{"id":39218,"date":"2023-03-30T08:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T12:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/?p=39218"},"modified":"2023-07-11T11:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:49:31","slug":"michel-petrucciani-take-the-a-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/en\/michel-petrucciani-take-the-a-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Petrucciani \u2018TAKE THE A TRAIN\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>BMG RELEASES LIVE VIDEO FROM THE JAZZ LEGEND\u2019S 1993
\nMONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

APPEARS ON THE UPCOMING RELEASE \u201cMICHEL PETRUCCIANI:<\/span>
\nTHE MONTREUX YEARS\u201d OUT FRIDAY 07 APRIL 2023<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>LONDON WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH<\/em>\u202f-\u202fBMG<\/strong>\u202f<\/a><\/span>today releases the stunning live video performance of Michel Petrucciani <\/strong>performing \u2018Take The A Train\u2019.<\/strong> The rare video is taken from Petrucciani\u2019s performance at the 1993 Montreux Jazz Festival and appears on the upcoming release \u201cMichel Petrucciani: The Montreux Years<\/a><\/span>\u201d- <\/strong>out 07 April and available to pre-order now.\u00a0\u2018Take The A train\u2019 appears on Petrucciani\u2019s 1992 solo album \u2018Promenade With Duke\u2019, which he recorded at the age of 30 and pays a vibrant tribute to his father who first gave him the desire to play the piano.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Born in the South of France in 1962, Michel Petrucciani came from a totally musical family (his father Tony is a guitarist, and his brothers Louis and Philippe are respectively double bassists and guitarists). He was diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta – or \u201cglass bone disease\u201d and only ever grew to 99cm. Despite his health condition, Petrucciani went on to become one of the most accomplished jazz pianists of his generation and became a musical prodigy.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the age of 13, Petrucciani gave his first professional concert performance at the Cliousclat festival in which he joined American jazzman Clark Terry onstage when he was down a pianist. In 1981, his first appearance at the Paris Jazz Festival left the audience at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Ville in shock, a new star of the piano was born.<\/span><\/p>\n

The following year, Michel decides to leave, by challenge, to the conquest of America. He crossed the seas and landed in New York. A friend gives him the address of a musician living on the west coast. After a fortnight, he found himself in California in Charles Lloyd’s retreat without knowing what a great saxophonist he was and that he had discovered, in the 1960s, a young pianist named Keith Jarrett. In the 80s Petrucciani became the first European artist to sign with the American jazz label Blue Note Records<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, the most prolific, influential, and respected jazz label of the 20th<\/sup> century.<\/span><\/p>\n

The French boy wonder of jazz piano has collaborated with some of jazz\u2019s most celebrated performers including Wayne Shorter, Roy Haynes, Jim Hall, John Abercrombie and Jack DeJohnette. Petrucciani was awarded the prestigious Prix Django Reinhardt in 1984 and during the same year his album \u2018100 Hearts\u2019 won a Grand Prix Du Disque, the French equivalent of a Grammy Award. In 1994 Petrucciani was made a knight by Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand, the French president at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

A collection of Petrucciani\u2019s most memorable performances at The Montreux Jazz Festival from 1990 – 1998, fans of the legendary jazz pianist can relive some of his biggest recordings on Michel Petrucciani: The Montreux Years<\/em>.<\/strong> Encapsulating his time at the festival, the release opens with 1997\u2019s \u201c35 Seconds of Music and More\u201d and \u201cEstate\u201d from the 1982 album of the same name. Delving further into Petrucciani\u2019s repertoire, Michel Petrucciani: The Montreux Years <\/em>includes the 1991 hit \u201cRachid\u201d and \u201cLittle Peace in C for U\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n