Joëlle Léandre (born 12 September 1951 in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

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) is a French

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ist, vocalist, and composer active in

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and free improvisation. In the field of

contemporary music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial ...

, she has performed with

Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music. Born in Mont ...

's Ensemble InterContemporain, and worked with Merce Cunningham and

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...

. Both Cage and

Giacinto Scelsi Giacinto Francesco Maria Scelsi (; 8 January 1905 – 9 August 1988, sometimes cited as 8 August 1988) was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French. He is best known for having composed music based around only one pitch, ...

have composed works specifically for her. She gave a solo concert at Jazz em Agosto in 2007 ( Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal). At this same jazz festival, Léandre also performed in the Quartet Noir, a quartet which rarely performed live, with

Marilyn Crispell Marilyn Crispell (born March 30, 1947) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Scott Yanow described her as "a powerful player... who has her own way of using space... She is near the top of her field." Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrot ...

Urs Leimgruber Urs Leimgruber (1 January 1952 in Lucerne) is a Swiss saxophonist. He lived in Paris from 1988 to 2005. Then he came back to his home town, Lucerne. His fields of activity are improvisation, Jazz and 20th-century classical music. Discography ...

and

Fritz Hauser Fritz Hauser is a Swiss musician and composer from Basel, Switzerland. Principal compositions *On Time and Space (for 50 cymbals) *Die Klippe (for marimba and 3 cymbals) *Der Pendler (for drum kit) *Le souvenir (for 4 snare drums, 2 tr ...

. She has also collaborated with musicians in the fields of jazz and improvised music, including Derek Bailey,

Barre Phillips Barre Phillips (born October 27, 1934, in San Francisco, California, United States) is an American jazz bassist. A professional musician since 1960, he moved to New York City in 1962, then to Europe in 1967. Since 1972, he has been based in south ...

, Anthony Braxton,

George E. Lewis George Emanuel Lewis (born July 14, 1952) is an American composer, performer, and scholar of experimental music. He has been a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ( AACM) since 1971, when he joined the organization ...

, India Cooke, Evan Parker, Irène Schweizer, Steve Lacy, Maggie Nicols,

Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...

, Vinny Golia,

Carlos Zingaro Carlos Zíngaro (or Carlos "Zíngaro" Alves, born 15 December 1948 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese violinist and electronic musician active in free improvisation. Biography Zingaro studied classical music at the Lisbon Music Conservatory fro ...

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jaz ...

Susie Ibarra Susie Ibarra (born Anaheim, November 15, 1970) is a contemporary composer and percussionist who has worked and recorded with jazz, classical, world, and indigenous musicians. One of SPIN's "100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music," she is kno ...

J. D. Parran J. D. Parran is an American multi-woodwind player, educator, and composer specializing in jazz and free improvisation. He plays the soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophone, as well as the E-flat clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, ...

Kevin Norton Kevin Norton (born January 21, 1956) is an American percussionist and composer active in the New York City jazz and contemporary music scenes. He has performed and recorded with a diverse group of musicians, including Anthony Braxton, Paul Dunmal ...

, Eric Watson, Ernst Reijseger, Akosh S. and Sylvie Courvoisier. In 1983 she became a member of the European Women Improvising Group (EWIG), which evolved from the

Feminist Improvising Group The Feminist Improvising Group (FIG) were a five- to eight-piece international free improvising avant-garde jazz and experimental music ensemble formed in London in 1977 by Scottish vocalist Maggie Nicols and English bassoonist/composer Lindsay ...

, and in the early 1990s she co-founded the feminist improvising trio Les Diaboliques, with Schweizer and Nicols.

Discography

* 1981 ''Contrabassiste'' (QCA Redmark-Liben) * 1981–1982 ''Instant Replay'' with Lol Coxhill (Nato) * 1982 ''Live at The Bastille'' with Maggie Nicols and Lindsay Cooper (Sync Pulse) * 1983 ''Couscous'' with Lol Coxhill (Nato) * 1983 ''Les Douze sons'' (Nato) * 1983 ''Trios'' (

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) * 1984 '' Live at Taktlos'' with Irène Schweizer and

Paul Lovens Paul Lovens (born 6 June 1949) is a German musician. He plays drums, percussion, singing saw, and cymbals. He has performed with the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra and Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. He was born in Aachen, Germany. In the early ...

( Intakt) * 1984 ''Sweet Zee'', Daunik Lazro (Hat Art) * 1984 ''Pour un demi-poulet'' (Nato) * 1985–1987 ''Paris Quartet'' (Intakt) * 1985 ''Sincerely'' ( Plainisphare) * 1986 ''Canaille'' (Intakt) * 1986 ''Cordial gratin'' with Irène Schweizer ( FMP) * 1986 ''Frerebet'' with Peter Kowald (FMP) * 1986 ''Soeurbet'' with Peter Kowald (FMP) * 1986–1988 '' The Storming of the Winter Palace'' (Intakt) * 1987 ''Contrabasse et voix'' (ADDA) * 1987 '' Les domestiques'' with

Jon Rose Jonathan Anthony Rose (born 19 February 1951) is an Australian violinist, cellist, composer, and multimedia artist. Rose's work is centered in the experimental music known as free improvisation, where he has created large environmental multimed ...

(

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) * 1987 ''Violin Music for Restaurants'' with Jon Rose (ReR) * 1988 Anthony Braxton Group, ''Ensemble'' (Victoriaville) * 1988 ''En Chair et en os'', on the poems of Julien Blaine (DCC) * 1990 ''Écritures'', with

(In Situ) * 1990 ''Trend'', avec

Mario Schiano Mario Schiano (20 July 1933 in Naples – 10 May 2008 in Rome) was an Italian alto saxophonist and soprano saxophonist associated with avant-garde/free jazz. He was born in Naples. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiano recorded with ...

, Evan Parker, Alex Von Schlippenbach and

Paul Lytton Paul Lytton (born 8 March 1947, London) is an English free jazz and free improvising percussionist. Lytton began on drums at age 16. He played jazz in London in the late 1960s while taking lessons on the tabla from P.R. Desai. In 1969 he began ...

(Splasc (h)) * 1990 ''Urban Bass'' (EDD) * 1991 ''Palimpseste'' with Eric Watson (Hat Art) * 1991 ''Canaille 91'') * 1992 ''Haunting the Spirits Inside Them'' (

Music & Arts Music & Arts is a classical and jazz record label founded in Berkeley, California by Frederick Maroth. It began in 1984 as a classical music label before adding jazz and world music. The catalog includes classical composers and musicians Milto ...

) * 1992 ''Okanagon'', compositions of

(Hat Art) * 1992 ''L'Histoire de Tasco'', Canvas Trio (Hat Art) * 1992 ''Urgent Meeting 221'' (with

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) (GRRR) * 1992 ''Letter 3'', duo with Sainkho Namchylak ( Leo) * 1993 ''Les Diaboliques'' (Intakt) * 1993 ''Blue Goo Park'', duo with Rüdiger Carl (FMP) * 1993 ''Nuage en voyage'', duo with Annick Nozati (Zoo) * 1993 ''Tracks'', with Mario Schiano and Peter Kowald (Le Parc Music) * 1994 ''Sound on Stage Part 1'', with Carlos Zingaro (Musicworks) * 1994 ''Sincerely'' (Plainisphare) * 1994 ''Joëlle Léandre – Pascal Contet'' (Grave) * 1994 ''Blue Memories'', with Mario Schiano and Renato Geremia (Splasc (h)) * 1994

, ''://shoppinglive@victo'' (ReR) * 1994 Les diaboliques, ''Splitting Image'' (Intakt) * 1994–1995 ''No Comment'' (Red Toucan) * 1995 ''John Cage'' (Auvidis Montaigne) * 1995 ''Not Missing Drums Project'', with Urban Voices (Leo) * 1996 ''Live @ Banlieues Bleues'', with

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and

François Houle François Houle (born August 17, 1961) is a Canadian jazz musician. He was born in Lachine, Quebec, and plays primarily clarinet. Houle studied music formally at McGill University from 1980 to 1984 and then at Yale University from 1985 to 1987, a ...

(Red Toucan) * 1996 ''18 Colors'', duo with

Lauren Newton Lauren Amber Newton (born 16 November 1952) is an avant-garde jazz and Contemporary classical music, contemporary classical singer and founding member of the Vienna Art Orchestra. Biography Newton earned a degree in music at the University of O ...

(Leo) * 1996 ''Duos 3–13, For 4 Ears'', duos with

Fredy Studer Fredy Studer (16 June 1948 – 22 August 2022) was a Swiss drummer and percussionist. Biography Fredy Studer was born in Lucerne, Switzerland on 16 June 1948. In 1972, he founded the jazz fusion quartet OM, with guitarist Christy Doran, sa ...

* 1996 ''Moments'', Canvas Trio (Music & Arts) * 1996 ''No Try No Fail'', trio with

and

(

Hatology Hathut Records is a Swiss record company and label founded by Werner Xavier Uehlinger in 1974 that specializes in jazz and classical music. The name of the label comes from the artwork of Klaus Baumgartner. Hathut encompasses the labels hat ART, ...

) * 1998 ''Joëlle et Tetsu'', duo with Tetsu Saitoh (Omba) * 1997 Philippe Fénelon, ' (MFA) * 1997 ''Incandescences'', duo with Giorgio Occhipinti (Tonesetters) * 1997 ''No Waiting'', duo with Derek Bailey (Potlatch) * 1997 ''E'vero'', duo with Sebi Tramontana (Leo) * 1997 Les Diaboliques, ''Live at the Rhinefalls'' (Intakt) * 1997 Chantal Dumas, ''Le parfum des femmes'' (OHM/AVTR) * 1998 ''Contrabasses'', duo with William Parker (Leo) * 1998 ''Short Takes'', duo with Haruna Miyake (Egg Farm) * 1998 ''Improvisation & Performance'' (Mesostics) * 1998 ''Ryoanji: John Cage Concert in Hiroshima'' with Kumi Wakao (Mesostics) * 1998 ''Solo Bass'' (Mesostics) * 1998 ''Sapporo Duets'', duo with Ryoji Hojito (Tonesetters/Jazz Halo) * 1998 ''Quartet Noir'', with Urs Leimgruber, Marilyn Crispell and Fritz Hauser (Victo) * 1998–1999 Saadet Türköz, ''Marmara Sea'' (Intakt) * 1999 ''

Joëlle Léandre Project ''Joëlle Léandre Project'' is a live album by bassist Joëlle Léandre. It was recorded in January 1999 at Sons d'Hiver in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, and was released in 2000 by Leo Records. On the album, Léandre is joined by pianist Marilyn C ...

'' (Leo) * 1999 ''Tricotage'', duo with Danielle P Roger (

Ambiances Magnétiques Ambiances Magnétiques is a Canadian record company and label started by Jean Derome, René Lussier, and others, and the artists' collective that preceded it. History In 1982, "guitarist René Lussier and saxophonist/flutist Jean Derome presente ...

) * 1999 ''Organic – Mineral'', with

Kazue Sawai is a Japanese ''koto'' player noted for her performance of contemporary classical music and free improvisation. She began studying, at the age of eight, with Michio Miyagi. She later graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and M ...

(In Situ) * 1994–2000 ''Amalgam (e): 10 ans de Red Toucan'' (Red Toucan) * 2000 ''Dire du dire'' (

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) * 2000 ''Quelque part'' (Lithium) * 2000 ''C'est ça'', with Hasse Poulsen and François Houle (Red Toucan) * 2000 ''John Cage #4'', with Kumi Wakao (Mesostics) * 2000 ''Joëlle Léandre & Yu Wakao'' (Mesostics) * 2000 ''Signature: live at the Egg Farm'', duos with Masahiko Satoh and Yuji Takahashi (Red Toucan) * 2000 ''Festival Beyond Innocence: 4 1999–2000'' (two pieces on a compilation) (Innocent) * 2000 ''Concerten, Muziekinstrumentenmuseum'' (one piece and solo on a compilation) (MIM) * 2000 ''La 5e feuille'', The poetry of Julien Blaine (DCC) * 2001 ''Out of Sound'' (Leo) * 2001 ''Timbreplus'', Timbre with Hauser, Léandre, Leimgruber (ARBE) * 2001 ''Madly You'', Lazro, Léandre, Zingaro, Lovens (Potlatch) * 2001 ''1/2'', Léandre, Zingaro, Tramontana (No label) * 2001 ''The Chicken Check in Complex'', Zingaro, Léandre, Tramontana (Leo) * 2001 ''For Flowers'', Joëlle Léandre, Mat Maneri, Joel Ryan, Christophe Marguet (Leo) * 2001 ''Passaggio'', Sylvie Courvoisier, Joëlle Léandre, Susie Ibarra (Intakt) * 2002 Roland Kirk,''Duets 2'', avec Ramón López (Leo) * 2002 ''Ocean of Earth'', Kevin Norton, Joëlle Léandre, Tomas Ulrich (Barking Hoop) * 2002 ''Tempted to Smile'', Fred Frith, Joëlle Léandre, Jonathan Segel ( Spool) * 2002 ''No Day Rising'', Brett Larner, Joëlle Léandre, Kazuhisa Uchihashi (Spool) * 2002 ''The Space_Between'', Philip Gelb, Pauline Oliveras, Dana Reason, Joëlle Léandre (482 Music) * 2002 ''Evident'', duo avec Mark Nauseef (482 Music) * 2002 ''One More Time'', Steve Lac, Joëlle Léandre (Leo) * 2003 ''After You Gone'',

, Joëlle Léandre, William Parker, Tetsu Saitoh (Victo) * 2003 ''Györ'', duo with Akosh S (Reqords) * 2003 ''Sur une balançoire'', duo with

Gianni Lenoci Gianni Lenoci (6 June 1963 – 30 September 2019) was an Italian jazz pianist and composer. Life and career Lenoci studied with pianists Paul Bley and Mal Waldron Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an Ame ...

(Ambiances Magnétiques) * 2003–2004 ''Irène Schweizer un film de Gitta Gsell'' (Intakt DVD) * 2004 India Cooke, ''Firedance'' (Red Toucan) * 2004 Ramón López Flowers Trio, ''Flowers of Peace'' (Leo) * 2004 Quartet Noir, ''Lugano'' (Victo) * 2004 ''Cruxes'', Aurora Josephson, Joëlle Léandre, Damon Smith, Martin Blume (Balance Point Acoustics) * 2005 ''Concerto Grosso, Tonesetters'' (Jazz Halo) * 2005 ''Face It!'', duo with Lauren Newton (Leo) * 2005 ''At The Le Mans Jazz Festival'' (Leo) * 2005 ''Voyages'', duo with Masahiko Satoh (BJSP) * 2005 ''Open Waves Concert'', duo with Carlos Bechegas (Forward) * 2005 ''Freeway'', duo with Pascal Contet (Clean Feed) * 2005 ''25th NWM'', Ninth World Music (one piece on a compilation) * 2006 Les Diaboliques, ''Jubilee Concert'' (Intakt DVD) * 2006 ''Winter in New York'', duo with

(Leo) * 2006 ''9 moments'', Houle, Léandre, Strid (Red Toucan) * 2006 ''The Stone Quartet'', Joëlle Léandre, Marilyn Crispell, Roy Campbell, Mat Maneri (DMG) * 2006 ''À l'improviste'', Joëlle Léandre, Barre Phillips (Kadima Collective) * 2007 ''Psychomagic Combination'', Joëlle Léandre, Gianni Lenoci, Vittorino Curci, Marcello Magliocchi (Setola di Maiale) * 2007 ''Duo (Heidelberg Loppem)'', duo with Anthony Braxton (Leo) * 2007 ''Live in Israël'', solo and collective improvisations (Kadima Collective) * 2008 ''Trace'', Léandre, Vidal, Boni (Red Toucan) * 2008 ''Out of Nowhere'', duo with Quentin Sirjacq (Ambiances Magnétiques) * 2008 ''Basse Continue'', DVD with interviews and in concert (Hors Œl éditions) * 2008 ''KOR'', duo with Akosh S (Leo) * 2008 ''Transatlantic Visions'', duo with George Lewis (

RogueArt RogueArt (also written Rogueart and Rogue Art) is a French independent record label based in Paris. It was founded by record producer Michel Dorbon in 2005 and specialises in jazz and improvised music. History RogueArt was founded by record p ...

) * 2009 ''Live at Dunois'', duo with William Parker (Leo) * 2009 ''Live aux Instants Chavirés'', duo with Jean-Luc Cappozzo (Kadima Collective) * 2010 ''Before After'', trio with Nicole Mitchell and Dylan Van Der Schyff (RogueArt) * 2011 ''

Live at Vision Festival ''Live at Vision Festival'' is a live album by the Stone Quartet: bassist Joëlle Léandre, trumpeter Roy Campbell, pianist Marilyn Crispell, and violist Mat Maneri. It was recorded in June 2010 at the Vision Festival held at the Abrons Arts Cente ...

'' with The Stone Quartet (Léandre, Marilyn Crispell, Roy Campbell, Mat Maneri) (Ayler) * 2012 ''Trans'', en duo with

Serge Teyssot-Gay Serge Teyssot-Gay (; born 16 May 1963, in Saint-Étienne, Loire) is a French musician, he has been the guitarist of rock group Noir Désir until 29 November 2010. He met the other members of the band at their school in Bordeaux (Lycée Saint-Genès) ...

(Intervalle Triton) * 2013 ''The Bill Has Been Paid'', en duo with

Steve Dalachinsky Steven Donald Dalachinsky (September 29, 1946 – September 16, 2019) was an American downtown New York City poet, active in the music, art, and free jazz scenes. He wrote poetry for most of his life and read frequently at Michael Dorf's club th ...

(Dark Tree) * 2013 ''Trio Ceccaldi avec Joëlle Leandre'' (Ayler) * 2014 ''Tout va monter'', trio with

Benoît Delbecq Benoît Delbecq (born 6 June 1966) is a French pianist and composer. Early life Benoît Delbecq was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and raised in a musical environment. He started studying piano in Bougival at the age of seven with Nicolle Moll ...

and

Carnage The Executioner Terrell Woods (born 1974), better known by his stage name Carnage The Executioner, is an American rapper from Twin Cities, Minnesota. He is best known for rapping, human beatboxing, performing live, and teaching. Outside of his solo work, he is ...

(Nato) * 2014 ''Hasparren'' Daunik Lazro (NoBusiness) * 2014 ''3'' with Pascal Contet (Ayler) * 2014 ''Sisters Where'' with Nicole Mitchell (RogueArt) * 2015 ''MMM Quartet'' with Fred Frith, Alvin Curran, Urs Leimgruber (RogueArt) * 2016 ''Joëlle Léandre 10'', ''Can You Hear Me?'', with Guillaume Aknine, Florent Stache, Jean-Brice Godet, Théo Ceccaldi (Ayler) * 2016 ''Unleashed'' Myra Melford, Nicole Mitchell (RogueArt)

References

External links

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