François Corneloup

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François Corneloup in Cologne, Stadtgarten (concert with Henri Texiers Hope Quartet, December 2013)

François Corneloup (born January 14, 1963 ) is a French musician ( soprano saxophone , baritone saxophone ) and composer in the field of creative jazz and new improvisation music .

Live and act

François Corneloup is self-taught and began his career in the 1980s with Bernard Lubat's Compagnie Lubat . Since the 1990s he has worked on various projects with Médéric Collignon , Philippe Deschepper , Marc Ducret , Hélène Labarrière , Christophe Marguet , Dominique Pifarély , François Raulin ( Trois plans sur la comète , 2002), Yves Robert , Louis Sclavis and Claude Tchamitchian . Since 1995 he has led his own groups; In 1996 he worked on the production of Buenaventura Durruti . The following year he was invited to the Le Mans Festival with his Ensemble Calligraphes . In 1998 his first album was released under his own name, Jardins Ouvriers , which he had recorded in a trio with Claude Tchamitchian and Éric Échampard . He also worked on Sam River's album Eight Day River (1997) with.

Corneloup also works in the band projects le Grand Lousadzak by Claude Tchamitchian , the Soñjal Septet by Henri Texier ( Mad Nomad (s) , 1995), in the quartet by Hélène Labarrière ( Les temps changent , 2007), in a duo with the clarinetist Sylvain Kassap and in a duo with the Breton singer Yann-Fañch Kemener . He also played in the formation of Ursus Minor with Tony Hymas , Jef Lee Johnson and David King . In Minneapolis he performed at the Minnesota Sur Seine Festival with his quintet, which included Dominique Pifarély, Dean Magraw , Anthony Cox and JT Bates .

Discographic notes

Francois Corneloup
Albums under your own name
  • François Corneloup, Next , Hope Street (nato, 2008)
  • François Corneloup trio avec Marc Ducret & Martin France , "ulm" (In Circum Girum, 2007)
  • François Corneloup Quartet, Pidgin (Evidence / Frémeaux et Associés , 2004)
  • François Corneloup Trio, Cadran Lunaire (Evidence, 2000)
  • François Corneloup Trio, Jardins Ouvriers (Evidence, 1998)
  • François Corneloup Quartet, Frégoli (Evidence) 1994
Duo and trio recordings
  • Duo Sylvain Kassap / François Corneloup, Deux (Evidence 1997)
  • Duo Sylvain Kassap / François Corneloup, Pointe noire (Evidence)
  • François Raulin Trio, Trois plans sur la Comète (Hatology, 2002)

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personal data
SURNAME Corneloup, François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1963