Joëlle Léandre
Contrebassist and improviser Joëlle Léandre counts John Cage among her close mentors and has remained under-acknowledged for the amount -- and quality -- of her work since she began recording in 1981. Léandre has performed and recorded with many of the best, and most interesting, musicians 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 British guitarist Fred Frith, among others.
Born in Aix-en-Provence, France, Léandre played recorder and piano before deciding upon the double bass. She won honors and scholarships during her studies for her outstanding musicianship and first met composers such as John Cage, Giacinto Scelsi, and Morton Feldman while in Buffalo, NY, on a scholarship. Léandre recorded works by Cage and Scelsi and performed in a number of new music ensembles including 2E2M and l'Ensemble Intercontemporain. She got to know Cage personally and he had a strong influence upon her music and perception of sound. Within jazz, Léandre was attracted to free playing and found another influence in Derek Bailey; the two later recorded together. Léandre has also recorded in duos with bassist William Parker and trombonist Sebi Tramontana and as a member of the European Women's Improvising Group, the Marilyn Crispell Quartet, the Canvas Trio with violinist Carlos Zingaro and clarinetist Rüdiger Carl, and a trio with pianist Georg Graewe and clarinetist François Houle. Joëlle Léandre has held residencies in Berlin and in Metz, France, during the '90s, and continues to write and paint in addition to making music and teaching. She has recorded for FMP, Intakt, Leo, Hat, and (most of all) Chris Cutler's Recommended Records (or ReR).
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Flowers of Peace
Ramon Lopez Flowers, Sophia Domancich, Joëlle Léandre
Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 1 Jan 2017
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Sur une balançoire
Rock - Released by Ambiances Magnétiques on 1 Jan 2004
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After You Gone
Barre Phillips, Joëlle Léandre, William Parker, Tetsu Saitoh
Classical - Released by Les Disques VICTO on 1 Jan 2004
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John Cage: The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, Ryoanji, A Flower, 59. 5 & Léandre: Hommage à J...
Classical - Released by naïve classique on 12 Sep 2000
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Pascal Contet & Joëlle Léandre
Jazz - Released by Les Disques Caractère on 17 Jan 2018
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Joëlle Léandre – at the Le Mans Jazz Festival
Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 1 Nov 2016
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Flowing Stream
Thomas Buckner, Joëlle Léandre, Nicole Mitchell
Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 1 Jun 2014
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Duo (Heidelberg Loppem) 2007 (Live)
Anthony Braxton, Joëlle Léandre
Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 1 Jul 2016
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Live in Israel
Jazz - Released by Kadima Collective Recordings on 1 Jan 2008
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MMM Quartet - Live at the Metz' Arsenal
Contemporary Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 1 Apr 2012
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Dire du dire
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Rectangle on 1 Jan 2000
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Evidence
Joëlle Léandre, Jerome Bourdellon
Alternative & Indie - Released by Relative Pitch Records on 1 Jan 2013
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Winter in New York - 2006
Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 1 Sep 2016
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Live at Dunois (Live)
Joëlle Léandre, William Parker
Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 1 Jul 2016
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Great Star Theater, San Francisco (Live)
Vocal Jazz - Released by Other Minds Records on 17 May 2024
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Lugano
Urs Leimgruber, Marilyn Crispell, Joëlle Léandre, Fritz Hauser
Classical - Released by Les Disques VICTO on 1 Jan 2005
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Live at the Rhinefalls
Les Diaboliques, Irène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols, Joëlle Léandre
Jazz - Released by Intakt Records on 2 Jul 2012
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Splitting Image
Les Diaboliques, Irène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols, Joëlle Léandre
Jazz - Released by Intakt Records on 2 Jul 2012
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