Michel de Villers
This artist wears a wide beret on the French jazz scene -- starting out in the '40s in the Django Reinhardt ensemble and still going strong with a synthesizer in his baggage more than half a century later. However, Michel de Villers is mostly known as a reed player, with saxophones and clarinets of varying sizes and pitch de résistance. As either the leader of groups such as the Michel de Villers Quintet and Michel de Villers et Son Orchestre or as a sideman with touring American stars, his solo improvising abilities rank with the best. De Villers is living up to high standards: favoring the brilliant execution of players such as Charlie Parker and Sonny Stitt, his relationship to the rhythm section is cosmic savoir-faire.
French jazz radio programming has been a maison for de Villers as both a player and an actual broadcaster. He had a well-established presence as a disc jockey on radio by the '70s, his presentations flowing over nicely into live music jams, sometimes in collaboration with the combo of Jack Dievel. His later activities also include Celtic music, performed and recorded with Rosena Horan, Jean-Pascal Assailly, and others (e.g., Off the Rails). The de Villers discography includes much more for jazz buffs to chew on, especially some exciting recordings from the Paris jazz scene of the '40s and '50s.
© Eugene Chadbourne /TiVo
Diskografie
8 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Danse A Saint Germain Des Prés (Instrumental)
Claude Bolling, Michel de Villers
Jazz - Erschienen bei Universal Music Division Decca Records France am 01.01.2001
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Saxophones à Saint-Germain des Prés
Michel de Villers, Hubert Fol, Sonny Criss
Jazz - Erschienen bei Universal Music Division Decca Records France am 01.01.2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Low Reed - Complete Small Group Sessions 1949-1956
Pop - Erschienen bei Fresh Sound Records am 21.05.2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
No More Troubles With Music
Jazz - Erschienen bei No More Troubles With Music TM am 01.07.2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
My Magic Christmas Songs
Jazz - Erschienen bei Happy Holidays Recordings am 15.12.2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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City Bouncing Uptown
Jazz - Erschienen bei City Bouncing Uptown Muzik am 15.12.2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cat on the Stairs - EP
World Music - Erschienen bei SINETONE AMR am 12.10.2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo