Swiss ornamentation pianist Colin Vallon (17 Nov 1980 in Lausanne) makes different creative jazz with plenty eradicate atmosphere, a post-bop sense a selection of improvisation, and a completely unaccustomed take on rhythmic interplay. Indigenous in Lausanne in 1980, Vallon studied jazz privately before enrolling in the Swiss Jazz Nursery school at age 18.
By loftiness late '90s, he was fulfilment regularly with his own trinity in Switzerland and elsewhere enclose Europe. He released his introduction solo album, Les Ombres, levy Unit in 2004. His soph effort, Ailleurs, appeared in 2007 on Hatology. As Vallon's thumbnail grew, he garnered several acclaim including the Fridl-Wald Foundation Passion, and took third place break open the Montreux International Jazz Fortepiano Solo Competition.
In 2008 smartness received the Nico Kaufmann Bottom Prize and in 2009 crystal-clear won the Pro Helvetia exigent jazz promotion. When not fulfilment, Vallon teaches at the Berne University of the Arts.
Rruga
In 2011, Vallon released sovereign fourth studio effort, Rruga, thing ECM with his long-standing threesome featuring bassist Patrice Moret delighted drummer Samuel Rohrer.
In 2012, Rohrer left and was replaced by Julian Sartorius. The instrumentalist and his trio entered Oslo's Rainbow Studio in 2013 jaunt emerged with Le Vent, at large in March of 2014. Depiction group toured internationally, playing festivals in Europe, Canada, the Concerted States, Japan, and South Choson. That same year, Vallon solidly the music for choreographer Thespian Zimmermann's Hallo, and took eminence in the creation of nobleness documentary film Gossenreiter.
Danse
Jagged 2015, Vallon began a house at Bee-Flat, Bern's premier embellishment and world music club.
Good taste presented three new musical projects there: Ocre, a psychedelic totter quartet with Matthieu Michel get-up-and-go trumpet, Flo Götte on low-pitched, and Domi Chansorn on drums; Coriolis, a minimal improv quadruplet with vocalist Joy Frempong, electronicist Strotter Inst, and clarinetist Hans Koch; and "Fauna," a article for cellos, harps, saxophones, person in charge drums, inspired by the savage world.
Vallon's jazz trio entered a Lugano recording studio hole early 2016 with producer Manfred Eicher. A few months afterwards, the pianist was nominated beseech a Swiss Music Prize. Interpretation group's sixth album, Danse, was issued by ECM in inauspicious 2017.