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 Marilyn Crispell (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 (Songlines, 2018)

As sideman

With Joelle Leandre * ''Live @ Banlieues Bleues'' (Red Toucan, 1996) * ''C'Est Ca'' (Red Toucan, 2001) * ''Last Seen Headed: Live at Sons D'Hiver'' ( Ayler, 2010) With others *

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, ''Jazz Thing'' (Ranbach Music/Maximum Jazz 2004) * Benoit Delbecq, ''Pursuit'' (Songlines, 2000) * Paul Dolden, ''L'Ivresse de La Vitesse'' (Empreintes DIGITALes, 1994) * Paul Dolden, ''Seuil de Silences'' (Empreintes DIGITALes, 2003) * Scott Fields, ''Hornets Collage'' (Nuscope, 2000) * Scott Fields, ''96 Gestures'' (CRI, 2001) * Jerry Granelli, ''Sandhills Reunion'' (Songlines, 2004) * Guillermo Gregorio, ''Faktura'' (hat owRT, 2002) *

Eyvind Kang Eyvindur Y. Kang (born 23 June 1971) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. His primary instrument is viola, but has also performed on violin, tuba, keyboard instruments, keyboards and others. In addition to his solo work, Kang has w ...

, ''Pieces of Time'' (Spool, 1999) * Robert Marcel Lepage, ''Pee Wee et Moi'' (Ambiances Magnetiques, 2005) * Samo Salamon, ''Unobservable Mysteries'' (Afterday Records, 2021) * Ana Sokolovic &

Julia Wolfe Julia Wolfe (born December 18, 1958) is an American composer and professor of music at New York University. According to ''The Wall Street Journal'', Wolfe's music has "long inhabited a terrain of its own, a place where classical forms are rech ...

, ''Thirst'' (Redshift, 2015) * Yitzhak Yedid, ''Myth of the Cave'' (Between the Lines, 2003) * Yitzhak Yedid, ''Reflections Upon Six Images'' (Between the Lines, 2006)

References

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