Jazz Articles about Mederic Collignon

New Music From Ollie Usiskin, The Funky Knuckles, Athana And Three Wise Monkeys

by Len Davis
June 23, 2023

New music from UK drummer Ollie Usiskin, The Funky Knuckles, and Athana with Alf Terje Hana. Australian progressive rock from Three Wise Monkeys, Agah Bahari with his latest and German band Marriage Material. French trumpeter Mederic Collignon, The Jan Hammer Group, and Polish band Quantum Trio. Playlist Ollie Usiskin “Corner Pocket" from Trio Zone (Iti Records) 00:00 The Funky Knuckles “Back Meetings" from The Way It Is (GroundUp) 11:22r Athana “Dry Rain" from Garden Of Bliss (Forte Music) ...

Mederic Collignon: Shangri-Tunkashi-La

by John Kelman
March 5, 2010

Less known than he should be outside his native France, Médéric Collignon is something of a jazz celebrity at home. A winner of multiple awards, the trumpeter/keyboardist/vocalist has participated and collaborated with the esteemed Orchestre National de Jazz, and can be heard on clarinetist Louis Sclavis' idiosyncratic Napoli's Walls (ECM, 2003). With Shangri-Tunkashi-La, Collignon brings a fresh perspective to the electric music of trumpet icon Miles Davis.

Material culled exclusively from Davis's late-1960s/early-1970s electric period is ...