Yann Benoist
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Background information | |
Born | Dinan, France | 6 February 1951
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Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instrument | Guitar |
Years active | 1969-present |
Website | www |
Yann Benoist (born 6 February 1951) is a French session guitarist, performer, composer,conductor, and arranger.
Early life
Yann Benoist was born in Dinan, Brittany. At 8 his parents enrolled him to the music academy . Then they bought him his first guitar when he was eleven and he started learning to play with friends and different teachers .
Career
When he was 18 he started playing and singing with some local bands in Brittany and Normandy. During 1975 he worked with the Switzerland duet Richard et Samuel.[1] The year after he started learning for a while with Pierre Cullaz[2] ( famous sessionman from the sixties ) in Paris. By the end of seventies he was a member of the Francis Bourrec quartet, They won the first prize at the Festival de Jazz de La Défense)[3] in 1978. That same year he got a Certificate from the Berklee College of Music.[4] Since then he has worked on stage or sessions for commercials,[5][6][7][8][9] TV movies,[10][11] TV shows,[12] Music comedy[13] and with numerous French stars such as Renaud, Gilbert Becaud, Serge Lama, Patricia Kaas, Mireille Mathieu, Jean Guidoni, Sylvie Vartan, Sheila (singer), Hugues Aufray, Jean-Luc Lahaye, Julien Clerc, Patrick Hernandez, Sacha Distel,Murray Head ,Maurane, Marie Myriam, Francis Cabrel, Smain, Dorothée, Gilles Servat, William Sheller and Michel Legrand etc. .
In 1983 he was a member of Space,[14] with Didier Marouani, for the first big tour organized in the USSR. They performed 21 concerts in Moscow Olympic Stadium (Moscow), Leningrad Saint-Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex and Kiev Palace of Sports, Kiev for about 600,000 people, and in 1992 they performed the first concert authorized on the Red Square in Moscow for 360,000 people.
In 1989 and 2002 He was musical director for Shiela on Olympia (Paris).In 2011 He was Conductor for Joel Prevost on Alhambra (Paris). Since 2006 he is a composer for APM Music and Universal Publishing(Kapagama/Kosinus).
Selective Discography
As a Leader
As a Sideman
- 1981 Marie Myriam J'aime quand tu es jaloux
- 1982 Renaud un olympia pour moi tout seul[18]
- 1982 Richard Sanderson Surprise[19]
- 1983 William Sheller Simplement
- 1983 Didier Marouani et Paris-France-Transit Concerts en URSS
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- 1984 Richard SandersonFairy Tales
- 1985 Bibie Tout doucement
- 1985 Daniel Lévi Cocktail
- 1986 Jean-Luc Lahaye Flagrant Délit de Tendresse
- 1987 Jean-Luc Lahaye Live au Palais des Sports
- 1988 Jeff Joseph One Two Three [20]
- 1989 Sheila (singer) Je suis venue te dire que je m'en vais
- 1989 Sacha DistelLes Plus Grands Succes De Sacha Distel[21]
- 1990 Sylvie Vartan Concert à Sofia Sylvie Vartan discography
- 1991 Didier Marouani Space Magic Concerts
- 1992 Sheila (singer)On S'Dit plus rien[22]
- 1993 Nana Mouskouri Hollywood
- 1994 Jana Herzen Soup's on Fire
- 1995 Renaud Le Retour de le Chetron Sauvage
- 1996 Dave (singer)Toujours le même bleu
- 1997 Gilbert Bécaud Spectacle de l'Olympia 97Live Album
- 1998 Sheila (singer)Le Meilleur de Sheila
- 1998 Sheila (singer) Olympia 1998
- 1999 Alabina Sahara
- 1999 Didier Marouani Symphonic Space Dream
- 1999 Sheila (singer)Dense
- 1999 Sheila (singer) Medley Disco
- 2001 Serge Lama Feuilles à Feuilles
- 2002 Sheila (singer)Seulement pour toi[23]
- 2002 Sheila (singer)Jamais deux sans toi
- 2003 Serge Lama Un Jour Une Vie[24]
- 2004 Serge Lama pluri elles
- 2005 Gilbert BécaudSuite
- 2006 Da Vinci Vox The Hidden Message[25]
- 2008 Yvon Chateigner[26] (feat) Ornella Vanoni L'amore l'Amore
- 2010 Iwan B La Quête, Ar C'hlask
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Videos
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- 1986 Renaud La Chetron Sauvage(Live Zénith 1986)
- 1987 Jean-Luc Lahaye Débarquez Moi(Live Palais des Sports 1987)
- 1989 Sheila (singer) Je suis venue te dire que je m'en vais(Live Olympia 1989)
- 1990 Mireille Mathieu Live Palais 1990
- 1990 Sylvie Vartan Concert a Sofia
- 1992 Dorothée L'album en Video
- 1999 Sheila (singer) Sheila à L'Olympia 1999
DVD's
As a Leader
- 2008 Rencontre d'un Soir ( guest ) : Martin Taylor (guitarist) , Iwan B[27]
As a sideman
- 2003 Sheila (singer)Jamais deux sans toi live Olympia
- 2004 Space (French band) Concert In Moscow(once upon a time in the East)
- 2004 Space (French band) Space Magic Concerts
- 2004 Serge Lama Un jour , une vie(Live Bercy)
- 2006 Sheila (singer) Sheila Live 89 à l'Olympia
- 2006 Renaud La Chetron sauvage(Virgin music)
Composer
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- 1983 Alliance ( Tabata Music )(Various Composer)
- 1987 Bye bye femme (CFD)
- 1997 Rainbowcity (Night and Day)
- 2001 Serge Lama " Feuilles à feuilles" (Various composer)
- 2005 Décalage (Sobridis musique)
- 2006 RockAnd Roll Comedy (UPPM) (Various Composer)
- 2007 French Songs Universal Publishing (UPPM)
- 2009 Rock And Roll Comedy 2(UPPM)(Various Composer)
- 2010 Funk Addict APM Music
- 2012 Indie Rock Session (KAPAGAMA)
Movie TV Score
- 1979 Les Joyeuses Colonies de vacances[28]
- 1990 Envoyé Spécial
- 1992 Les Taupes-Niveaux[29]
- 1994 Jeanne[30]
- 1996 La Guerre Des Poux[31]
Bibliography
- Renaud des que le vent soufflera (Regis Lefévre) Ed Pierre-Marcel Favre ( july 1985) (ISBN 978-2-8289-0195-0)
- Bécaud L'Homme à la cravate à pois (Bernard Reval)Ed Du Voyage ( 1995) (ISBN 978-2-9509-2720-0)
- Mathias L' amour "a capella" ( Mathias Ollivier ) Ed Art Access ( april 2015) (ISBN 978-2-3618-5007-4}
- Guitar et bass N° 47 January 98 (A.Brodzki) (ISSN 1250-0216 (http://worldcat.org/issn/1250-0216&lang=fr))
- Armor magazine N°442 November 2006 Yannick Pelletier (ISSN 0044-8966 (http://worldcat.org/issn/0044-8966&lang=fr))
- Home-Studio N° 253 July/August 2010 ( Olivia Clain ) (ISSN 1628-3392 (http://worldcat.org/issn/1628-3392&lang=fr))
References
- ^ Richard, Samuel. "Ecyclopedisque". michelthome.com.
- ^ Cullaz, Pierre. "guitarejazz.com".
- ^ Bourrec, Francis (1978). "Festival de jazz de La Défense".
- ^ Grossman, Hal (10 August 1978). "Berklee Correspondance Course".
- ^ Slavin, Gil (2008). "Leroy Merlin" (Pub TV).
- ^ "Alphapage" (Pub TV). October 1990.
- ^ Sharif, Omar (1991). "Tiercé Magazine" (Pub TV).
- ^ "Volkswagen Passat" (Pub Tv). March 1994.
- ^ "Compotes Andros" (Pub Tv). March 2002.
- ^ Mazoyer, Robert (30 November 1994). "Jeanne" (tv movie).
- ^ Trotignon, Jean-Luc (1996). "La guerre des poux" (tv movie).
- ^ fr:Champs-Élysées (émission de télévision)#Champs-[better source needed]
- ^ Matignon, Rubia (2004). "Et si on chantait".
- ^ Marouani, Didier. "Space 1983".
- ^ Benoist, Yann (1987). "bye bye femme" (TV).
- ^ "Bass News", Bass Magazine, N 16: 9, December 1997
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has extra text (help) - ^ "un olympia pour moi tout seul". 1981.
- ^ "Surprise". 1982.
- ^ "One two three". 1988.
- ^ "Les Plus Grands Succes de Sacha Distel". 1989.
- ^ "On S'Dit Plus Rien". 1992.
- ^ "Seulement Pour Toi". 2002.
- ^ "Un Jour Une Vie". 2003.
- ^ "Da Vinci Vox". May 2006.
- ^ Chateigner, Yvon (2008). "L'Amore l'amore".
- ^ "Jude Box", Guitarist Magazine, N 232: 122, April 2010
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has extra text (help) - ^ fr:Les Joyeuses Colonies de vacances[better source needed]
- ^ Trotignon, Jean-Luc (1992). "Les Taupes-Niveaux" (comedy).
- ^ Mazoyer, Robert (1994). "Jeanne" (comedy).
- ^ Trotignon, Jean-Luc (1996). "La Guerre Des Poux" (comedy).