Yoann Loustalot
Biography Yoann Loustalot
Yoann Loustalot
Singular voice of the trumpet in Europe, prolific and original composer, Yoann leads various projects and is also founder of the record label « Bruit Chic ».
He is known for his unique sound and his fine melodic inventiveness. He has recorded more than ten albums as a leader or co-leader. He has also participated in some forty recordings as a sideman and regularly plays alongside other jazz personalities. His various personal projects or collaborations SLOW, LUCKY DOG, AEROPHONE, SLEEPER TRAIN, OLD AND NEW SONGS, GRAND SIX and today the creation of the fantastic project VELVET VOICE are the testimonies of a creativity always in ebullition.
The master Enrico Rava retranscribes very well in these few sentences what emanates from Yoann’s music: » Yoann Loustalot is like a very rare flower which, when it appears in a garden, makes all the other flowers disappear. It is not just a « beautiful sound ». No, it is the sound of the soul and it is so deep and authentic that every note counts and tells a story. It constantly invents melodies that remain etched in the air and in our heads. Passion, care, attention, love. I have almost never felt so close to another trumpeter. »
Lately, as a sideman, he also participates in Aldo Romano’s Palatino quartet as well as in Michel Bénita’s group Ethics and Looking At Sounds, he records with Daniel Humair « Drum Things » for Frémeaux et associés (November 2020) with Aldo Romano « Reborn » and plays with Sylvain Rifflet’s « Troubadours » project…
