Yann Benoist
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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 La Défense Jazz Festival [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, Richard Bohringer, Jean Guidoni, Sylvie Vartan, Sheila (singer), Hugues Aufray, Jean-Luc Lahaye, Julien Clerc, Patrick Hernandez, Nancy Holloway, Sacha Distel, Murray Head, Maurane, Marie Myriam, Francis Cabrel, Smain, Dorothée, Gilles Servat, William Sheller, Jacques Loussier, 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).
He is a composer for APM Music and Universal Publishing .
Selective Discography
As a Leader
As a Sideman
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- Marie Myriam J'aime quand tu es jaloux (Ariola)
- Renaud Un Olympia pour moi tout seul [18] (Polydor)
- Richard Sanderson Surprise[19] (Vogue)
- William Sheller Simplement (album de William Sheller) (Philips Records)
- Didier Marouani et Paris-France-Transit Concerts en URSS (Vogue)
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- Richard SandersonFairy Tales (Vogue)
- Bibie Tout doucement (CBS)
- Daniel Lévi Cocktail (EMI)
- Jean-Luc Lahaye Flagrant Délit de Tendresse (Philips)
- Jean-Luc Lahaye Live au Palais des Sports (Philips)
- Jeff Joseph One Two Three '[20] (Polydor)
- Sheila (singer) Je suis venue te dire que je m'en vais (Polygram)
- Sacha Distel Les Plus Grands Succes De Sacha Distel[21] (Carrere)
- Sylvie Vartan Concert à Sofia Sylvie Vartan discography (Philips)
- Didier Marouani Space Magic Concerts(BMG Russia)
- Sheila (singer) On S'Dit plus rien[22] (Carrere Music)
- Nana Mouskouri Hollywood (Philips)
- Jana Herzen Soup's on Fire (Motema Music)
- Renaud Le Retour de le Chetron Sauvage (Virgin)
- Dave (singer) Toujours le même bleu (Sony Music)
- Gilbert Bécaud L'Olympia 97 (BMG)
- Sheila (singer)Le Meilleur de Sheila (Flarenash)
- Sheila (singer) Olympia 1998 (Wagram Music)
- Alabina Sahara (Sony Music)
- Didier Marouani Symphonic Space Dream (BMG Russia)
- Sheila (singer) Dense (EMI)
- Sheila (singer) Medley Disco (Wagram Music)
- Serge Lama Feuilles à Feuilles (Warner Music France)
- Sheila (singer) Seulement pour toi[23] (Warner Music France)
- Sheila (singer) Jamais deux sans toi (Warner Music)
- Serge Lama Un Jour Une Vie[24] (Warner Music)
- Serge Lama pluri elles (Wea Music)
- Gilbert Bécaud Suite (Capitol Music)
- Da Vinci Vox The Hidden Message[25] (EMI Label One)
- Yvon Chateigner[26] (feat) Ornella Vanoni L'amore l'AmoreUniversal)
- Iwan B La Quête, Ar C'hlask(Coop Breizh)
Videos
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- Renaud La Chetron Sauvage(Live Zénith 1986)
- Jean-Luc Lahaye Débarquez Moi (Live Palais des Sports 1987)
- Sheila (singer) Je suis venue te dire que je m'en vais(Live Olympia 1989)
- Mireille Mathieu Live Palais 1990
- Sylvie Vartan Concert a Sofia
- Dorothée L'album en Video
- Sheila (singer) Sheila à L'Olympia 1999
DVD's
As a Leader
- Rencontre d'un Soir (guest) : Martin Taylor (guitarist), Iwan B[27]
As a sideman
- Sheila (singer) Jamais deux sans toi live Olympia
- Space (French band) Concert In Moscow (once upon a time in the East)
- Space (French band) Space Magic Concerts
- Serge Lama Un jour , une vie (Live Bercy)
- Sheila (singer) Sheila Live 89 à l'Olympia
- 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)
including :Gilbert Bécaud B+B(je t'appartiens) Composer Yann Benoist Lyrics Pierre Delanoë / Manny Curtis
- 2001 Serge Lama " Feuilles à feuilles" (Various composer)
- 2002 Décalage (Sobridis musique)
- 2005 RockAnd Roll Comedy (UPPM) (Various Composer)
- 2006 French Songs Universal Publishing (UPPM)
- 2007 Rock And Roll Comedy 2(UPPM)(Various Composer)
- 2010 Funk Addict APM Music
- 2012 Indie Rock Session (KAPAGAMA)
- 2015 Sunny Guitars (Musique & Music)
- 2016 Melody Box (Various Composer)
Movie TV Score
- 1979 Les Joyeuses Colonies de vacances[28]
- 1990 Envoyé Spécial
- 1992 Les Taupes-Niveaux
- 1993 Envoyé Spécial
- 1994 Jeanne[29]
- 1996 La Guerre Des Poux[30]
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 Template:OLCL
- Armor magazine N°442 November 2006 Yannick Pelletier ISSN 0044-8966 OCLC 0044-8966
- Home-Studio N° 253 July/August 2010 (Olivia Clain) ISSN 1628-3392 OCLC 1628-3392
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).
- ^ Drucker, Michel. "Champs-Elysées" (tv movie).
- ^ Matignon, Rubia (2004). "Et si on chantait".
- ^ Marouani, Didier. "Space 1983".
- ^ "BYE BYE FEMME". 1987.
- ^ "RAINBOW CITY". 1997.
- ^ "DÉCALAGE". 2003.
- ^ "un olympia pour moi tout seul". 1982.
- ^ "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) - ^ Gérard, Michel (1979). "Les joyeuses colonies de vacances" (comedy).
- ^ Mazoyer, Robert (1994). "Jeanne" (comedy).
- ^ Trotignon, Jean-Luc (1996). "La Guerre Des Poux" (comedy).