Ernie Odoom
| Ernie Odoom | |
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 Photo of Ernie in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion, jazz funk, improvisation |
| Occupation(s) | Bandleader, composer, saxophonist, vocalist |
| Instruments | Saxophone, Vocals |
| Website | www.ppa-plus.com/ernie |
Ernie Odoom is a Swiss Vocalist, Saxophonist and Band Leader. He was a co-founder of PPA+ and Rootman which is Thai version of PPA+.[1][2] Odoom released albums for the band LeBocal, as a vocalist and saxophonist, with his friends since 2002 and developing modern-improvising on his own style.[3]
Odoom won the Prix du Festival at Crest Vocal Jazz competition in 2004 and went on to form the piano-voice duo E'MOW and the progressive pop quartet Liquid Groovement with pianist Michel Wintsch, who is a reference in improvised music in Switzerland.[4][5] In 2008, Ernie began work with a new trio, The Glenn Ferris Wheel, with Glenn Ferris on trombone and Bruno Rousselet on double bass.[6]
As a founder of Jaydo's Jazz Cafe in Geneva,[7][8] he is playing jazz music in Geneva and usually appears on European/Asian jazz stages including AMR Jazz Festival (Swiss), Thailand Jazz Conference (Thailand), Saxophone Pub (Thailand), Eden Lounge (Vietnam), Pickwick Pub (Swiss) and Blakat Jam Session in Au Chat Noir (Swiss).[9][10][11][12][13]
Discography
Ernie Odoom began recording his full album in 1991. A list of albums featuring Ernie Odoom :[14][15]
With Les Tontons Flingueurs
- Mama Told Me (1991)
- Voleur de Feu (1995)
With Peeping Tom
- Peeping Tom (1994)
With Sao
- Entre Ciel et Terre (1999)
With LeBocal
- Collectif etc (2002)
- Oh No !... Just Another Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue ! (2003)
- Ego (2006)
- Bist du froh ? (2012)
With Pavel Pesta Re-Bop Quintet
- Pavel Pesta Re-Bop Quintet (2005)
With Glenn Ferris Wheel Trio
- ENJA (2009)
With William Parker
- Essence of Ellington (Centering, 2012)
- Wood Flute Songs (AUM Fidelity, 2013)
Recordings on his live performances :
- Just Kidding, Interrogation (1999)
- PPA+, Live at the Chat Noir (2002)
- Croon On (2003)
- L’Ilorkestra (2004)
- E’MOW (2006)
A list of CD albums that Ernie was invited to be a guest artist :
- Icare-SaturnSplit-32db (1997) - with Peeping Tom
- Lili Lazer (1998) - with Brico Jardin
- Liquid Sand (1999) - with Peeping Tom
- 16 Nouvelles Aventures (1999) - with Brico Jardin
- Neuf (2000) - with Sandro en Compagnie
- Delivering (2004) - with Actaruss 1
- Pavel Pesta Re-Bop Quintet (2005)
- Right Next Door (2006) - with Quartier Lointain
Sources
- ↑ http://www.ppa-plus.com/group.htm
- ↑ http://www.rootmanmusic.com/musicians.html
- ↑ http://www.lebocal.com/en
- ↑ http://www.ppa-plus.com/ernie/biography.htm
- ↑ http://www.infoconcert.com/artiste/emow-37886/biographie.html
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/ferris-wheel-mw0001385655
- ↑ http://www.jaydos.ch/jaydos/
- ↑ http://www.jazz-clubs-worldwide.com/docs/swiss.htm
- ↑ http://www.amr-geneve.ch/performance?id=2596
- ↑ http://www.music.mahidol.ac.th/tjc/Artis.html
- ↑ http://www.rootmanmusic.com/about.html
- ↑ http://www.mrpickwick.ch/event/548/23-04-2011
- ↑ http://ch.tilllate.com/de/event/10395463
- ↑ http://www.ppa-plus.com/ernie/discography.htm
- ↑ http://www.lebocal.com/en/discography.html
External links
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- Ernie Odoom- official website.
- LeBocal - official Lebocal album website.
- Jaydo's Cafe - official Jaydo's jazz cafe.
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