Jean Aussanaire

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Jean Aussanaire (born April 9, 1961 - September 15, 2017 ) was a French jazz musician ( soprano saxophone , alto saxophone , bass clarinet ) who was part of the Association à la Recherche d'un Folklore Imaginaire (ARFI).

Aussanaire had lessons at the Conservatory of Music in Nantes from 1971 to 1978 ; Between 1980 and 1986 he studied musicology and clarinet at the Conservatory and the Music Faculty of the University of Tours, then in 1988/89 with Ed Sarath at the University of Michigan and with Steve Lacy . He also performed at the Jazz à Tours festival for ten years . In Tours, where he also taught from 1990 to 2002, he played with the formation Cache-Cache (with Pierre Léger , bass and Francis Genest , percussion), with which the first recordings were made in 1992 ( L'Océane ). He also worked in a duo and quartet with Olivier Thémines, with Mico Nissim , with Jean-Luc Cappozzo , with Bernard Santacruz (as a duo) and with Daniel Malavergne and Camille Secheppet in the Trio Toutut . From 1997 to 2000 he worked with the Crompagnie Eole , from 2000 with the group l'Espérance de St Coin .

From 2003 he belonged to the ARFI formation Workshop de Lyon , where he replaced Maurice Merle . In 2008 he took part in the workshop production Slogan (ARFI), on which, in addition to Aussanaire, the quartet colleagues Jean-Paul Autin , Jean Bolcato and Christian Rollet can be heard, in 2014 on the CD Lettres à des amis lointains and in 2013 on the DVD A la vie la mort . He was also involved in the ARFI La Marmite Infernale big band project (albums Envoyez la suite , 2007 and Le cauchemar d'Hector , 2012), a homage to Carla Bley and a performance of the music by Bruno Tocanne ( La Folia ) Involved in the Aperto Libro ensemble and in the music theater project Les Hommes… Maintenant! . Tom Lord only lists him at six recording sessions between 1992 and 2008. He died after suffering from cancer .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jean Aussanaire at festival-meteo.fr (French)
  2. ↑ a b Obituary in Citizen Jazz
  3. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 18, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Aussanaire, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, bass clarinet)
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1961
DATE OF DEATH 15th September 2017