Artist: Philippe Saisse
Genre(s):
New Age
Ambient
Discography:
Next Voyage
Year: 1997
Tracks: 12
Masques
Year: 1995
Tracks: 11
Valerian
Year: 1988
Tracks: 11
Contemporary jazz keyboardist, composer and producer Philippe Saisse was born in Marseilles and raised in Paris; the boy of a staff producer at CBS/Sony France, he studied piano, euphony theory and composing at the Paris National Conservatory, winning Boston's Berklee College of Music's prestigious Paul Winter Scholarship upon graduating in 1975. At Berklee, Saisse became the protege of vibist Gary Burton, prima to a tenure performing behind Narada Michael Walden; he made his recorded debut on Al DiMeola's 1979 effort Splendido Hotel, and in addition to jazz likewise expanded into pop session work with appearances on David Bowie's Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), Chaka Khan's I Feel for You and the Rolling Stones' Pestiferous Work. Saisse too earned notice writing corporeal for DiMeola, Al Jarreau (for whom he too co-produced the 1988 LP Heart's Horizon) and David Sanborn; he to boot served as the melodious director on the Sanborn-hosted TV series Night Music. In 1988 Saisse signed to Windham Hill to firing his solo debut, Valerian; it was septenary days before the followup, Masques, appeared on Verve Forecast. Side by side Voyage followed in 1997, and deuce days later he resurfaced with Halfway Till Dawn.
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