ArtistInfo

Eric Legnini

p, ep, *1980 BE, Huy
Musician of Jazz

Éric Legnini (born in Huy, near Liège, Belgium on 20 February 1970) is a Belgian jazz pianist and leader of the Éric Legnini Trio.Legnini was born in an artistic family coming from Italy. The family immigrated to Belgium, where he started playing the piano at age 6 and initiated in jazz in his teens. In 1988 he traveled to the United States for 2 years to study American jazz styles. Returning as a teacher of jazz piano at the Brussels Royal Conservatory of Music, where he met Jacques Pelzer. The result was the Pelzer album Never Let Me Go featuring Eric Legnini with guest stars Barney Wilen and Michel Graillier.

Instruments

• Piano
• Electric piano
• Keyboards
• Percussion
• Organ

Genres

• Jazz
• Electronic
• Hip-Hop/Rap
• R&B/Soul
• Pop

Plays With