Thibaud Mennillo

Modern pianist, improviser inspired by the motifs of John Coltrane / McCoy Tyner / Keith Jarrett / Thelonious Monk / Chick Corea / Bill Evans / Randy Weston / Ornette Coleman…, Thibaud Mennillo is the grandson of jazz pianist Roger Mennillo, trainer of all a generation of pianists. The improvised piano allows him to exploit all these melodic, polyphonic and polyrhythmic sources of inspiration, often expressing himself in a very concerted use of the instrument. His harmonic research is sometimes skilfully deepened or restores a more refined language close to minimalism. Through his compositions, Thibaud Mennillo takes us on a sensory journey to the heart of his inner universe. An immaterial and dreamlike space in which he flourishes, always at the service of an astonishing spontaneity and a vigorous and energizing game, constantly renewing itself, far from the beaten track.