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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Zurich Concert
Modern Jazz - Erschienen bei Intakt Records am 24.02.2023
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Palimpseste
Free Jazz & Avantgarde - Erschienen bei hat ART CD am 27.01.2015
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No Try No Fail
Urs Leimgruber, Joëlle Léandre, Fritz Hauser
Free Jazz & Avantgarde - Erschienen bei hatOLOGY am 01.01.1997
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Double Bass
Klassik - Erschienen bei L'empreinte Digitale am 07.09.2018
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Trans 2
Joëlle Léandre, Serge Teyssot-Gay
Jazz - Erschienen bei Intervalle Triton am 30.03.2015
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14 Rue Paul Fort, Paris
Joëlle Léandre, Benoît Delbecq, François Houle
Jazz - Erschienen bei LEO RECORDS am 01.09.2015
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Passagio
Sylvie Courvoisier, Joëlle Léandre, Susie Ibarra
Jazz - Erschienen bei Intakt Records am 14.02.2014
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Area sismica
Jazz - Erschienen bei WE INSIST! Records am 26.06.2020
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Solar Wind
Joëlle Léandre, Robert Dick, Miya Masaoka
Free Jazz & Avantgarde - Erschienen bei NotTwo am 27.01.2020
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Cage: The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, Ryoanji, A Flower, 59. 5 & Léandre: Hommage à J...
Klassik - Erschienen bei naïve classique am 01.08.1996
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Paris Quartet
Paris Quartet, Irène Schweizer, Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Daunik Lazro
Jazz - Erschienen bei Intakt Records am 01.01.1989
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Can You Hear Me?
Joëlle Léandre, John Tilbury, Kevin Norton
Jazz - Erschienen bei LEO RECORDS am 01.01.2011
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Quartet Noir
Urs Leimgruber, Marilyn Crispell, Joëlle Léandre, Fritz Hauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Les Disques VICTO am 01.01.1998
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Solo (feat. Franck Medioni)
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Kadima Collective Recordings am 23.01.2011
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Miniatures (Live)
Modern Jazz - Erschienen bei Trost Records am 09.02.2024
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Tricotage
Danielle Palardy Roger, Joëlle Léandre
Rock - Erschienen bei Ambiances Magnétiques am 01.01.2000
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Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques, Maggie Nicols, Irène Schweizer, Joëlle Léandre
Jazz - Erschienen bei Intakt Records am 02.07.2012
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Tout va monter
Joëlle Léandre|Benoît Delbecq|Carnage The Executioner
Modern Jazz - Erschienen bei nato am 22.06.2015
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Storm Dance
Joëlle Léandre, Vinicius Cajado
Jazz - Erschienen bei NotTwo am 06.10.2023
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The Chicken Check In Complex
Carlos Zíngaro, Joëlle Léandre, Sebi Tramontana
Jazz - Erschienen bei LEO RECORDS am 27.09.2005
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