CLOVIS NICOLAS
Hard Bop / Third Stream / Post Bop • Ivory Coast
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Born in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and raised in Provence, France, bassist Clovis Nicolas decided to be a professional musician after pursuing studies in Philosophy at the University of Aix-en-Provence. He graduated from the Conservatory of Music of Marseilles in 1996, then he settled in Paris.
Soon, Clovis’ precise and tasteful bass playing gained him a solid reputation and he quickly became a first-call musician in the French capital, performing with artists like Brad Mehldau, André Ceccarelli, Vincent Herring, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Michel Legrand, Stefano Di Battista, Belmondo Brothers, and many others. With the later, he recorded four albums, among them “Hymne au Soleil” which received three Grammy Awards in 2004. Clovis is also featured on many other recordings, including two albums with pianist Baptiste Trotignon, with whom he toured extensively in all the major international festivals (Montreux, Marciac, Montreal, JVC Festival, Paris La Villette, Vienne, Vancouver…).
In 2002-2003, Clovis moved to New
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