André Hodeir (22 January 1921 – 1 November 2011) was a French violinist, composer,

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and

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Biography

Hodeir was born in Paris and trained as a classical violinist and composer. He studied at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

, where he was taught by

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonical ...

and won first prizes in fugue, harmony, and music history. While pursuing these studies he discovered jazz and various music forms besides jazz and classical. He recorded on violin under the pseudonym "Claude Laurence". As a critic he expressed disgust with nearly all early jazz (''Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence;'' 1957). In 1954 he was a founder and director of Jazz Groupe de Paris, which included Bobby Jaspar, Pierre Michelot and

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. In 1957, at the invitation of

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, he recorded an album of his compositions with

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Eddie Costa Edwin James Costa (August 14, 1930 – July 28, 1962) was an American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer and arranger. In 1957, he was chosen as '' DownBeat'' jazz critics' new star on piano and vibes – the first time that one artist won tw ...

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, and

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. In addition to two books of ''Essais'' (1954 and 1956), he wrote film scores, including ''Le Palais Idéal'' by Ado Kyrou for the film ''Chutes de pierres, danger de mort'' by

Michel Fano Michel Fano (born 9 December 1929) is a French musician, composer, writer, filmmaker, and sound designer. He developed the concept of to describe the potential for a film's soundtrack to interact with its visual content. During the early 1950s, ...

, and

Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot ( ; ; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., is a former French actress, singer and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated characters with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the ...

's '' Une Parisienne''. He founded an orchestra during the Sixties and composed a work based on the

Anna Livia Plurabelle ''Finnegans Wake'' is a novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It is well known for its experimental style and reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in the Western canon. It has been called "a work of fiction which combines a bod ...

story from the novel ''Finnegans Wake'' by James Joyce.

Discography

* ''Jazz et Jazz'' (Philips, 1963) * ''American Jazzmen Play Andre Hodeir's Essais'' (Savoy, 1957) * ''The Paris Scene'' (Savoy, 1957) * ''Anna Livia Plurabelle'' (Philips, 1966) * ''Bitter Ending'' with Les Swingle Singers (Epic, 1972) * ''The Historic Donaueschingen Jazz Concert 1957'' with Eddie Sauter (Pausa, 1980)

Bibliography

* André Hodeir, ''Le Jazz, cet inconnu'', preface by

Charles Delaunay Charles Delaunay (18 January 1911 – 16 February 1988) was a French author, jazz expert, co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot Club de France. Biography Born in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, Oise, the son of painters Robert Delaunay and Sonia Del ...

, collection "Harmoniques",

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, 1945 * ''Si seulement la vie : nouvelles'' (2001) * ''Les aventures de la chevalière'', (1983 historical novel for children) * ''La chevalière et le panache blanc'', (1983 historical novel for children) * ''Le Rire de Swann'', ed. Rouge Profond, coll. Birdland, Paris 2006 * ''Le Joueur de violon (Musikant)'' * ''La Musique depuis Debussy'', Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1961 * ''Hommes et problèmes du jazz'', Flammarion, Paris, 1954, re-released by Parenthèses, coll. Epistrophy, Paris 1981, 3 printings, then coll. Eupalinos, 2008 * ''Les Formes de la Musique'', Presses Universitaires de France, coll. "Que sais-je ?" n° 478, Paris * ''Jazzistiques'' ed. Parenthèses, coll. Epistrophy, Paris 2004 * ''Les Mondes du Jazz'', ed. Rouge Profond, Paris 2004 * ''The André Hodeir Jazz Reader'', Michigan University Press, 2006 * Pierre Fargeton, ''Le Jazz comme œuvre composée : le cas d'André Hodeir'' (2006, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Université Jean-Monnet (Saint-Étienne)) * Christian Tarting, article ''Hodeir, André'' (Dictionnaire du jazz, ed. Robert Laffont, coll. Bouquins)

References

External links

* * , Christian Tarting, in French. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodeir, Andre 1921 births 2011 deaths 20th-century French male violinists 20th-century French non-fiction writers Conservatoire de Paris alumni French jazz composers French jazz violinists Jazz arrangers Male jazz composers Musicians from Paris Prix Louis Guilloux winners Savoy Records artists Philips Records artists Fontana Records artists Debussy scholars