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Artist
Virginie Teychené
12+ albums
jazzfrenchfrancefemale vocalistsvocal jazz
about
Virginie Teychené was born in France. At 20, while studying law and literature, she started singing professionaly. Fond of Jazz music and a interested in singers, she listened to everything she could find within reach: female voices (Maria Callas, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, etc.), but also male singers (Chet Baker, Joao Gilberto, Eddie Jefferson), enabled her to acquire a self-taught yet sound vocal technique and a large and deep knowledge of African American vocal art. In 2003, she decided to devote herself entirely to her passion for jazz. She then joined the “Workshop Experience” (WE), which enabled her to meet a large number of jazz musicians. Through many projects and nourished with numerous influences (Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley…), she developed a personal way of introducing themes and improvising, as an instrumentalist, and she followed the traditional course of any Jazz musician: concerts , clubs, jam sessions… During the Jazz Festival of La Seyne sur mer, she drew attention of critics: “a joyful style, combining genuine emotion and dynamic improvisation; a deceptively simple vocal art bringing back to the essence of music; a perfect balance between relaxed sophistication and innate sense of swing. ” Her first album, “Portraits” (Altrisuoni), recorded with musicians from the “Workshop Experience”, was issued at the end of 2007. It is acclaimed by the critics, in France, Europe and the US: “One
