François Jeanneau

François Jeanneau (born June 15, 1935, Paris) is a French jazz saxophonist, flautist, and composer.

Jeanneau studied flute under René Leroy at the Paris Conservatory, but was an autodidact on saxophone.^[1] He began playing professionally in 1960 at the Club Saint Germain, then worked in the big band of Jef Gilson and in a sextet with François Tusques. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was a member of the band Triangle (fr). He won the Prix Django Reinhardt in 1980 and was the first leader of the Orchestre National de Jazz in 1986.

Discography

• Triangle, Pathé 1970
• The Paris Quartet, François Jeanneau, Michel Graillier, J.-F. Jenny-Clark, Aldo Romano, Horo Records 1975
• Un Bien Curieuse Planète, 1975
• Techniques Douces, Owl Records 1976
• Ephémère, Owl Records 1977
• Akagera, Daniel Humair, François Jeanneau, Henri Texier, Disques JMS 1980
• Double Messieurs,(Le Quatuor des saxophones), Open 1980
• Soli Solo Plus, 1981
• Mad Sax, (Le Quatuor des saxophones), Cy Records 1982
• Terraines Vagues (Pandémonium), 1983
• Prao, Cy Records 1983
• Orchestre National de Jazz , direction François Jeanneau, Label Bleu 1986
• Jazz Bühne Berlin (Orchestre National de Jazz), 1986
• Pandémonium, Carlyne Music 1988
• Taxiway, 1989
• Mixtures: Music for Media, 1989
• Up Date 3.3 , Daniel Humair, François Jeanneau, Henri Texier, Label Bleu 1990
• Recontre, 1991
• Tribute to Mingus , Enrico Rava • François Jeanneau • Hervé Sellin • François Mechali • André Ceccarelli, Adda 1992
• Maloya Transit, le Quartet + le Trio Tambour, 1992
• A Love Affair in Cermont-Ferrand, 1993
• Chaude Image, 1995
• Le POM, 1997
• Alice, 1997
• Estremadure (Le POM), 1999
• Connection, 1999
• FrameWork, 2000
• Charméditerranéen (Orchestre National de Jazz), 2001–02
• Eleven, 2002
• Paf Paf mit Victor Komenkov, 2003
• Médéo (Youth Almaty Jazz Band), 2003
• Recontre avec Sulé, 2003
• Trans-Kasakh-Express, 2004
• Flench Wok, 2004
• Quand se Taisant les Oiseaux, 2006–07
• Art of the Duo: Walking in the Wind, François Jeanneau, Uli Lenz, Tutu Records 2008
• Tarot du Kebar with Emmanuel Tugny, Gwen Català éditeur, 2016

References

This page was last edited on 16 April 2024, at 00:17