Renaud PATIGNY : biography

When Renaud was 10, he was hypnotized by his uncle Paul's fingers as they flew over the black and white keys. That is how he was drawn into the world of Boogie Woogie.
'Playing monkey', he imitated his uncle and few years later, was able to reproduce the same sound.

At age 16 he moved further toward his musical career. It was then that he has attended, together with his brother Tristan, a session of jazz history, given at school by the Pol CLOSSET Trio with Marc HÉROUET (piano) and Bob DARTSCH (drums). His vocation took shape.

FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, DECEMBER 6, 2001
Belgian boogie-woogie expert Renaud Patigny and Chicago Reginald Robinson - have proven that there's plenty of creative potential left in historic musical forms.

Renaud PATIGNY is an selftaught musician with a very fine tuned ear and much like uncle's Paul fingers, his also fly over the keys of the piano.

By now, he has a track record of some 1000 concerts, in Belgium and abroad

(USA, Germany, France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Spain, England and Bulgaria, Sweden and Denmark).

SQUEEZE ME

He is the composer for "Ciné Follies", a series of 100 clips shown over RTL, BRT, RTP, ARD, in Africa and Scandinavia.
He composed music for Christian MESNIL.
And last but not least, composed the sound track for the film" A CHACUN SON CINÉMA" BY Jean-Noël GOBRON.

Renaud PATIGNY is specialised in transcribing original jazz master pieces and blues from old 78 rpm records.
He even realised a transcription of cadences by Arthur GRUMIAUX.

His own founded quintet SQUEEZE ME plays traditional jazz style using new compositions.

FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, DECEMBER 6, 2001
...when a pianist such as Patigny applies all his energies to the genre, the rewards can be enormous, as the evening ovations suggested.

1987	NUNUSSE (45 TOURS AUTOPRODUCTION)
1992	SALUTE TO UNCLE BIJOU (CD AUROPHON)
1997		TRITONS DANCE (CD)
1998		RENAUD PATIGNY LIVE 98
2001		TRIBUTE TO THE GIANTS "THE READER" (CHICAGO) NOVEMBER 30TH 2001 CRITIC'S CHOICE (David Whiteis) Though boogie-woogie was castigated in its days as "primitive" Patigny's articulate attack (not to mention the clarity of his recordings relative to the originals) makes plain how artful it really was... Patigny himself shines brightest on more mediative numbers: his rendition of Jay McShann's autumnal "Yardbird Waltz" is gentle and sentimental without sacrificing a firm sense of direction, and perfectly captures McShann's indelible combination of melancholy and optimism. The album's lone original, "Titine Blues" is similarly mellow, almost a ballad, and Patigny imbues it with the same wisdom, strength, and tenderness.
2002		BOOGIE BROTHERS LIVE (with Carl Sonny LEYLAND)

In August '98, Renaud been invited to perform at the Edinburgh Int'l Jazz & Blues Festival. His performance earned him a second invitation for the '99 edition.

Renaud became a permanent feature at the spring Jazz Jette festival. Here he's in the '99 edition playing in duo with Doctor GABS.

Renaud Patigny & Doctor Gabs

As of December 2000, Renaud is presenting a weekly Boogie Woogie show on radio CAMPUS (FM 107.2, Brussels only) Every 1^st & 3^d Tuesday of the month 21h to 22h.
The show is also streamed on the internet at http://resu5.ulb.ac.be:8000

Broad band connection (ADSL, câble TV), http://www.ulb.ac.be/assoc/radio-campus/streaming/stream128.pls
Analog (PTSN,ISDN), http://www.ulb.ac.be/assoc/radio-campus/streaming/stream24.pls

FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, DECEMBER 6, 2001
Patigny showed a degree of expertise on the subject that few American jazz pianists likely could have matched.

Renaud has his own website at http://www.88boogie.com

rpatigny@coditel.net.

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Renaud PATIGNY

Piano, Compositions, Vocal