François Cotinaud
François Cotinaud (born August 9, 1956 in Casablanca ) is a French saxophonist and clarinetist of creative jazz and composer.
biography
Cotinaud learned the piano from the age of eight, before turning to drums (1967 to 1972) and then switching to tenor and soprano saxophone . He took lessons from Alan Silva , Jo Maka , Archie Shepp , Steve Lacy , but was also influenced by Jimmy Lyons , Lee Konitz , Steve Coleman and Garrett List . He also taught Art Culture Perception at Silva's Institute from 1977 to 1986 , where he also met Itaru Oki , Denis Colin , Didier Petit, Bruno Girard, Pascal Bréchet and even Bill Dixon and Cecil Taylor . Between 1982 and 1985 he was the head of the school.
Composer, musician
In 1977 he founded the Ensemble Texture , which existed until 1987. He also played with the Silvas Celestrial Orchestra ( Portrait for a small woman 1978, Desert Mirage 1982) and with musicians such as Kent Carter , Bobby Few , Barry Guy , Claudine François , Daunik Lazro , François Méchali , Sun Ra , Bruno Chevillon , Charles Tyler , Barre Phillips , Carlos Zingaro ( No Meat Inside 2013) and Mike Zwerin .
With Ramón López , Heriberto Paredes and Thierry Colson, he founded a quartet in 1985, which was expanded to include guest soloists in the following years. His solo album Loco solo had Luciano Berio's Sequenza IX as a starting point. In addition, he dealt with the Sephardic musical tradition with the pianist Sylvie Cohen .
In the Trio Left he works with Joëlle Léandre and François Merville . He also plays in Air Lunch with Valentine Quintin and Philippe Lemoine. From 2002 to 2006 he directed the Text'up ensemble , which was inspired by works by Raymond Queneau , André Velter and Arthur Rimbaud . In 2013 he recorded with Algèbre (Pierre Durand, Daniel Beaussier, Bruno Chevillon , François Merville, Denis Charolles).
In 2015 he founded the Ensemble Luxus together with Pascale Labbé (voice) and Jérôme Lefebvre (guitar) , which uses Rainer Maria Rilke's poems as the starting point for his music.
Sound painting
He plays with SPOUMJ under the baton of François Jeanneau (Soundpainting Orchestra, Union of the Jazz Musicians). Building on the concept of sound painting , he has been working with his Klangfarben-Ensemble (nine musicians, two actresses, two dancers) since 2010. The music is based on sound painting and improvisation.
From 2013 to 2014 he founded the first sound painting festival in Paris with Helsinki Soundpainting Ensemble, Klangfarben ensemble, Le Spoumj, Amalgammes, TSO, Le Spang, Walter Thompson Orchestra, la Louve, Batik Soundpainting Orchestra.
He teaches sound painting at the Conservatoire Mozart in Paris - the first official sound painting class in France.
Discographic notes
- Texture Sextet , with Itaru Oki, Bruno Girard, Denis Colin, Pierre Jacquet, Michel Coffi 1981
- Desert Mirage , with Alan Silva, Celestrial Communication Orchestra, 1982
- Polygames , with Itaru Oki, Bruno Girard, Denis Colin, Pierre Jacquet, Michel Coffi 1983
- Pyramides , with Heriberto Paredes, Thierry Colson, Ramón López, Glenn Ferris , Enrico Rava , Label Musivi 1992
- Opéra , with Ramón López, Label Musivi 1993
- Loco Solo , Musivi label 1998
- Yo M'enamori , with pianist Sylvie Cohen, Label Musivi 2000
- François Cotinaud fait son Raymond Queneau , with the Ensemble Text'up, Label Musivi 2002
- Rimbaud et son double , with Pascale Labbé, Pierre Charpy, Mathilde Morières, Sylvain Lemêtre, François Choiselat, Jérôme Lefebvre, Olivier Guichard, box with CD-DVD, Label Musivi 2006
- François Cotinaud, Klangfarben ensemble, Monologue de Schoenberg , box with CD-DVD, label Ayler Records / Musivi 2012
- No Meat Inside , with Henri Roger, Barre Phillips , Emmanuelle Somer, Label Facing You / IMR 2013
- François Cotinaud / Algèbre, Topologie d'un manège. with Daniel Beaussier, Pierre Durand and Bruno Chevillon , Denis Charolles, François Merville, Label Musivi 2013 (Musea)
- Ensemble Luxus, L'Orphée de Rilke. With Pascale Labbé (voice), Jérôme Lefebvre (guitar), Label Musivi 2016 (Musea)
- Night Access François Cotinaud and Sergio Castrillon (cello), 17 pieces, 2018
Musical works
- 1989 Casa del Sol
- 1992 Pyramides , Metakynesis , Ficus
- 1995 Le festin des ogres , Jambe de Dieu , Danse avec les fous
- 2000 Mis amigos me dan esperanza
- 2004 Deki
- 2005 Parade , Enfance , Voyelles , Being Beauteous
- 2008 Poetica Vivace for cello and clarinet
- 2011 Schönberg Monologue , Variations sur une collection de timbres
- 2013 Algorithme , Topologie d'un manège , Monoïd I and II .
- 2014 Mes filles
- 2015 mirror painting , metamorphosis , crier le hasard
- 2016 Onomatopée
- 2017 La fin de Pompei , Cités abacules , Dons des pierres qui parlent
- 2018 Je vis, je meurs (based on Louise Labé's poetry), Vous m'avez dit (on words by Emile Verhaeren )
Web links
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cotinaud, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz and improvisation musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Casablanca |