Biography Alexandre Tassel

Born in Angers March 26th 1975

Alex Tassel lives in Brittany until 1994

Pianist, he turns to jazz and trumpet at 18 in contact with his cousin Eric Le Lann, French star of jazz trumpet

1994, living in Rouen. At the Conservatory, he obtains with honnor his diploma of chamber music and assembles his first groups with good players & jazz friends

1996 & 97, settles in Paris and co-melts the collective of the Nuits Blanches at the Petit Opportun

First rounds and concerts with his quintet (Olivier Temime, Baptiste Trotignon)

1998, Alex releases "49 minutes d’arrêt", selected by Jazz Magazine like one of the best cds of 1998

1999 : on tour with just everybody, plays in many festivals, and finally records his second opus as a leader: "Booker live in Marciac" and plays (a whole set but for about 52 legendary seconds...) with Ray Charles Band, again at Jazz in Marciac

2000: on tour with Dj Cam. Sets up a new goup with Guillaume Naturel (Franck Avitabile, Gildas Scouarnec, André Ceccarelli), the Paris Jazz Quintet. Records on label TCB (The Montreux Jazz Label). Tours France, Africa, Turkey, Denmark with many groups, which is so far his marque de fabrique

2001 & 02 : turns on to record with Dj Cam Group , Laurent de Wilde Electronic Sextet, Paris Jazz Quintet, Alexandre Tassel Group (with Pierrick Pedron), Stéphane Huchard Quintet, Olivier Temime Quintet, Sylvain Marc Group, Lombards All Star..

Wins the UK Hip Hop Awards in London for the best European Hip Hop Production with Cam’s Album “Soulshine”,as Alex says “a common work between us & many others such as Us McGuru, JAZZMATAZZ & GANSTARR, Larry Blackmon (Cameo’s singer), Malasian Star Anggun, China (DDB’s daugther), Donnie & European jazz workers: Daniel Romeo, Eric Legnini, Guillaume Naturel & Laurent Robin”

2003 & 04 : Records as co-leader with Guillaume Naturel an electro-jazz album fillet of Soul, produced by DJ cam with great commercial success all over the world

Alex record also with French Mc Disiz La Peste and the singer Sanseverino .

2005 Alex record a New Tassel&Naturel Fillet of Soul opus 2

tour with Manu katché , Stéphane Huchard

2006/2007 Release of Tassel&Naturel Diamond Suite

Alex is on tour with all thoses differents projects , and record With Manu Katché (Grevin), a duet with the french Guitar Player christian Brun, the Dj Cam Quartet, Orlando Morais...

Tassel&Naturel new Album is out feat Marcus Miller, Manu Katché, Guru ,Eric Legnini, Laurent de Wilde, Daniel Romeo ,and the great american singer SONG

2008 Alex record is new Album "Movements" out on the 28th of October on the label NAIVE, with Manu Katché, Laurent de Wilde, Eric Legnini, Julien Charlet, Daniel Romeo...

Alex Tassel played and recorded with mainly: Manu Katché, André Ceccarelli, Paco Sery, Marcus Miller, Archie Shepp, David Murray, China, Anggun, Steve Potts, Laurent de Wilde, Keziah Jones, Giovanni Mirabassi, Rick Margitza, Antonio Farao, Christian Escoudé, Guru, Eric Le Lann, Oliver Johnson, Alain Jean-Marie, Eric Legnini, Lionel Belmondo, Flavio Boltro, Dré Pallemaerts, Tony Rabeson, André Ceccarelli, Minino Garay, André Villeger, Stéphane Huchard, Franck Avitabile, Sylvin Marc, Olivier Temime, Christophe Monniot, Pierre de Bethmann...

he performed at festivals such as: Marciac, Nice, Antibes-Juan Les Pins, NY jazz Festival, Calvi, Coutances, Montreux, Paleo Festival, Cully (CH) Roskilde (DK), Moscow city Jazz, Oslo..

Toronto, JVC Jazz Festivals...

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