Scott Tixier
Encyclopedia
Scott Tixier is an award-winning French jazz
violin
ist and a recording artist.
He was born in Montreuil and studied classical violin at the conservatory in Paris. Following that he studied improvisation as an a self-educated jazz musician and under Florin Niculescu
.
Scott Tixier has worked in many genres, in the theater, music scores, Broadway Shows and Hip Hop music, for Sony Pictures, ARTE Creative and Fisher-Price.
with people like: Pierre Palmade
, Pierre Richard
, the American actor David Ackroyd
(Dallas, TV series), NBA player Allan Houston
and Christina Aguilera
.
He has performed and recorded with a wide range of artists, including, Anthony Braxton
, Maceo Parker
, Siegfried Kessler, Tony Middleton, Lonnie Plaxico
, Myron Walden, Clifford Adams (Kool & the Gang
), Kenny Grohowski, Helen Sung
, Sara Serpa, Brice Wassy, Nicolas Genest, Gerald Cleaver
, Lew Soloff
, Tigran Hamasyan
, James Weidman, Marcus McLauren, Vince Ector...
at Jazz at Lincoln Center
, Smalls Jazz Club, The Stone, Roulette, Smoke Jazz, Hammerstein Ballroom
, Joe's Pub
, Williamsburg Music Center, Cachaça, Brooklyn Lyceum, Tea Lounge and the United States Capitol
in Washington DC...
When he was a teenager Scott was invited to several master classes with some of the finest jazz musicians, including: Elvin Jones
, McCoy Tyner
, Steve Coleman
...
In 2007, he was awarded the first prize of "Trophées du Sunside
" in Paris, France.
Scott Tixier has also met and received letters of introduction from:
Jean-Luc Ponty
,
Pat Metheny
,
Marcus Miller
,
Mark Feldman
,
Jacques Schwarz-Bart
,
Lonnie Plaxico
...
In 2008, he was endorsed by Corelli Savarez (strings) and
in November 2011, he was signed by the American record label, Sunnyside Records.
He is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.
Grammy Award winning bassist Marcus Miller
says that Tixier "is making an international name for himself. I heard him in France and was immediately struck by his individuality and his sound.“ Guitarist Pat Metheny
says, "[Scott] has found a place for himself within
the elite community of New York jazz musicians, no small feat." In an interview with the All About Jazz in 2010, violinist Mark Feldman
called Scott "really up-and-coming and
very talented." And Jean-Luc Ponty
said "I have heard Scott's recordings, seen
his live performances and I think that he stands above the crowd of current jazz violinists around the world."
As sideman
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist and a recording artist.
He was born in Montreuil and studied classical violin at the conservatory in Paris. Following that he studied improvisation as an a self-educated jazz musician and under Florin Niculescu
Florin Niculescu
Florin Niculescu is a Romanian violinist of Romani ethnicity. He is considered to be the best jazz manouche violinist of our days, the successor of Stéphane Grappelli...
.
Scott Tixier has worked in many genres, in the theater, music scores, Broadway Shows and Hip Hop music, for Sony Pictures, ARTE Creative and Fisher-Price.
with people like: Pierre Palmade
Pierre Palmade
Pierre Palmade is a French actor and comedian.-Biography:He has done dubbing for the films, Pédale douce and Pédale dure...
, Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard is a popular French actor best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films...
, the American actor David Ackroyd
David Ackroyd
David Ackroyd is an American actor, who first came to prominence in soap operas such as The Secret Storm and Another World. He was born in Orange, New Jersey, a suburb of Newark.-Career:...
(Dallas, TV series), NBA player Allan Houston
Allan Houston
Allan Wade Houston is a retired American professional basketball player for the NBA, and currently the Assistant General Manager for the New York Knicks. He was one of the top 3-point shooters in the NBA until a knee injury forced him to retire...
and Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
.
He has performed and recorded with a wide range of artists, including, Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher. Braxton has released well over 100 albums since the 1960s...
, Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones...
, Siegfried Kessler, Tony Middleton, Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico is an African American jazz bassist.Plaxico was born in Chicago, Illinois into a musical family, and started playing the bass at the age of twelve, turning professional at fourteen...
, Myron Walden, Clifford Adams (Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...
), Kenny Grohowski, Helen Sung
Helen Sung
- History :Sung is a native of Houston, Texas. Her musical life began with classical piano and violin. She attended Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and went on to receive undergraduate and master's degrees in classical piano performance at the University of Texas at...
, Sara Serpa, Brice Wassy, Nicolas Genest, Gerald Cleaver
Gerald Cleaver (musician)
Gerald Cleaver is an African-American jazz drummer from Detroit, Michigan. He joined the jazz faculty at the University of Michigan in 1995...
, Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff is a jazz trumpeter, composer and actor. He studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. He is likely best known for his work with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 to 1973...
, Tigran Hamasyan
Tigran Hamasyan
Tigran Hamasyan is an Armenian jazz pianist. He plays mostly original compositions, which are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities. In addition to Tigran's folk influence, he is much influenced by American jazz tradition and to some extent, as...
, James Weidman, Marcus McLauren, Vince Ector...
at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. JALC's performing arts complex, Frederick P. Rose Hall, is located at West 60th Street and Broadway in New York City, slightly south of the main Lincoln Center campus and directly adjacent to Columbus Circle. Frederick P....
, Smalls Jazz Club, The Stone, Roulette, Smoke Jazz, Hammerstein Ballroom
Hammerstein Ballroom
The Hammerstein Ballroom is a two-tiered, 12,000 square feet ballroom located within the Manhattan Center Studios on 311 West 34th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America. It is known for its elegant appearance and excellent acoustical design...
, Joe's Pub
Joe's Pub
Joe's Pub at Public Theater is a nightclub that hosts live performances regularly. The venue, which is a non-profit operation, is located at 425 Lafayette Street near Astor Place in Manhattan, New York City...
, Williamsburg Music Center, Cachaça, Brooklyn Lyceum, Tea Lounge and the United States Capitol
United States Capitol
The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall...
in Washington DC...
When he was a teenager Scott was invited to several master classes with some of the finest jazz musicians, including: Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family's home in Pontiac, Michigan....
, McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...
, Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman, born , is an African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader. His music and concepts have been a heavy influence on contemporary jazz.-Chicago:...
...
In 2007, he was awarded the first prize of "Trophées du Sunside
Trophées du Sunside
"Trophées du Sunside", broadcast on Radio France, established in 2001 by Stéphane Portet, director of Sunset-Sunside in partnership with the SACEM, is one of the most important competition for new musicians on the jazz scene in Europe. It is awarded each year a young talent...
" in Paris, France.
Scott Tixier has also met and received letters of introduction from:
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
,
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
,
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
,
Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
,
Jacques Schwarz-Bart
Jacques Schwarz-Bart
Jacques Schwarz-Bart is a New York based jazz saxophonist. His mother is the Guadeloupean novelist Simone Schwarz-Bart, author of The Bridge of Beyond. His father was French Jewish author André Schwarz-Bart. The two published a joint novel, Un plat de porc aux bananes vertes, in 1967...
,
Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico is an African American jazz bassist.Plaxico was born in Chicago, Illinois into a musical family, and started playing the bass at the age of twelve, turning professional at fourteen...
...
In 2008, he was endorsed by Corelli Savarez (strings) and
in November 2011, he was signed by the American record label, Sunnyside Records.
He is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.
Career
Tixier has earned international recognition for his playing.Grammy Award winning bassist Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
says that Tixier "is making an international name for himself. I heard him in France and was immediately struck by his individuality and his sound.“ Guitarist Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
says, "[Scott] has found a place for himself within
the elite community of New York jazz musicians, no small feat." In an interview with the All About Jazz in 2010, violinist Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
called Scott "really up-and-coming and
very talented." And Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
said "I have heard Scott's recordings, seen
his live performances and I think that he stands above the crowd of current jazz violinists around the world."
Discography
As leader- Brooklyn Bazaar, Scott Tixier (to be released March 2012) Sunnyside RecordsSunnyside RecordsSunnyside Records is an American jazz record label.Sunnyside was founded in 1982 by Francois Zalacain and Christine Berthet. Its early releases consisted primarily of piano solo material and ensembles without drums, but in later years has broadened its selection of material.-Artists who have...
As sideman
- Like A Road Leading Home, Sofia Laiti; James Weidman (2011)
- Tony Middleton, Lofish Studios Session (2011)
- When We Arrive, Foldersnacks, Jesse Elder (2010)
- Sangatsu, Keiichi Murata (2010) Tsumori Recordings
- Roll the Dice, Yvonnick Prene Group (2007)
- Introducing, Yvonnick Prene Group (2006)
Filmography
- "Ogres, les Fauves de Farafangan" by Léandre Bernard Brunel, ARTE Creative (2011)
- "Silent Night" Directed by Bryan Parker, Sony (2011)
- "Pierre et Fils" Pierre Palmade, TF1 (2008)
- "Tous Places" Alban Capello, Atypik prod, Equidia TV (2005)