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Louis Sclavis

Louis Sclavis (b. Lyon, France, February 2, 1953) is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including jazz and free jazz. His music shows great creativity and a lively sense of humor.

Sclavis began his musical education at the conservatoire de Lyon at age 9, where he studied clarinet. He began performing with the Lyon Workshop, where he met Michel Portal and Bernard Lubat. He then joined the Brotherhood of Breath of Chris McGregor, and later the Henri Texier quartet.

He began his work as a leader in 1987, with his first album Chine. The track Duguesclin has actually been a hit in France, due to its lively, middle-age inspiration. In 1995, he created, along with Henri texier and Aldo Romano, a trio named the African trio which achieved considerable success, even outside of the french jazz community.

He frequently performs with the cellist Ernst Reijseger and was one of the first to combine jazz with French folk music, working most prominently with the hurdy-gurdy player Valentin Clastrier. Source: Wikipedia

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Louis Sclavis, David León, Roby Glod & Joy Guidry

Read "Louis Sclavis, David León, Roby Glod & Joy Guidry" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


Reed players have taken over the house this week. The eminent clarinetist Louis Sclavis stars in an excellent quartet using music, text and spoken word to create a moody sonic landscape out of short stories, poems and aphorisms by French and African authors. Other European saxophonists heard are Luxembourg's Roby Glod in a familiar setting with bassist Christian Ramond and drummer Klaus Kugel, and Belgium's Toine Thys leading his band Orlando. From this side of the Atlantic come David León's ...

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Federica Michisanti Quartet: Afternoons

Read "Afternoons" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Continua a evolversi la musica di Federica Michisanti: dopo i bei lavori del suo Horn Trio e l'esperienza al fianco di due mostri sacri come Franco D'Andrea e Dave Douglas, l'artista romana presenta adesso un nuovo album, nel quale documenta il lavoro della sua nuova formazione, un quartetto formato con Louis Sclavis, Michele Rabbia e Vincent Courtois. Il gruppo, senza strumento armonico come l'Horn Trio, vede stavolta la presenza di un batterista, ancorché particolarmente creativo e impegnato ...

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Louis Sclavis, Olga Reznichenko, Joona Toivanen, Álvaro Torres & More New Releases

Read "Louis Sclavis, Olga Reznichenko, Joona Toivanen, Álvaro Torres & More New Releases" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Piano trios show that, in the right hands, this formula still a lot to say; musicians that walk down the trail blazed by Carla Bley and Paul Bley; chamber jazz and much more in this set.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Olga Reznichenko Trio “Restless Stone Stops Motion" Somnambule (Traumton) 0:16 Host talks 8:28 Joona Toivanen Trio “Enlightened" Both Only (We Jazz) 9:35 Host talks 15:19 Louis Sclavis “Ce ...

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Federico Marchesano: Atalante

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Nato come progetto originale commissionato dal Torino Jazz Festival 2018, questo lavoro del contrabbassista e compositore torinese Federico Marchesano, formazione classica ed esperienze eclettiche, vede adesso la luce anche nella sua documentazione registrata, uscendo in CD per la Faelmay. Il progetto si ispira al capolavoro cinematografico di Jean Vigo, del quale in certa misura descrive le atmosfere, ma ha una vita ovviamente del tutto indipendente. Marchesano è alla testa di un quartetto che vanta la presenza di Louis ...

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Shake Stew, Louis Sclavis, John Zorn and More New Releases

Read "Shake Stew, Louis Sclavis, John Zorn and More New Releases" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


After two weeks exploring the legacy of Enrico Rava, here we are catching up with more global new releases. Join Mondo Jazz in a journey that takes us to St. Petersburg (Zhenya Strigalev)—via London and Santiago Del Chile (Federico Dannemann)—Tokyo (Ronin Arkestra)—via Los Angeles (Mark De Clive Lowe), Vienna (Shake Stew), Paris (Louis Sclavis), Rome (Alice Ricciardi and Piero Lussu) and, of course, New York (Dave Douglas, John Zorn, Julian Lage, Gyan Riley, Bill Frisell, Ted Nash, and Emma Frank) ...

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Louis Sclavis / Dominique Pifarély / Vincent Courtois: Asian Fields Variations

Read "Asian Fields Variations" reviewed by John Kelman


Few artists on the ECM roster reinvent themselves as regularly--and with such consistent success--as Louis Sclavis. While it is true that the French clarinetist (and occasional soprano/baritone saxophonist) often draws (and re-draws) from a gradually expanding pool of musicians, there are few label mates who have released as many albums as Sclavis, where the lineups literally change with each and every album. In fact, the closest he's come to repeating the same lineup back-to-back has been with his most recent, ...

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Clusone Jazz Festival 2016 -36a Edizione

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Clusone Jazz Festival Clusone Corte Sant'Anna 28-31.07.2016 “Sono molto contento di tornare a Clusone Jazz, un festival che ha una storia musicale importante" (Louis Sclavis). “Siete fortunati ad avere un festival così" (Roberto Negro). Potremmo continuare a lungo, citando tutti i musicisti che quest'anno si sono esibiti sul palco di Clusone Jazz e che, al netto delle parole usate, hanno espresso più o meno gli stessi concetti, ma ...

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Oedipe Redux

Sunnyside Records
2023

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Afternoons

Parco Della Musica
2023

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Atalante

Felmay
2020

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Asian Fields...

ECM Records
2017

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