| Lyon, France, February 2, 1953) is a French jazz musician.He began performing with the Lyon Workshop, where he met Michel Portal and Bernard Lubat.He then joined the Brotherhood of Breath of Chris McGregor, and later the Henri Texier quartet.In 1995, he created, along with Henri Texier and Aldo Romano, a trio named the African trio which achieved considerable success, even outside of the French jazz community.External links
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This article about a jazz musician is a stub.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.US Music Experts and Writers: Want to write for AMG?Reviewby Thom JurekThis duet performance by clarinetist Louis Sclavis and cellist Ernst Reijseger is one of a series of rare meetings the two have played over nearly two decades.This date in 1993 lasted an hour, and for that 60 minutes in Berlin (in what was apparently sweltering heat) they produced a set of improvised music that is so thoroughly mystifying in the quality of its empathy and telepathy, one would swear it was rehearsed.Each idea introduced is built upon, then added to and then transposed onto another.No ground is taken for granted, nor is any given.There is no differentiating between tracks; this is a performance, a concert in the truest sense of the word, and an example of the true qualities of improvised music: That two men can come together and extend each other's capabilities as musicians.Sean Bergin, Martin van Duynhoven, Derek Bailey, , Alan Purves and Franky Douglas.The award highly regarded by potential Dutch audience in the Netherlands and higly appreciated by its receiver.Singers from Sardenia, the Tenores e Concordu de Orosei.At the moment he also plays a different duoprogram of his music in combination with classical cellist Jeroen den Herder.Johnny van Doorn
label: Harlekijn 2925.Data Records 822, distr.Extension Red, White, Blue
perf.Orchestra plays the music of Herbie Nichols
a.Letter to South Africa
perf.Louis Moholo, dr
label: Nimbus Records NS501 C, distr.October Meeting II
perf.Gerry Hemingway Quintet: a.Louis Moholo, dr
label: Nimbus Records NS505 C, distr.Franco d'Andrea, p
label: LMJ 3341 (lp!Trio with Han Bennink, dr.Gerry Hemingway Quintet: a.Bospaadje Konijnehol I+II
perf.Trilok Gurtu
label: CMP CD 66
remarks: * (E.Wolter Wierbos, tb
label: Hat Art cd 6137, distr.Live During Wartime
perf.Michael Vatcher, dr + perc
label: Ramboy 04, distr.Phil Minton, voice
label: RA 003, distr.Han Bennink
label: Hat Art cd 6153, distr.Duo with Louis Sclavis, cl
label: FMP 66, distr.Green Dolphy Suite Double trio
perf.The Marmalade King
perf.Gerry Hemingway Quintet
label: Hat Art cd 6164, distr.The view from points west
perf.Gerry Hemingway quintet
label: Random Acoustics RA 019, distr.Ruben van Roon (Holland) dj + perc
label: VPRO EIGENWIJS, distr.Edel Contraire (D, I), Culturerecords (NL), Allegro (USA), Harmonia Mundi (F) etc.Org label: Broken Records (now DATA Records)
remarks **.Data Records 822, distr.Edel Contraire (D, I), Culture Records (Holland), Allegro (USA), Harmonia Mundi (France) etc.Lyons Conservatory of music.Brotherhood of Breath and the Henri Texier Quartet.He also played and recorded with Evan Parker, Peter Brotzman, Tony Oxley,
Lol Coxhill, Connie Bauer, John Lindberg, etc.NATO and FMP (free music production).He obtained the Pirx Django Reinhardt, traditionally awarded to the best
french jazzman of the year.The Clarinet Trio which appeared in numerous concerts including both
contemporary compositions (by amongst others, Dusapin, Donatoni, Ferneyhoug,
Boulez ...The Louis Sclavis Quartet won the first Prize at the Barcelona Biennal
as the best european creation of the year.He featured with a sextet, in the Paris Jazz Festival, a tribute to Duke Ellington.Ellington on the Air was then recorded on Ida Records.He founded a new group entitled Acoustic Quartet with Dominique Pifarely,
Bruno Chevillon and Marc Ducret."Oeil de Breizh",
"Jazz comme une image".CD and book set is now in preparation.At the present time he also plays in trio with Aldo Romano and Henri Texier, with
Joachim Kuhn, Michel Portal, Ernst Reijseger...Other recordings with Trilok Gurtu, Cecil Taylor Big Band, Klaus Koenig,
Henri Texier, etc.Finally, he has a special project
with Ars Nova.Sclavis is hailed the world over for his mastery of all of the clarinet family's instruments, and plays a number of them here, as well as...This duet performance by clarinetist Louis Sclavis and cellist Ernst Reijseger is one of a series of rare meetings the two have played over nearly two decades.No cue goes unanswered over 11 "tunes" that last anywhere from four to eight minutes.Each idea introduced is built upon, then added to and then transposed onto another.No ground is taken for granted, nor is any given.There is no differentiating between tracks; this is a performance, a concert in the truest sense of the word, and an example of the true qualities of improvised music: That two men can come together and extend each other's capabilities as musicians.Sclavis is hailed the world over for his mastery of all of the clarinet family's instruments, and plays a number of them here, as well as soprano saxophone.Each idea introduced is built upon, then added to and then transposed onto another.No ground is taken for granted, nor is any given.There is no differentiating between tracks; this is a performance, a concert in the truest sense of the word, and an example of the true qualities of improvised music: That two men can come together and extend each other's capabilities as musicians.Visit other CNET Networks sites: Select SiteBNETCNET.Receive Free You Heard It!Trace Adkins
Hear tracks from his new CD, American Man.Alison Krauss
Watch her new video, "Gone, Gone, Gone," with rocker Robert Plant.He began performing improvised music in the early '70s, collaborating with musicians including Derek Bailey, Martin van Duynhoven, and Michael Moore.Throughout both decades, he was a member of Misha Mengelberg's ICP Orchestra, and performed with Gerry Hemingway in various lineups, which included a trio with Hemingway and pianist Georg Graewe starting in the late '80s.Clusone Trio, named for the Italian festival they first played at as a group.They toured all over the world, including a 1995 tour of Australia, China, and Vietnam.On occasion, he gives children's cello workshops.Country Music Television, Inc. |
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