Michel Doneda
Michel Doneda (born November 21, 1954 in Brive-la-Gaillarde ) is a French jazz - soprano saxophonist of avant-garde and creative jazz .
Live and act
Michel Doneda began his musical career at the age of 15 playing with local bands. At the beginning of the 1980s he founded the saxophone trio Hic et Nunc in Toulouse with Didier Masmalet and Steve Robins , and worked in Marseille with the GRIM formation and with Louis Sclavis . He later played at the Chantenay-Villedieu Festival and worked with the musicians' cooperative Nato , during which time he also played with musicians such as Fred Van Hove , John Zorn , Lol Coxhill , Raymond Boni , Phil Wachsmann , Ravi Prasad , Joëlle Léandre and others.
In 1986 he became a member of a trio with Daunik Lazro on baritone saxophone and Lê Quan Ninh as drummer and recorded his first albums under his own name. At the end of the 1980s he also worked in a trio with Alain Joule and Barre Phillips as well as with Dominique Regef and Elvin Jones and in various formations with Beñat Achiary . In 1993 he traveled to Gabon , where he researched African music there; after his return he played a. a. with Elliott Sharp and Jin Hi Kim . In 1994 he recorded an album for the then free jazz label FMP , Open Paper Tree . In 1998 the solo album Anatomie Des Clefs was created . In 2007 he played in Paris with tenor saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and the group Sonic Youth . He often works in the trio John Russell and Roger Turner .
Doneda only plays soprano saxophone and sopranino saxophone.
Discography (selection)
- Terra (1985)
- General Gramophon (1988)
- Aranoa (1988)
- L'Élémentaire Sonore (1991)
- Egyptian Fantasy (1992)
- Open Paper Tree (FMP, 1994)
- Ce n'est pourtant (L'impreinte Digitale, 1995)
- M'Uoaz (Scisors, 1995)
- Anatomy of the Clef ( Potlatch , 1998)
Web links
literature
- Philippe Carles , André Clergeat & Jean-Louis Comolli , Dictionnaire du jazz , Ed. Robert Laffont, Coll. Bouquins, Paris, 1994, p. 338, ISBN 2-221-07822-5 .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doneda, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brive-la-Gaillarde |