drumkit through generosity”
FRANCE MUSIQUE
"The unbridled power of Tocanne’s drumming manages..."
WHOLE NOTE 2009
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