Jean Hébrail

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Jean Hebrail is a French composer, musician, and Grammy Award-winning producer. He is married to Angélique Kidjo. The two are long-time songwriting collaborators . In 1987, Jean and Angelique Kidjo met at the CIM, the Centre d'informations musicales, a in Jazz school in Paris. . Together they have one daughter, Naïma Hebrail Kidjo born in 1993.

Jean has been known to travel the world to play, produce, and record. Many of his and Angélique Kidjo's albums are rooted in capturing foreign sounds and bringing them back to mingle with Angélique's West African sound. For Black Ivory Soul, "the singer returned with her husband, Pro Tools rig in tow, to capture the sound of Bahian drumming." Jean Hebrail describes the international process of creating this album: "“For the first song on the CD ‘Bahia’ [and several others], the basic production was done in Brazil. Once we were back in New York, we put together a guide vocal with light production and the musicians would play on top of it. In addition to playing bass, Hébrail did some engineering for the sessions at Sear Sound, and “I wrote a lot of songs with Angélique for this project.”" Another example of this is Djin Djin, where "using a series of percussion recordings she and Jean captured [in Benin] in the mid ’90s as a temporary foundation, they built a group of songs that, at long last, tip their hat to Kidjo’s home country." Djin Djin is their first album to win a Grammy for Best World Music Album, followed by Eve in 2014 , and then Sings in 2015 for which Jean won his own Grammy as producer. But he also records with Angélique in their home in Brooklyn, NY where they have a small studio.

He is also one of the founders and board members of the Batonga Foundation , whose aim is to provided African girls with secondary education.

Discography

Producer

• Parakou– Angélique Kidjo (1989), Island Records
• Fifa – Angélique Kidjo (1996), Mango/Island Records
• World Christmas – Various: Zan Vevede, Angélique Kidjo (1996), MetroBlue
• We Are One – Angélique Kidjo, Return To Pride Rock: Songs Inspired By Disney's The Lion King II - Simba's Pride (1998), Walt Disney Records
• Oremi – Angélique Kidjo (1999), Island Records
• Easy As Life – Tina Turner, Written by Elton John And Tim Rice, Aida (musical) (1999), The Rocket Record Company
• La Vie – Philippe Saisse, Produced Angélique Kidjo vocals (1999), Halfway 'Til Dawn GRP
• Keep On Moving: The Best Of Angelique Kidjo – Angélique Kidjo (2001), Producer on: Summertime, Fifa,Wombo Lombo, The Sound of the Drums, Naima,, Tourner La Page, Babalao, and Agossi, Wrasse Records
• Mysterious Ways – Angélique Kidjo, In The Name Of Love Africa Celebrates U2 (2008), Wrasse Records
• Lay, Lady, Lay – Angélique Kidjo, Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan (2012), Amnesty International
• Sings, Angélique Kidjo With The Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg (2015), 429 Records

Musician

• Parakou– Angélique Kidjo (1989), Island Records
• Logozo– Angélique Kidjo (1991), Mango/Island Records
• Aye– Angélique Kidjo (1994), Mango

Writing and Arrangement (selection)

• Parakou– Angélique Kidjo (1989), Island Records
• Logozo– Angélique Kidjo (1991), Mango/Island Records
• Aye– Angélique Kidjo (1994), Mango
• Ifé –Various Ace Ventura (When Nature Calls) (1995), MCA Soundtracks
• World Christmas – Various: Zan Vevede, Angélique Kidjo (1996), MetroBlue
• Fifa – Angélique Kidjo (1996), Mango/Island Records
• Azan Nan Kpe – Angélique Kidjo (Single) (1997), Mango
• Oremi – Angélique Kidjo (1998), Island Records
• Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Oremi – Angélique Kidjo (1998), Island Records
• Easy As Life – Tina Turner, Written by Elton John And Tim Rice, Aida (musical) (1999), The Rocket Record Company
• Keep On Moving: The Best Of Angelique Kidjo – Angélique Kidjo (2001), Writer on on: Agolo, Fifa, Batonga, Wombo Lombo, Open Your Eyes, The Sound of the Drums, Adouma, Naima, Babalao, Idjé Idjé, Tombo, and Wé Wé, Wrasse Records
• Black Ivory Soul – Angélique Kidjo (2002) Columbia Records
• Adouma – Shaman Carlos Santana, (2002) Arista Records
• Iwoya – Various, The Wild Thornberrys Movie (Music From The Motion Picture) (2003), Nick Records
• Battu –Various, African Playground (2003), Putamayo Kids
• Bahia– Various, Women Of Africa (2004), Putamayo World Music
• Oyaya! –Angélique Kidjo (2004), Columbia Records
• Djin Djin – Angelique Kidjo (2007), Razor & Tie
• Sings, Angélique Kidjo With The Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg (2015), 429 Records

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