Joëlle Léandre

Contrebassist and improviser Joëlle Léandre matters John Cage among her close mentors and it has continued to be under-acknowledged for the total amount — and quality — of her function since she started saving in 1981. Léandre offers performed and documented with lots of the greatest, & most interesting, music artists in improvised music, including German bassist Peter Kowald, American reedsman and composer Anthony Braxton, Swiss pianist Irène Schweizer, Australian violinist Jon Rose, vocalist Lauren Newton, and English guitarist Fred Frith, amongst others. Created in Aix-en-Provence, France, Léandre performed recorder and piano before making a decision upon the dual bass. She received honors and scholarships during her research for her exceptional musicianship and 1st met composers such as for example John Cage, Giacinto Scelsi, and Morton Feldman during Buffalo, NY, on the scholarship. Léandre documented functions by Cage and Scelsi and performed in several songs ensembles including 2E2M and l’Ensemble Intercontemporain. She surely got to understand Cage individually and he previously a strong impact upon her music and conception of audio. Within jazz, Léandre was drawn to free of charge playing and present another impact in Derek Bailey; both later recorded jointly. Léandre in addition has documented in duos with bassist William Parker and trombonist Sebi Tramontana so when a member from the Western european Women’s Improvising Group, the Marilyn Crispell Quartet, the Canvas Trio with violinist Carlos Zingaro and clarinetist Rüdiger Carl, along with a trio with pianist Georg Graewe and clarinetist François Houle. Joëlle Léandre provides kept residencies in Berlin and in Metz, France, through the ’90s, and proceeds to create and paint furthermore to producing music and teaching. She’s documented for FMP, Intakt, Leo, Hat, and (primarily) Chris Cutler’s Suggested Information (or ReR).