Dominique Pifarély (born 1957) is a French jazz violinist. He works in
avant-garde jazz
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, but he has also worked in
post-bop
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and other contexts.
Career
Pifarély was born in
Bègles
Bègles (; Gascon: ''Begla'') is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.
It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the south. Bègles station has rail connections to Langon and Bordeaux.
Population
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. In 1979, he began touring with bassist Didier Levallet and guitarist Gérard Marais as a trio. In the 1980s he began leading his own bands, as can be heard on the recording ''Insula Dulcamara'' (1988) and ''Oblique'' (1992).
In 1985, Pifarély started to work with reedist Louis Sclavis and in 1992, they formed the Sclavis/Pifarély Acoustic Quartet, featuring guitarist Marc Ducret and double bassist
Bruno Chevillon
Bruno Chevillon (born 23 August 1959) is a French jazz double bassist who is well known in avant-garde jazz as well as in new improvised music.
Life
Born in Valréas Vaucluse, Chevillon followed a double training since he graduated from the ...
, and recorded for ECM. In the late 1990s, he started a duo work with pianist François Couturier, and they recorded an album (Poros, ECM, 1997).
Impromptu is a collaboration with François Couturier, Dominique Visse, and a work on contemporary poetry. He also initiated text/music experiences with French writer François Bon and actors Violaine Schwartz and Pierre Baux. The Dédales ensemble is an acoustic nine piece band. In 2007 he founded a trio with keyboard player Julien Padovani and drummer Eric Groleau.
He performs in Europe and has toured in the U.S., Canada, Japan, India, Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.
Discography
As leader
* ''Acoustic Quartet'' with Lous Sclavis (ECM, 1994)
* ''Triplicity'' with Stefano Battaglia and Paolino dalla Porta (Dischi Della Quercia, 1995)
* ''Poros'' with François Couturier (ECM, 1998)
* '' Time Before and Time After'' (ECM, 2015)
As sideman
With
Tim Berne
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Biography
Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States. He has said that ...
* ''Insomnia'' (
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)
With
Safy Boutella
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* ''Mejnoun'' (Indigo)
With Jean-Paul Celea and
François Couturier
François Couturier (born 2 May 1950 in Fleury-les-Aubrais, Orléans) is a French jazz pianist.
Biography
Couturier began learning piano at the age of six. A year after earning his degree in classical piano and musicology in 1977, he met Jac ...
* ''Black Moon'', quartet with François Laizeau (Blue Silver)
With
Vincent Courtois
Vincent Courtois (born 21 March 1968) is a French jazz cellist.
Biography
Courtois studied classical cello at the Conservatory of Aubervilliers, first with Erwan Fauré, and then with Roland Pidoux and Frédéric Lodéon. He also played Didier ...
* ''Pleine lune'' (Nocturne)
* ''The Fitting Room'', trio with Marc Ducret (Enja)
With
Marc Ducret
Marc Ducret (born 19 August 1957) is a contemporary avant-garde jazz guitarist who frequently collaborates with saxophonist Tim Berne.
Ducret's guitar style is idiosyncratic, having been called "highly original and very expressive," but also ...
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People
* YARA (girl group), a Filipino girl group
* Yara (given name)
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Locations
* Y ...
'' (Enja, 1998)
* ''Yara'', with Nabil Khayat and Vincent Courtois (Enja)
With
Didier Levallet
Didier Levallet (born 19 July 1944, in Arcy-sur-Cure, France) is a French jazz double bassist, composer, arranger and leader.
A self-taught bassist, Levallet made his professional debut in Paris in 1969, working with such artists as Ted Curson, ...
* ''Paris-suite'' (Evidence)
* ''Eurydice'' (Evidence)
With
Eddy Louiss
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Eddy started playing in his father Pierre's orchestra in the 1950s. Pierre changed the family name from Louise to Louiss. As a vocalist, he was a member of Les Double Six of ...
* ''Sang mêlé'' (Nocturne)
* ''Multicolor Feeling'' (Nocturne)
With Michele Rabbia and Stefano Battaglia
* ''Atem'', with Michel Godard, Vincent Courtois (Splash)
* ''Raccolto'' (ECM 1933/34)
With Samo Salamon
* ''Stretching Out'' (Samo Records, 2013)
With
Louis Sclavis
Louis Sclavis (born 2 February 1953) is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including avant-garde jazz, free jazz, free improvisation and contemporary classical.
Life ...
* ''Chine'' (IDA, 1987 reissued on Label Bleu)
* ''Chamber Music'' (IDA, 1989 reissued on Label Bleu)
* ''Ellington on the Air'' (IDA, 1992)
* ''Rouge'' (ECM, 1992)
* ''Les violences de Rameau'' (ECM, 1996)
* ''Danses et autres scènes'' (Label Bleu, 1997)
* ''Dans la nuit'' (ECM, 2002)
With
Mike Westbrook
Michael John David Westbrook (born 21 March 1936) is an English jazz pianist, composer, and writer of orchestrated jazz pieces. He is married to the vocalist, librettist and painter Kate Westbrook.
Early work
Mike Westbrook was born in Hig ...
* ''
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YouTube
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