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• NEW SOLO ALBUM FOR SUNNYSIDE:
  "WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED?"- CD RELEASE: NOV 2014
  WATCH TWO VIDEOS OF RECORDING BY INIGO GARAYO:
  
  
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  LISTEN TO RECENT LIVE SOLO PERFORMANCES HERE

• NEW TRIO "REINVENTION"  
  FEATURING IRA COLEMAN & VICTOR LEWIS 
  MORE SOON, STAY TUNED...

• 2013 GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP: JEAN-MICHEL HAS BEEN GRANTED A MUSIC COMPOSITION FELLOWSHIP BY THE JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION. 
  THE PROJECT IS AN OCTET, "BIG ONE", FEATURING ALL NEW, ORIGINAL MUSIC. 
  

• AVAILABLE AS GUEST ARTIST AND FOR CLINICS & MASTERCLASSES IN UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, FESTIVALS...

• SKYPE LESSONS NOW AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. SEE EDUCATOR PAGE FOR MORE INFO.

• "TRUE JAZZ IMPROVISATION", AN EDUCATIONAL VIDEO AT JAZZHEAVEN.COM (SEE "EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS" ON RIGHT SIDEBAR).

• BOOK "IT'S ABOUT MUSIC - THE ART & HEART OF IMPROVISATION" - AVAILABLE HERE.

PROJECTS (MORE INFOS ON PROJECTS PAGE)

Jean-Michel Pilc is currently performing with the following projects:

• SOLO PIANO

NEW SOLO ALBUM COMING SOON ON SUNNYSIDE RECORDS.

Live Solo CD "Essential" on Motéma. Check it out on Jean-Michel's Motéma Artist Page.

• JEAN-MICHEL PILC TRIO "REINVENTION"

Featuring Ira Coleman (bass) & Victor Lewis (drums)

• JEAN-MICHEL PILC OCTET "BIG ONE"

Featuring Rhys Tivey (tp), Jerome Sabbagh (tenor sax), John Beaty (alto sax), Joe Beaty (trombone), Muriel Vergnaud (flute), Or Bareket (bass) and Jerad Lippi (drums)

• CO-LEADERSHIP PROJECTS.

1. Trio "Twenty" with Thomas Bramerie (b) and André Ceccarelli (d)
2. Trio "Composing" with Mads Vinding (b) and Marilyn Mazur (d)
3. Duo with Kenny Werner (piano)
4. Duo with Sylvain Luc (guitar)

• JEAN-MICHEL IS ALSO SIDEMAN & HAS RECENTLY RECORDED WITH:
  

Mads Vinding, Petros Klampanis, Lew Soloff, Rhys Tivey, Fabio Gouvea, Lars Graugaard, Maria Toro, Mokhtar Samba, Benjamin Koppel, Tony Moreno, Rafael Rosa, etc.

TEACHING

• Now offering Skype lessons (piano, jazz & impro for all instruments). Contact Jean-Michel if interested.

• Jean-Michel is a NYU Steinhardt Faculty Member.

• Available for private lessons (all instruments), workshops, clinics & masterclasses.