Vincent Bourgeyx – Piano
Born in Bordeaux, Vincent Bourgeyx began playing the piano at the age of 7. After studying musicology at the University of Bordeaux, he joined the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he spent four years. He then formed his own American trio, with which he regularly performed in the USA and Japan. Vincent Bourgeyx was the first student to receive the award established by the famous Billboard Magazine, which covered his studies at Berklee College of Music. Graduating in 1997, he then moved to New York, becoming a very active member of the New York jazz scene.
In 1998, Vincent joined the quartet of legendary trombonist Al Grey, with whom he toured until Al Grey’s death in February 2000. For over five years, Vincent Bourgeyx was also a regular member of the quartet of Jane Ira Bloom – one of the most renowned soprano saxophonists – alongside Mark Dresser and Bobby Previte. This group toured at major jazz festivals.
In the United States, Vincent Bourgeyx had the opportunity to work with saxophonists Ravi Coltrane, Mark Turner, Billy Pierce, Graig Handy, Donald Harrison, Eric Alexander, Richie Cole, Greg Tardy, Grant Stewart, Markus Strickland, and more. He also collaborated with drummers Bobby Durham, Ralph Peterson, Antonio Sanchez, Ari Hoenig, Matt Wilson, Nasheet Waits, Tom Rainey, Ali Jackson, Tommy Campbell, and singers Jane Monheit, Claudia Acuña, Elisabeth Kontomanou, Jay Clayton, as well as musicians like Chuck Mangione, Julian Priester, Joe Locke, among others. These collaborations led to concerts and tours in numerous clubs and festivals such as Sweet Basil, Blue Note, Small’s, Jazz Standard in New York, Monterey Jazz Festival in California, Montreux in Switzerland, Phoenix in Japan, and Free Jazz Festival in Brazil.
Vincent Bourgeyx also taught piano at the Koyo Conservatory in Kobe, Japan, and participated in Master Class concerts at the Berklee College of Music in Boston with Jane Ira Bloom and at the International Association of Jazz Educators in 1998 and 2001. He has recorded numerous albums as a sideman with various American, European, and Japanese labels.
Since his return to France in 2002, he has performed at clubs, festivals, and in studios with leading musicians such as Sylvain Beuf, Jean-Jacques Avenel, Pierre Boussaguet, Médéric Collignon, David Elmalek, Sara Lazarus, Laurence Allison, Linley Marthe, Stéphane Belmondo, Nicolas Folmer, André Ceccarelli, Eric Le Lann, Steve Grossman, Marc Thomas, Lew Tabackin, La Velle, Ted Curson, Hal Singer, Sangoma Everett, Jaleel Shaw, Charnett Moffett, and more.
Vincent Bourgeyx received a soloist award at the Jazz Competition of La Défense in 2003. He is also a composer of film music, notably for Alfred Hitchcock’s silent film Blackmail, presented in a cine-concert format.
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