Sébastien Beliah

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Sébastien Beliah. Bassist and composer based in Paris and Warsaw. His work is mainly focused on improvisation and on his connection with various traditions or writing forms. He embraces as much a historical practice of jazz with the Umlaut Big Bang as the intentional deviation of this practice with Un Poco Loco. For 8 years he co-directed with Pierre-Antoine Badaroux the Ensemble Hodos in which he boldly blends contemporary compositions with his practice as an improviser.
In 2018 he releases his first record for double bass solo entitled “Nocturnes”, a manifesto of a refined mode of playing the double bass and a research of an ascetic form.
He is also fascinated by traditional musics and in particular those of Poland and its nearby countries. From this fascination was born the band Lumpeks, a quartet exploring the traditional melodies from center of Poland (region of Radom) in a contemporary way.
Sébastien has performed on the biggest scenes of Europe such as Sacrum Profanum (Cracow), Venice Biennale, Acht Brücken (Cologne), Le théâtre des quatre saisons (Gradignan), Jazz d’Or (Berlin), La Dynamo de Banlieues Bleues (Pantin), Angelica Festival (Bologna), Guess Who? (Utrecht), D’Jazz Nevers.
With the band Un Poco Loco they were laureates of the Jazz Migration program of AJC, “Record of the month” Jazz Magazine and twice “selected record” by Citizen Jazz.
With the Umlaut Big Band they were twice “Record prize” of Charles Cros Academy.
With the band Lumpeks they won the Grand Prix “Nowa Tradycja” of the Polish Radio.
Sébastien has a CA of jazz and has taught the double bass, improvisation and jazz at the CRR of Reims from 2006 to 2016.
Website : sebastienbeliah.com
- Ensemble Hodos - Live at La Dynamo des Banlieues Bleues, 2016 (extrait 1)
- Ensemble Hodos - Live at La Dynamo des Banlieues Bleues, 2016 (extrait 2)
- Lumpeks - Le Tunnel
- Lumpeks - Nowa Tradycja, 2019 (extrait 1)
- Lumpeks - Nowa Tradycja, 2019 (extrait 2)
- Musæum Clausum - A La Ventura
- Musæum Clausum - A Large Submarine Landscape
- Sébastien Beliah - Nocturnes
- Sébastien Beliah - Nocturnes (extraits audio)
- Umlaut Big Band - Alexander Von Schlippenbach, 2019
- Umlaut Big Band - Mary's Ideas -"Gjon Mili's Jam Session"
- Umlaut Big Band - The King of Bungle Bar
- Un Poco Loco - Feelin' Pretty - Dance at the Gym
- Un Poco Loco - Live at Jazzdor Berlin, 2016
- Un Poco Loco - Salt Peanuts
Albums
#03, CD
Composition No.6, CD
Nelson's Jacket (4 LPs)
Un Poco Loco, CD
Lifework : A Unity 1. Culture (Tradition, Assimilation) 1950-59, CD
Lifework : A Unity 2. The World (Graphic Innovations & Indeterminacy) 1960-75, CD
Lifework : A Unity 3. Mind (Instruction Pages With Examples ; Precisions Added To Freedom) 1972-89, CD
Euro Swing Vol.1, CD
Euro Swing Vol.2, CD
Feelin' Pretty, CD
Musæum Clausum, CD
Musæum Clausum, LP
Nocturnes, CD
The King of Bungle Bar: Umlaut Big Band plays Don Redman, CD
Ornithologie, CD
Lumpeks, CD
Mary's Ideas : Umlaut Big Band plays Mary Lou Williams (double album), CDs
Scores
Presse
- 30/10/2022
Syncopated Times, Umlaut Big Band - 19/04/2022
Nieuwe Noten, Mary's Ideas - 02/03/2022
RTBF, Mary's Ideas - 12/02/2022
RTS, Mary's Ideas - 06/02/2022
Citizen Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 01/01/2022
Point of Departure, Mary's Ideas - 01/01/2022
The Wire, Mary's Ideas - 17/12/2021
Charles Cros, Mary's Ideas - 17/12/2021
NDR, Mary's Ideas - 16/12/2021
All About Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 05/12/2021
Free Jazz Blog, Mary's Ideas - 03/12/2021
Jazz Word, Mary's Ideas - 18/11/2021
Le Souffle Bleu, Mary's Ideas - 11/11/2021
Culture Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 02/11/2021
Hot Club, Mary's Ideas - 31/10/2021
Fragile, Mary's Ideas - 25/10/2021
Radio France, Mary's Ideas - 14/10/2021
All About Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 06/10/2021
Le Monde, Mary's Ideas - 04/10/2021
Overblog, Mary's Ideas - 04/10/2021
Blog de Choc, Mary's Ideas - 01/10/2021
Jazz News, Mary's Ideas - 30/09/2021
Jazz Magazine, Mary's Ideas - 30/09/2021
TSF Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 30/09/2021
Froggy's delight, Mary's Ideas - 28/09/2021
Le Grigri, Mary's Ideas - 27/09/2021
Culture Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 20/09/2021
Couleurs Jazz Media, Mary's Ideas - 20/09/2021
The Quietus, Mary's Ideas - 16/09/2021
Pointbreak, Mary's Ideas - 16/09/2021
Latins de Jazz, Mary's Ideas - 15/09/2021
Radio France, Mary's Ideas - 11/09/2021
Daniel Yvinec, Mary's Ideas - 31/08/2021
Radio France, Mary's Ideas - 03/07/2021
Radio France, Mary's Ideas - 17/10/2020
Noweidzieodmorza, Lumpeks - 01/10/2020
Culture Jazz, Lumpeks - 03/07/2020
Le Monde, Umlaut Big Band - 12/04/2020
Allaboutjazz, Ornithologie - 11/01/2019
Jazz Word, Nocturnes - 08/03/2020
Citizenjazz, Ornithologie - 08/05/2017
Citizen Jazz, Feelin' Pretty - 19/02/2020
Jazz Radio, Ornithologie - 17/11/2020
Ruch Muzyczny, Lumpeks - 23/06/2021
Le Grigri, Mary's Ideas - 25/10/2020
Przekroj, Lumpeks - 01/05/2020
Jazz Magazine, Ornithologie - 24/03/2020
Jazz à Babord, Ornithologie - 09/03/2020
Mediapart, Ornithologie - 07/03/2020
Jazz Magazine, Ornithologie - 01/03/2020
Les Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz, Ornithologie - 01/03/2020
Jazz News, Ornithologie - 25/02/2020
Radio France, Ornithologie - 21/02/2020
Latins de Jazz, Ornithologie - 19/02/2020
Le Grigri, Ornithologie - 01/02/2020
Froggy's Delight, Ornithologie - 01/02/2020
Rolling Stone, Ornithologie - 30/01/2020
Mezzo, Ornithologie - 14/12/2018
Citizen Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 14/12/2018
Académie Charles Cros, The King of Bungle Bar - 30/11/2018
Couleurs Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 26/11/2018
Le Grigri, The King of Bungle Bar - 26/11/2018
Culture Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 25/11/2018
Jazz à bâbord, The King of Bungle Bar - 14/10/2018
Le Dauphiné libéré, The King of Bungle Bar - 08/10/2018
France Musique, The King of Bungle Bar - 02/10/2018
TSF Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 02/10/2018
Les Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 01/10/2018
Jazz Magazine, The King of Bungle Bar - 21/09/2018
Radio Campus Paris, The King of Bungle Bar - 20/09/2018
Libération, The King of Bungle Bar - 08/09/2018
Culture Jazz, The King of Bungle Bar - 28/08/2018
France Musique, The King of Bungle Bar - 25/08/2018
Télérama, The King of Bungle Bar - 07/06/2018
Télérama, The King of Bungle Bar - 07/08/2018
Jazz News, The King of Bungle Bar
Agenda - Sébastien Beliah
Lumpeks
Le Labo, Marseille (FR)
Umlaut Big Band
Guinguette de Tours-sur-Loire (FR)
Umlaut Big Band
Le Grand Jeu, Dignac (FR)
Umlaut Big Band
La Grange de l’Oiseau Bleu, Arthel (FR)
Umlaut Big Band
Eymoutiers (FR)
Umlaut Big Band
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (FR)
Umlaut Big Band
Ile de Ré, La Java des Baleines (FR)
Umlaut Big Band
Festival du Souffle, Celles-Sur-Belle (FR)
Zodiac Suite
Théâtre de Saint- Quentin-en-Yvelines, scène nationale, Montigny-le-Bretonneux (FR)
Mary's Ideas
Théâtre de Choisy-le-Roi, Choisy-le-Roi (FR)
Mary's Ideas
L’Hectare, Vendôme (FR)