Jean-Christian Michel
Jean-Christian Michel is a French composer and clarinetist .
Michel did not appear publicly until after his training as a surgeon in 1970. He is inspired by the church music of Johann Sebastian Bach and the demanding European jazz . He plays his compositions and adaptations on the clarinet . Jean-Christian Michel has always surrounded himself with competent jazz musicians like Kenny Clarke , who played with him for 10 years. He has also performed with drummer Daniel Humair and bassist Guy Pedersen and Henri Texier .
Jean-Christian Michel was awarded the "Sciences et Culture" prize by the Sorbonne in Paris in 1986 . The jury consisted of six Nobel Prize winners.
Discography
- requiem
- Aranjuez ( Concierto de Aranjuez )
- Musique Sacrée
- Crucifixus
- JQM - (with Kenny Clarke, 1971)
- Le Cœur des Étoiles - (with Daniel Humair, 1972)
- Vision d'Ézéchiel - (with Daniel Humair, 1973)
- Ouverture Spatiale - (with Kenny Clarke, 1974)
- Ève des Origines - (with Kenny Clarke, 1975)
- Musique de Lumière - (with Daniel Humair, 1980)
- En concert (1983)
- Vif Obscur (1987)
- Les Années-Lumière
- Cathédrales de Lumière (1994)
- Portail de l'Espace (2005)
- Bach Transcriptions (2006)
- Live Concert (2007)
- Plays Jazz (2012)
DVD
- "Imaginaire" (2010)
Web links
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| SURNAME | Michel, Jean-Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and clarinetist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |