Fleury-les-Aubrais
Fleury-les-Aubrais () is a commune in the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is a northern suburb of Orléans.
As a part of German-occupied France, its railway station was destroyed in 1944 by the Combined Bomber Offensive.
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Orléans (;"Orleans" (US) and jazz pianist
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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 Jacques Thollot's quartet bassist Jean-Paul Céléa, with whom he formed a duo. Between 1981 and 1983, Couturier toured with
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* John McLaughlin (musician) (born 1942), English jazz fusion guitarist, member of Mahavishnu Orchestra
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, with whom he also recorded. Over time, he played with French jazz musicians such as
André Ceccarelli
André "Dédé" Ceccarelli (born 5 January 1946) is a French jazz drummer.
Biography
After learning to play the drums from his father, Ceccarelli started out playing in the salons of the Hotel Royal Nice Promenade des Anglais at the age of fi ...
Khomsa
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In 2006, his album ''Nostalghia – A Song for Tarkovsky'' was released on the label ECM Records alongside
soprano saxophonist
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Jean-Marc Larché,
accordionist
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Jean-Louis Matinier and cellist Anja Lechner. The album is dedicated to the film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his films. The album's music was also presented at various festivals, first in Bergamo in 2006. Other albums with the "Tarkovsky Quartet" followed in 2011 and 2017. In 2007, he played in the quintet "Passaggio", with which he recorded two albums on
Label Bleu
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, and in the "European Jazz Trio" with Céléa and Wolfgang Reisinger. He also plays in duo with the violinist Dominique Pifarély on his album ''Poros'' (1997) and with the pianist Jean-Pierre Chalet. With the countertenor
Dominique Visse
Dominique Visse (born 30 August 1955) is a French countertenor and founder of the Ensemble Clément Janequin.
Life and career
Dominique Visse was a chorister at the Notre-Dame de Paris and studied organ and flute at the Versailles Conservatory. ...
he recorded ''From Machaut to Berio''.
Discography
* 2014: With the cellist Anja Lechner ''Moderato cantabile'', ECM New Series 2367, 2014.''Improvisation mit fünf Lebenslinien'' in FAZ vom 16.