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Moon Kaplan

To be or not to be bop

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Born in 1984, Moon Kaplan begins the alto sax in 1994. After several years of working on this instrument, he begins to play the tenor in 2006. His musical studies at the Conservatory of Lyon made him practise jazz and create his own group on 2002. He took part in many groups (from trio to big band). The Moon Kaplan Group, which includes actually between three and five members, was created in february 2005 and performs generally at Lyon or around. The group principally works on original compositions."


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Né en 1984, Moon Kaplan débute le saxophone alto en 1994. Après plusieurs année de pratique de cet instrument, il se met au saxophone ténor en 2006. Ses études de musique au Conservatoire de Lyon (C.N.R) l'ont conduit à travailler le jazz en autodidacte et à créer son propre groupe en 2002. Il a participé à différentes formations de jazz (du trio au big band). Le Moon Kaplan Group, qui compte actuellement entre 3 et 5 membres, fut créé en février 2005 et se produit généralement sur Lyon et sa région. Le groupe travaille principalement sur des compositions."

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Member Since: 1/17/2007
Band Website: kaplangroup.eu
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The Moon Kaplan TRIO :



Moon KAPLAN QUINTET : Moon Kaplan (tenor sax, alto sax) / Ben ANX (guitar)/ Caroline THEY (keyboards) / Omar HORCH (bass) / Benoît ANDRU (drums) /



Influences:

Charlie Parker, Wayne Shorter, Art Pepper, Joshua Redman, Kenny Garrett, Coltrane, Lester Young, Michael Brecker, Dexter Gordon, Stanley Turrentine, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Red Garland, Erroll Garner, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan...


Sounds Like: hard bop, modal jazz.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None