Laurent de Wilde

Dividing his time taken between america and France, Laurent de Wilde offers found a inviting audience in both countries. His third single album, Open Adjustments, led to de Wilde finding a Django Reinhardt Award for Greatest French Musician of 1992. Furthermore to leading his very own group, de Wilde spent some time working as a program participant for Reggie Workman, Ralph Moore, Greg Osby, Joshua Redman, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Aldo Romano, André Ceccarelli, Harold Property, and Tom Harrell. His initial four albums highlighted tenor saxophonist Joe Coleman, drummer Jack port DeJohnette, and trumpet participant Eddie Henderson. His 5th discharge, Spoon-a-Rhythm, released in 1997, highlighted St. Thomas-born drummer Dion Parson and previous Mls Davis and Weather conditions Survey percussionist Bobby Thomas Jr.. Blessed in Washington, D.C., de Wilde transferred to France before his 5th birthday. After learning school of thought at Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, he came back to america to attend Longer Island School. While there, he fulfilled and befriended pianist Joey Calderazzo. Settling in NY, de Wilde was mentored by such important pianists as Jim McNeely, Kirk Lightsey, and Mulgrew Miller. An associate of Eddie Henderson’s music group in 1986, he documented his debut single album, From the Boat, the next year. He implemented with the amazing solo albums Unusual and Blue in 1989 and Shades of Manhattan in 1990. Putting your signature on with Sony Jazz France in 1994, he released his 4th album, THE TRUNK Burner, in 1995. De Wilde authored a biography of important jazz pianist Thelonious Monk in 1996, which received a Charles DeLaunay Award for Greatest Reserve on Jazz.