Ernie Odoom

Ernie Odoom

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

With Peeping Tom

With Sao

With LeBocal

With Pavel Pesta Re-Bop Quintet

With Glenn Ferris Wheel Trio

With William Parker

Recordings on his live performances :

A list of CD albums that Ernie was invited to be a guest artist :

Sources

  1. ↑ http://www.ppa-plus.com/group.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.rootmanmusic.com/musicians.html
  3. ↑ http://www.lebocal.com/en
  4. ↑ http://www.ppa-plus.com/ernie/biography.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.infoconcert.com/artiste/emow-37886/biographie.html
  6. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/ferris-wheel-mw0001385655
  7. ↑ http://www.jaydos.ch/jaydos/
  8. ↑ http://www.jazz-clubs-worldwide.com/docs/swiss.htm
  9. ↑ http://www.amr-geneve.ch/performance?id=2596
  10. ↑ http://www.music.mahidol.ac.th/tjc/Artis.html
  11. ↑ http://www.rootmanmusic.com/about.html
  12. ↑ http://www.mrpickwick.ch/event/548/23-04-2011
  13. ↑ http://ch.tilllate.com/de/event/10395463
  14. ↑ http://www.ppa-plus.com/ernie/discography.htm
  15. ↑ http://www.lebocal.com/en/discography.html

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