François Houle (born August 17, 1961) is a Canadian

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musician. He was born in

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, and plays primarily clarinet. Houle studied music formally at

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from 1980 to 1984 and then at

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from 1985 to 1987, after which he pursued a career in jazz, studying under Steve Lacy.Mark Miller, "François Houle". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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. He lived in

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from 1990. His album for Songlines Records, ''In the Vernacular: The Music of John Carter'', was nominated for a Juno Award in 1999 for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Discography

As leader

* ''Hacienda'' (Songlines, 1992) * ''Schizosphere'' (Red Toucan, 1994) * ''Any Terrain Tumultuous'' with

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(Red Toucan, 1995) * ''Nancali'' with Benoit Delbecq (Songlines, 1997) * ''In the Vernacular'' (Songlines, 1998) * ''Au Coeur Du Litige'' (Spool, 2000) * ''Cryptology'' (Between the Lines, 2000) * ''Dice Thrown'' with Benoit Delbecq (Songlines, 2002) * ''Double Entendre'' (Earsay, 2005) * ''Aerials'' (Drip Audio, 2006) * ''La Lumiere de Pierres'' with Evan Parker & Benoit Delbecq (Psi, 2007) * ''9 Moments'' with Joelle Leandre (Red Toucan, 2007) * ''Because She Hoped'' with Benoit Delbecq (Songlines, 2011) * ''Genera'' (Songlines, 2012) * ''Aves'' with Havard Wiik (Songlines, 2013) * ''Sassicaia'' with Sea and Sky (Redshift, 2014) * ''Zarabandeo'' with Sea and Sky (Afterday Audio, 2015) * ''14 Rue Paul Fort Paris'' with Joelle Leandre (Leo, 2015) * ''You Have Options'' with

Alexander Hawkins Alexander Hawkins (born 3 May 1981) is a British jazz pianist and composer. Three of the main groups he has led or co-led are the Alexander Hawkins Ensemble; the Convergence Quartet (with Taylor Ho Bynum, Harris Eisenstadt, and Dominic Lash); ...

(Songlines, 2018)

As sideman

With

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* ''Live @ Banlieues Bleues'' (Red Toucan, 1996) * ''C'Est Ca'' (Red Toucan, 2001) * ''Last Seen Headed: Live at Sons D'Hiver'' (

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, 2010) With others *

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, ''Jazz Thing'' (Ranbach Music/Maximum Jazz 2004) * Benoit Delbecq, ''Pursuit'' (Songlines, 2000) *

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, ''L'Ivresse de La Vitesse'' (Empreintes DIGITALes, 1994) * Paul Dolden, ''Seuil de Silences'' (Empreintes DIGITALes, 2003) *

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, ''Hornets Collage'' (Nuscope, 2000) * Scott Fields, ''96 Gestures'' (CRI, 2001) *

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, ''Sandhills Reunion'' (Songlines, 2004) *

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, ''Faktura'' (hat owRT, 2002) *

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, ''Pieces of Time'' (Spool, 1999) *

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, ''Pee Wee et Moi'' (Ambiances Magnetiques, 2005) * Samo Salamon, ''Unobservable Mysteries'' (Afterday Records, 2021) *

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, ''Thirst'' (Redshift, 2015) *

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, ''Myth of the Cave'' (Between the Lines, 2003) * Yitzhak Yedid, ''Reflections Upon Six Images'' (Between the Lines, 2006)

References

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