Résonances | Simon Denizart

SIMON DENIZART

JAZZ | FUSION | ÉLECTRO

Territory: Canada

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Music Box - Piece of Mind

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9-4 - Piece of Mind

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Zoha - Nomad

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Nomad - Nomad

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Originally from Créteil, French pianist Simon Denizart arrived in Montreal in 2011 and wasted no time in getting his music heard.

His career began in Quebec with the Audience Award at the FestiJazz de Rimouski in 2014. On the strength of this award and with support from the Canadian label 270 Sessions, he produced three albums, Between Two Worlds (2015), Beautiful People (2016) and Darkside (2017). This productive period earned him the Radio-Canada Revelation award in 2016 and two ADISQ nominations in 2017 and 2018.

Critically acclaimed, he performs all over the world (France, Canada, Czech Republic, Cuba, etc.) and leaves no one indifferent. He plays sensitive, energizing music sprinkled with subtle, accessible melodies.

He also accompanies musicians from the international scene, including Fred Wesley, Dominique Fils-Aimé and Berlin singer KIDBEKID.

His most recent album, NOMAD (2021), released on Laborie Jazz (France) and Arte Boréal (Canada), features a unique encounter between the piano and the calabash. Influenced by world music, jazz, classical and electronic music, the album features original instrumental compositions that take you on an eclectic journey on the theme of travel, immigration and human relationships. The album was again nominated for an ADISQ award in the Jazz Album of the Year category.

In 2023 he began a new collaboration with the prestigious Canadian label Justin Time Records, which produced his forthcoming fifth album : Piece of Mind.

2023 | Mundial Montréal - Official Showcase
2021 | Nominated - ADISQ - categorie Album of the year - Jazz
2021 | Release of NOMAD - label Laborie Jazz (France)
2017 | Nominated - ADISQ - category Album of the year - Jazz
2017 | Release of Darkside, label The 270 Sessions
2016 | Révélation Radio-Canada | jazz
2016 | Nominated - ADISQ - catégorie Album of the year - Jazz
2016 | Release of Beautiful People - label The 270 Sessions
2015 | Release of Between Two Worlds - label The 270 Sessions
2014 | Festi Jazz International de Rimouski - Prix du public

"What a talent!"

Radio-Canada

"Simon Denizart, remember his name"

Jane Villenet, FIP

"Simon Denizart is a pianist in a class of his own, with obvious jazz influences, but also rock, world music and even neo-classical"

Jérôme Davieau, sors-tu.ca

"Cultivating a fluid, dynamic sound that brings him very close to the late Swedish pianist Esbjörn Svensson"

Christophe Rodriguez, sortiesjazznights.ca

NOMAD

NOMAD is an invitation to travel, an unprecedented encounter between the piano of composer Simon Denizart and the calabash of virtuoso percussionist Elli Miller Maboungou.

Together, they form a dynamic and original duo where "the universes deployed are sensitive, imbued with swing and highly delectable" (Christophe Rodriguez, sortiesjazznights.ca).

They push back the boundaries of traditional instrumental aesthetics and offer an eclectic journey through rhythmic, melodic and cinematic music.

After fourteen months travelling through Texas, California, Canada, Morocco and France, the nomadic lifestyle was a formidable source of inspiration and a pretext for recounting these journeys, these stories and these encounters. Music has thus taken the place of the travel diary that holds so many memories and secrets.

Nominated for Jazz Album of the Year at the Gala de l'ADISQ 2021, the album expresses the universe and atmosphere of the two musicians' complicity.

PIECE OF MIND

With Piece of Mind, the new album due for release in 2024, Simon presents an orchestral work in eight tableaux, offering a powerful, introspective journey into his musical universe.

Borrowing equally from jazz, classical and electronic music and always sensitive to developing new sounds and textures on the piano, Simon offers solid melodic and rhythmic playing. He is supported by virtuosos Elli Miller Maboungou on percussion and Michel Medrano Brindis on drums. Jonathan Arseneau's electric bass brings an unbeatable groove to the compositions, and is sometimes transformed into an electric guitar thanks to the bassist's palette of effects. Finally, the addition of a string trio on half the compositions transports the listener into the cinematic universe of the French pianist.

NOMAD

NOMAD is an invitation to travel, an unprecedented encounter between the piano of composer Simon Denizart and the calabash of virtuoso percussionist Elli Miller Maboungou.

Together, they form a dynamic, original duo whose "universes are sensitive, swinging and highly delectable" (Christophe Rodriguez, sortiesjazznights.ca). They push back the boundaries of traditional instrumental aesthetics and offer an eclectic journey through rhythmic, melodic and cinematic music.

After fourteen months traveling through Texas, California, Canada, Morocco and France, the nomadic lifestyle was a formidable source of inspiration and a pretext for recounting these journeys, stories and encounters. Music thus took the place of the travel journal that holds so many memories and secrets.
Nominated in the Jazz Album of the Year category at the ADISQ Gala 2021, the album expresses the universe and atmosphere of the two musicians' complicity.