# Ernie Odoom

Ernie Odoom is a Swiss Vocalist, Saxophonist and Band Leader. He was a co-founder of PPA+ and Rootman which is Thai version of PPA+. Odoom released albums for the band LeBocal, as a vocalist and saxophonist, with his friends since 2002 and developing modern-improvising on his own style.
Odoom won the Prix du Festival at Crest Vocal Jazz competition in 2004 and went on to form the piano-voice duo E'MOW and the progressive pop quartet Liquid Groovement with pianist Michel Wintsch, who is a reference in improvised music in Switzerland. In 2008, Ernie began work with a new trio, The Glenn Ferris Wheel, with Glenn Ferris on trombone and Bruno Rousselet on double bass.
As a founder of Jaydo's Jazz Cafe in Geneva, he is playing jazz music in Geneva and usually appears on European/Asian jazz stages including AMR Jazz Festival (Swiss), Thailand Jazz Conference (Thailand), Saxophone Pub (Thailand), Eden Lounge (Vietnam), Pickwick Pub (Swiss) and Blakat Jam Session in Au Chat Noir (Swiss).

## Discography

Ernie Odoom began recording his full album in 1991. A list of albums featuring Ernie Odoom :
With Les Tontons Flingueurs
* Mama Told Me (1991)
* Voleur de Feu (1995)
With Peeping Tom
* Peeping Tom (1994)
With Sao
* Entre Ciel et Terre (1999)
With LeBocal
* Collectif etc (2002)
* Oh No !... Just Another Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue ! (2003)
* Ego (2006)
* Bist du froh ? (2012)
With Pavel Pesta Re-Bop Quintet
* Pavel Pesta Re-Bop Quintet (2005)
With Glenn Ferris Wheel Trio
* ENJA (2009)
With William Parker
* Essence of Ellington (Centering, 2012)
* Wood Flute Songs (AUM Fidelity, 2013)
Recordings on his live performances :
* Just Kidding, Interrogation (1999)
* PPA+, Live at the Chat Noir (2002)
* Croon On (2003)
* L’Ilorkestra (2004)
* E’MOW (2006)
A list of CD albums that Ernie was invited to be a guest artist :
* Icare-SaturnSplit-32db (1997) - with Peeping Tom
* Lili Lazer (1998) - with Brico Jardin
* Liquid Sand (1999) - with Peeping Tom
* 16 Nouvelles Aventures (1999) - with Brico Jardin
* Neuf (2000) - with Sandro en Compagnie
* Delivering (2004) - with Actaruss 1
* Pavel Pesta Re-Bop Quintet (2005)
* Right Next Door (2006) - with Quartier Lointain

## Sources

* ↑ "PPA+ Group".
* ↑ "Rootman:Grooves,Funk,Jazz ,Electronic,Nu Jazz Bangkok ,Thailand". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
* ↑ "LEBOCAL collective".
* ↑ "Ernie Odoom - Biography".
* ↑ "Biographie E'MOW".
* ↑ "Ferris Wheel - Glenn Ferris, Ernie Odoom, Bruno Rousselet | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
* ↑ "Jaydo's Jazz Café - News".
* ↑ "Jazz Clubs Switzerland". Archived from the original on 2009-05-31. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
* ↑ "| AMR".
* ↑ "Thailand Jazz Conference 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
* ↑ "Rootman:Grooves,Funk,Jazz ,Electronic,Nu Jazz Bangkok ,Thailand". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
* ↑ "Home - Mr Pickwick".
* ↑ "Tilllate.com Schweiz - Blakat Jam Session, Donnerstag 3.3.2011, Chat Noir, Carouge". Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
* ↑ "Ernie Odoom - Listen".
* ↑ "LEBOCAL : discography". www.lebocal.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.