The collective trio of pianist Jean-Michel Pilc, bassist François Moutin and drummer Ari Hoenig embarks on its dynamic and exhilarating mash up of on-the-spot originals (“Thin Air ...

Jean-Michel moved to New York City in 1995. There, he formed a trio with Franois Moutin (bass) and Ari Hoenig (drums). They recorded a one-week engagement at the legendary jazz club Sweet Basil and, ...

Guitarist Stephane Wrembel and pianist Jean-Michel Pilc are touring to promote their new project, a three-part album called Triptych. The pair sat down with Ann Nyberg to discuss their love of ...

So, for instance, Jean-Michel Pilc's latest CD, the somewhat generically named Follow Me , has been getting great reviews here in the States. And why shouldn't it? A former scientist, Pilc plays with ...

Each performance is the first and last of his life. So says jazz pianist Jean-Michel Pilc about the here-and-now feeling that accompanies his every encounter with a keyboard. But he doesn't just ...

There’s more than a bit of the dervish in the pianist, whose music dances with equal parts abandon and control. The latter has always been the most impressive part of his gambits; he’s long ...

Pianist Jean-Michel Pilc at Green Mill in 2017. Listeners hoping to hear hard-hitting, uncompromising jazz improvisation fared better over the weekend with music from pianist Jean-Michel Pilc ...

Pilc 2010 has a way of conflating whimsy and wistfulness, so the offhand remarks found in “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” and “Try to Remember” seem like cousins of a sort.

Even if pianist Jean-Michel Pilc didn’t possess a formidable technique, his work would command attention for its creative restlessness.Though most of his first set Friday night at the Green Mill ...

Pilc also plays a solo show Saturday, April 12, 2 PM, Jazz Record Mart, 444 N. Wabash; 312-222-1467. Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): photo/Michael Jackson.

Case in point: pianist Jean-Michel Pilc. Pilc (pronounced “Peelk”) opened a six-night stand at the Jazz Bakery on Tuesday, still floating from a trio of sets at the Monterey Jazz Festival ...

-- Mike Joyce Appearing Friday and Saturday at Twins. * To hear a free Sound Bite from Jean-Michel Pilc, call Post-Haste at 202/334-9000 and press 8127. (Prince William residents, call 703/690-4110.) ...