Diego Imbert
Biography Diego Imbert
Diego Imbert
began his musical journey with the violin at the age of six, followed by the electric bass at 15.
It was not until 1995 that he took up the double bass (studying at a conservatory in Paris and attending workshops with Jean-François Jenny-Clark and Eddie Gomez). He has performed with ensembles such as Biréli Lagrène’s “Gipsy Project” and the Sylvain Beuf trio—featuring Franck Agulhon (since 2000)—which expanded into a sextet in 2009. In 2008, he formed his own group with David El-Malek, Alex Tassel, and Franck Agulhon. As a leader, composer, and double bassist, he has recorded three albums with this quartet: *À l’ombre du saule pleureur* (2009), *Next Move* (2011), and *Colors* (2015), all released on the Such Prod / Harmonia Mundi label. In 2013, he recorded the duo album "Double Entente" with guitarist Michel Perez (Such Prod/Harmonia Mundi), which later evolved into "Triple Entente" (Trebim Music/L’Autre Distribution) with the addition of Sylvain Beuf in 2016. In 2017, he recorded "Tribute to Charlie Haden" (Trebim Music/L’Autre Distribution) alongside Enrico Pieranunzi, André Ceccarelli, and a string/woodwind ensemble orchestrated and conducted by Pierre Bertrand—a project nominated for a "Victoires du Jazz" award in 2018. He also participated in the project "Le coq et la pendule" (a tribute to Claude Nougaro), followed by André Ceccarelli’s "ANOUsGARO"—featuring Pierre-Alain Goualch and David Linx—which later became "7000 Miles" in 2018. Furthermore, he is a member of Daniel Mille’s quintet, which pays tribute to Astor Piazzolla and served as the musical accompaniment for Jean-Louis Trintignant’s final stage show (Trintignant-Mille-Piazzolla/Sony Music). His 2019 project, "Urban," is an electric septet in which Diego returned to playing the electric bass. In 2020, his duo project with pianist Alain Jean-Marie—a tribute to Bill Evans—was awarded the "Prix du disque français 2020" by the Académie du Jazz. At the end of 2021, he released a project with André Ceccarelli and Pierre-Alain Goualch centered on George Gershwin’s opera "Porgy & Bess."
He has also performed with musicians such as Archie Shepp, Didier Lockwood, Laurent de Wilde, Aldo Romano, Richard Galliano, Eric Legnini, Philip Catherine, Enrico Pieranunzi, Antonio Faraò, and Jean-Michel. Pilc, Stéphane Huchard, Franck Avitabile, Pierre de Bethmann, Guillaume de Chassy, Pierrick Pedron, Rosario Giuliani, Alain Jean-Marie, Sylvain Luc, Flavio Boltro, Michael Felberbaum, Michel Perez, Olivier Ker Ourio, Baptiste Trotignon, Tigran Hamasyan, Ari Hoenig, Julien Charlet, Sara Lazarus, Elisabeth
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A tenured jazz instructor (*Professeur d’Enseignement Artistique* – PEA) at the Troyes Conservatory, he has also taught periodically for many years at various institutions (such as the Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood, Music Academy International, and IMFP). He has developed educational projects in collaboration with the conservatories of Chaumont and Neufchâteau, delivered masterclasses at the conservatories of Strasbourg, Nice, and Douarnenez, and currently coordinates the jazz and classical double bass workshop in Chaumont.
