Vincent Ségal-French cellist and bassist

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Vincent is highly regarded for his versatility, and for the the variety of his collaborations and unusual projects. He has worked with the likes of Steve Nieve, Elvis Costello, Cesaria Evora, Blackalicious, Carlinhos Brown, the French reggae band Tryo and many others…

In 1986 he and Cyril Atef and formed the band Bumcello, a downtempo electronica duo that won the Victoires de la Musique award and was named Electronic artist of the year 2006.

He played on every album of the French star, -M- [Matthieu Chedid], and In 2009 worked with Sting on his album If on a Winter's Night....

In October of the same year he recorded at Salif Keïta’s studio in Mali, the album Chamber Music with Ballaké Sissoko, which was later followed by the equally powerful ’Musique de Nuit’
1 Sep 2019 English South Africa Arts · Performing Arts

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