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Cyrille Aimée

Cyrille Aimée is a vocalist, songwriter, lyricist, and educator whose music draws on jazz improvisation, French guitar traditions, and Caribbean rhythm.

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Career Overview

About Cyrille Aimée

Aimée's official biography connects her multilingual upbringing, Dominican family heritage, and adolescence near the Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois-sur-Seine. She later studied at SUNY Purchase while performing in New York, developing improvisation and song interpretation through both jazz-club and gypsy-guitar communities.[1]

Her catalog moved from the Surreal Band and live recordings into Mack Avenue albums and a more songwriter-centered phase. À Fleur de Peau presents Aimée's original songs and arrangements through jazz harmony, pop form, and Caribbean rhythmic sources.[1][2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader and vocalist

Cyrille Aimée and the Surreal Band

Aimée's early leader ensemble provided a flexible setting for standards, original songs, vocal improvisation, and guitar-centered arrangements.[1][2]

Leader, vocalist, and arranger

Mack Avenue leader catalog

Albums including It's a Good Day, Let's Get Lost, and Move On document Aimée's transition from standards toward increasingly personal repertoire.[1][2]

Songwriter, vocalist, and arranger

À Fleur de Peau

The project centers Aimée's own writing and brings her jazz practice together with pop production and Afro-Caribbean rhythm.[1][3]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2014 · Mack Avenue Records

It's a Good Day

Leader and vocalist

Aimée's Mack Avenue debut combines standards and original material with a guitar-rich small ensemble.[1][2]

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2019 · Mack Avenue Records

Move On: A Sondheim Adventure

Leader, vocalist, and arranger

The album reshapes Stephen Sondheim songs alongside original material and traces a direct line from theatrical song to jazz improvisation.[1][2]

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2024 · Whirlwind Recordings

À Fleur de Peau

Leader, vocalist, songwriter, and arranger

Aimée's original-song project was developed with producer and multi-instrumentalist Jake Sherman.[1][3]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

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À Fleur de Peau

Hear Aimée's original-song album through Whirlwind Recordings' authorized Bandcamp edition.

Official YouTube channel

Watch Aimée's performances, arrangements, and artist videos through her official channel.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Thu, Oct 1, 7:00 PM

Cyrille Aimée

SFJAZZ Center · San Francisco

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Thu, Oct 1, 8:30 PM

Cyrille Aimée

SFJAZZ Center · San Francisco

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Fri, Oct 2, 7:00 PM

Cyrille Aimée

SFJAZZ Center · San Francisco

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Fri, Oct 2, 8:30 PM

Cyrille Aimée

SFJAZZ Center · San Francisco

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Sat, Oct 3, 7:00 PM

Cyrille Aimée

SFJAZZ Center · San Francisco

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Sat, Oct 3, 8:30 PM

Cyrille Aimée

SFJAZZ Center · San Francisco

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Sun, Oct 4, 4:30 PM

CYRILLE AIMÉE DUO

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society · Half Moon Bay

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Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and artistic development

    Cyrille Aimée

  2. [2] Official recording guide

    Cyrille Aimée

  3. [3] À Fleur de Peau release and personnel notes

    Whirlwind Recordings