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
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Intakt Records on 24 Feb 2023
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Palimpseste
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by hat ART CD on 27 Jan 2015
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No Try No Fail
Urs Leimgruber, Joëlle Léandre, Fritz Hauser
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by hatOLOGY on 1 Jan 1997
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Double Bass
Classical - Released by L'empreinte Digitale on 7 Sep 2018
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Trans 2
Joëlle Léandre, Serge Teyssot-Gay
Jazz - Released by Intervalle Triton on 30 Mar 2015
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14 Rue Paul Fort, Paris
Joëlle Léandre, Benoît Delbecq, François Houle
Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 1 Sep 2015
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Passagio
Sylvie Courvoisier, Joëlle Léandre, Susie Ibarra
Jazz - Released by Intakt Records on 14 Feb 2014
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Area sismica
Jazz - Released by WE INSIST! Records on 26 Jun 2020
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Solar Wind
Joëlle Léandre, Robert Dick, Miya Masaoka
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by NotTwo on 27 Jan 2020
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Cage: The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, Ryoanji, A Flower, 59. 5 & Léandre: Hommage à J...
Classical - Released by naïve classique on 1 Aug 1996
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Paris Quartet
Paris Quartet, Irène Schweizer, Joëlle Léandre, Yves Robert, Daunik Lazro
Jazz - Released by Intakt Records on 1 Jan 1989
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Can You Hear Me?
Joëlle Léandre, John Tilbury, Kevin Norton
Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 1 Jan 2011
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Quartet Noir
Urs Leimgruber, Marilyn Crispell, Joëlle Léandre, Fritz Hauser
Classical - Released by Les Disques VICTO on 1 Jan 1998
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Solo (feat. Franck Medioni)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Kadima Collective Recordings on 23 Jan 2011
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Miniatures (Live)
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Trost Records on 9 Feb 2024
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Tricotage
Danielle Palardy Roger, Joëlle Léandre
Rock - Released by Ambiances Magnétiques on 1 Jan 2000
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Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques, Maggie Nicols, Irène Schweizer, Joëlle Léandre
Jazz - Released by Intakt Records on 2 Jul 2012
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Tout va monter
Joëlle Léandre|Benoît Delbecq|Carnage The Executioner
Contemporary Jazz - Released by nato on 22 Jun 2015
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Storm Dance
Joëlle Léandre, Vinicius Cajado
Jazz - Released by NotTwo on 6 Oct 2023
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The Chicken Check In Complex
Carlos Zíngaro, Joëlle Léandre, Sebi Tramontana
Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 27 Sep 2005
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