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Powerhouse jazz for a new generation: Médéric Collignon has been causing shockwaves in jazz and contemporary music for some years now. He represents a rare species in music; movements usually get only one, maybe two a generation. They put an end to iteration and invent new music made out of desire and histories. "Médo (S)" will be an offbeat documentary about this musical phenomenon, a true portrait of the irreverend and generous character who in the scope of the shootings became a central figure in the international jazz scene and a respected Jazzman.

The film project meanwhile evolved into an artistic encounter mediated by trust, complicity and a constant desire to challenge and test all possibilities. To give the maximum every second, every beat and also accept mistakes for a better bounce. Médéric Collignon’s musical art remained a bastion of the unpredictable, unspecific and ephemeral: risky business. The documentary « Médo (S) » in response became an experiment on time and freedom, a "work in progress" necessarily partial and subjective, Médéric is now greatly sought, he shakes opinions, raises eyebrows, indisputably deranges. Hate it or love it; the beat goes off.

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with :

Jus de Bocse - Paris jazz festival - 2009 : Médéric Collignon – Bugle, cornet / Philippe Gleizes – Batterie / Frank Woeste – Fender Rhodes / Frédéric Chiffoleau – Contrebasse / Gilles Olivesi – Ingénieur du son

Septik - Jazz in Marciac - 2008 : Médéric Collignon – Bugle, cornet / Thomas de Pourquery – Saxophone / Frank Woeste – Fender rhodes / Matthieu Jérôme – Fender rhodes / Maxime Delpierre – Guitare / Jean-Philippe Morel – Basse / Philippe Gleizes – Batterie

Dgiz at Atelier du plateau en 2008 : Dgiz – Slam, contrebasse / Médéric Collignon – Voix, bugle, effets / Sylvaine Hélary – Flûte / François Merville – Batterie / Pascal Contet – Accordéon

MegaOctet at jazz club "Le triton" en 2008 : Andy Emler – Piano, compositions, direction / Médéric Collignon – Bugle, cornet, voix / Laurent Dehors -Saxophone ténor, clarinette basse, cornemuse / Thomas de Pourquery – saxophones alto et soprano / Philippe Sellam – saxophone alto / François Thuillier – Tuba / Claude Tchamitchian – Contrebasse / Eric Echampard – Batterie

Festival Jazz Nomades - La voix est libre 2009 : Bernard Lubat – Piano, Voix / Médéric Collignon – Bugle, cornet, voix / Philippe Gleizes – Batterie

"L’instrument à Pression" - 2009 : David Lescot – Texte / Véronique Bellegarde – Mise en scène Avec Jacques Bonnaffé, Médéric Collignon, Olivier Garouste, Philippe Gleizes, David Lescot, Odja Llorca.

Duo Charmatz/Collignon - Festival Seine de danse 2008 : Boris Charmatz – Danse / Médéric Collignon – Bugle, cornet, effets, voix

L’atelier des possibles à Festival Jazz à Porquerolles - 2008 : Denis Charolles – Batterie, percussions, trombone, arrosoir / Médéric Collignon – Bugle, cornet, effets, voix / André Minvielle – Voix / Christophe Monniot – Sax, effets

« Dgiz en jazz » Victor Hugo Theater - Bagneux 2009 : Dgiz – Slam, contrebasse / Médéric Collignon – Voix, bugle, effets, baguette chinoises / Andy Emler – Piano

Archives (TBC) : ONJ de Claude Barthelemy, Napoli’s wall de Louis Sclavis

and Philippe Cocu (Teacher of Médéric Collignon), Monique Collignon, Elise Caron / Michel Portal / Percussions de Strasbourg (TBC), Francois Bonhomme, Nicolas Chedmail, Philippe Bord, Victor Michaud, Hasse Poulsen, Vincent Courtois, Louis Sclavis, …

Médo(S): A documentary about the french artist Médéric Collignon

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