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Sophie Alour
12+ albums
jazzsaxophonecontemporary jazzfrenchfrance
about
French saxophonist born 1974. Sophie Alour was born in 1974, she learned the saxophone by herself after she studied the clarinet at Quimper Music School in France. She learned jazz "on stage". In 2004, Rhoda Scott approached her to form her lady quartet, and the same year she played in the Wynton Marsalis' Big Band. She recorded her first album in 2005 'Insulaire', in 2007 she recorded 'Uncaged' with pianist Laurent Coq, double bass player Yoni Zelnik and drummer Karl Jannuska. She won several awards for this album and got the "Young Talent Django D'Or 2007". She has performed all around the world, exploring her repertoire, looking for its limits. She came back with 'Opus 3' in 2010 , closer to the jazz tradition. For her last album 'Géographie des rêves', Sophie Alour has decided to play with Yoann Loustalot (tp and flugelhorn), Nicolas Moreau (double bass), Stéphan Caracci (vibraphone) and Frederic Pasqua (drums). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sophie Alour (* 1975) ist eine französische Jazz-Saxophonistin und Komponistin. Alour begann mit 13 Jahren Klarinette an der Musikschule von Quimper zu lernen (die sie immer noch bisweilen spielt). Mit 19 Jahren wechselte sie zum Saxophon, das sie überwiegend autodidaktisch erlernte, ergänzt durch Kurse am CIM in Paris und IACP. 2000 war sie an der Gründung des „Vintage Orchestra“ beteiligt, mit u.a. Fabien Mary, Thomas Savy, Jerry Edwards und Yoann Loustalot (Album „Thad“ 2005
