Lou Gare

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Lou Gare, 2015

Lou Gare (* 16th June 1939 in Rugby , Warwickshire as Lesley Gare ; † 6. October 2017 ) was a British free jazz - tenor saxophone and violin farmer, significant impact on the development of free improvised music had.

Life

Gare first studied art at the London Art School and worked as a jazz musician with Mike Westbrook , where he approached free play. With his fellow students Eddie Prévost and Keith Rowe , he founded the influential improvisation ensemble AMM in 1965 , of which he was a member until 1977. During the time when AMM only existed as a duo of himself and Prévost (1972 to 1976), they appeared regularly and comparatively often. As a member of the London Musicians Co-op , Gare also played with Evan Parker , Derek Bailey , Barry Guy , Howard Riley and other musicians during this period . In 1977 he moved to Exeter with his family . In the 1980s he played with drummer Fred Burwood in The Exeter Free Jazz Duo . Gare continued to play with Prévost (most recently in 2002 and 2005) and at Westbrook (most recently in 2015).

Discographic notes

  • No Strings Attached (Matchless, 2005, solo)
  • Mike Westbrook In Memory of Lou Gare. Solos Recorded Live with the Uncommon Orchestra (Westbrook Records 2018, rec. 2010-2014)

With AMM

  • AMMMusic (Matchless, 1966)
  • The Crypt (Matchless, 1968)
  • Live at the Roundhouse (Incus / Anomalous, 1972)
  • To Hear and Back Again (Matchless, 1973-1975)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in The Wire
personal data
SURNAME Gare, Lou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gare, Lesley (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British free jazz tenor saxophonist and violin maker
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Rugby , Warwickshire
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 2017