Jacky Terrasson

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Jacques-Laurent Terrasson (November 27, 1966 in Berlin) is a jazz pianist better known as Jacky Terrasson.

He was born in Germany, but his mother was American and his father French. He studied at the Berklee College of Music before playing in Chicago and New York City clubs. He gained increased attention on winning the 1993 Thelonious Monk Piano Competition. He did early work with Betty Carter and in 1997 he worked on Rendezvous with Cassandra Wilson.

[edit] Discography

  • 1994 Jacky Terrasson, Blue Note
  • 1996 Reach, Blue Note
  • 1997 Rendezvous, Blue Note
  • 1998 Alive,Blue Note
  • 1999 What It Is, Blue Note
  • 1999 Where It's At , EMI
  • 2001 A Paris..., Blue Note
  • 2001Moon & Sand , Jazz Aux Remparts
  • 2002 Lover Man, Venus
  • 2002 Smile, Blue Note
  • 2007 Mirror, EMI

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