Jean-Marc Padovani (born February 2, 1956) is a French

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saxophonist, composer, and arranger.

Career

Born in 1956 in

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, Padovani now lives in

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.Jean-Marc Le Scouarnec
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'', August 18, 2010, . After studying classical music he enrolled in the jazz class of Guy Longnon at the Marseille Conservatory. Since 1975 he has participated in several regional jazz ensembles: orchestre du Jazz-Club de Nîmes, pianist Christian Lavigne's quartet, and Michel Marre's ''Cossi Anatz'' group of twelve musicians fusing jazz, Occitan, and African music. Jean-Marc Padovani has worked in theatre, cinema, and song. He has worked with André Jaume, Jean-Louis Chautemps,

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, Michel Marre,

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, Mal Waldron,

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, Gérard Marais,

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, Jean-Marie Machado, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, and

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, with whom he recorded the 1996 album ''Takiya! Tokaya!''. He enjoyed his first big public success with ''Tres horas de sol'', a musical and literary show of flamenco-jazz that he toured all over France and abroad for three years. His album ''Nimeño'', recorded by a septet including Enrico Rava, was awarded Best Jazz Record of 1991 by the newspaper '' Libération''. For many years he collaborated with the writer and actor Enzo Cormann, with whom he has created many musical theatre shows as part of their collaboration ''La Grande Ritournelle'' including: ''Mingus, Cuernavaca'', ''Sud'', ''Double Quartet'', ''Face au toro'', ''Da Capo'', ''Diverses Blessures'' and most recently ''Tribute to Jack Kerouac'', ''Exit'', and ''Films noirs''. He founded the Minotaure Jazz Orchestra, a brass band who recycle themes from popular Spanish music. Then in 1997 with the quartet ''Chants du Monde'' he revisited traditional music from the whole world and particularly that of the South of France. His dedication to jazz was reflected in his show ''Out, the music of Eric Dolphy'', a tribute to the American jazz musician. Since then his projects have echoed his enthusiasm for fusing genres: ''Le Sud Attaque'' in 1999, ''Dobrogea'' at the Fondation Royaumont in June 2000, ''Encuentros'' with the singer Esperanza Fernández in 2002, and most recently''L'Arrosoir et le mirliton'' built around the risqué songs of the

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. His reunion with guitarist and composer

led, in autumn 2006, to the creation of the quartet ''Distances'' with Olivier Sens and Pierre Dayraud. At the same time, he continued his work around the voice with two new shows, ''My Love Songs'' and ''Sketches'' with the singer Claudia Solal and her septet. In 2009 he created ''Toulouse Liqaa'', a mix of Arabo-Andalusian music and jazz. For many years he has been working as a duo with pianist Philippe Léogé, with whom he made two recordings including 2012's ''Le Chant de la Terre'', arranged by

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and the Catalan classical musician

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. In 2012 he also created the jazz fusion ensemble ''Tool Box'' including bassist Frédéric Monino and drummer

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. The group gave a concert on October 26, 2013 that was broadcast on France Musique. With Enzo Cormann, Charlène Martin, and

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, he presented a children's show at the end of 2012, ''Le Blues de Jean Lhomme'', which was released as a picture book and CD by ''La Joie de Lire'' with illustrations by Natasha Krenbol. Also in 2013, he recorded and toured with ''Canciones'' with Paloma Pradal. A 52-minute documentary by Jean-Marc Augereau, Jean-Marc Jouany, and Pierre Condat, ''Jazz en Padovani'', was released in 2013.''Jazz en Padovani''
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Discography

As leader

* ''Demain Matin'' (Metro, 1983) * ''Padovani Sax Blues'' (Big Noise, 1986) * ''Comedy'' (Big Noise, 1987) * ''Tres Horas De Sol'' (CELP, 1988) * ''One for Pablo'' (CELP, 1989) * ''Sud'' (K617/AFAA, 1991) * ''Nimeno'' (Label Bleu, 1991) * ''Mingus Cuernavaca Mingus'' (Label Bleu, 1992) * ''Quatuor'' (AA, 1994) * ''Nocturne'' (Label Bleu, 1994) * ''Takiya! Tokaya!'' (Hopi, 1997) * ''Chants du Monde'' (Hopi, 1998) * ''Jazz Angkor'' (Hopi, 1998) * ''Le Minotaure Jazz Orchestra'' (Hopi, 2000) * ''De Nulle Part'' (Hopi, 2002) * ''Out: Tribute to Eric Dolphy'' (Deux Z, 2003) * ''L'Arrosoir et Le Mirlito'' (Modal Pleinjeu, 2005) * ''Cantilenes'' (Le Chant du Monde, 2005) * ''Exit Talking Blues Jazz Poem'' (La Grande Ritournelle/SoleArt, 2008) * ''Sketches'' (Pype Line, 2010) * ''Motian in Motion'' (Naive, 2015)

As sideman

* Claude Barthelemy, ''Moderne'' (Owl, 1983) * Claude Barthelemy, ''Real Politi-K'' (Big Noise, 1986)

References

External links

Official website
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