San Francisco
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,
California
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, United States) is an American
jazz
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bassist
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. A professional musician since 1960, he moved to New York City in 1962, then to Europe in 1967. Since 1972, he has been based in southern France where, in 2014, he founded the European Improvisation Center.
He studied briefly in 1959 with S. Charles Siani, Assistant Principal Bassist with the San Francisco Symphony. During the 1960s, he recorded with (among others)
Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and flautist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet and piccolo. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to ...
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
Biography Early life
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...
Marion Brown
Marion Brown (September 8, 1931 – October 18, 2010) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, writer, visual artist, and ethnomusicologist. He was a member of the avant-garde jazz scene in New York City during the 1960s, playing alongs ...
.
Phillips' 1968 recording of solo bass improvisations, issued as ''Journal Violone'' in the US, ''Unaccompanied Barre'' in England, and ''Basse Barre'' in France on
Futura Records
Futura Records is a French record company and jazz record label founded in 1969 by Gérard Terronès. Marge Records is a notable subsidiary label.
The label changed its name in 2018 into Futura Marge.
Roster
* Richard Accart
* Françoise Ac ...
, is generally credited as the first solo bass record. A 1971 record with
Dave Holland
David “Dave” Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for over 40 years.
His extensive discography r ...
, '' Music from Two Basses'', was probably the first record of improvised double bass duets.
In the 1970s, he was a member of the well-regarded and influential group The Trio, with saxophonist
John Surman
John Douglas Surman (born 30 August 1944) is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music. He has composed and performed music for dance performanc ...
and drummer Stu Martin. In the 1980s and 1990s, he played regularly with the London Jazz Composers Orchestra, led by fellow bassist Barry Guy. He worked on soundtracks of the motion pictures '' Merry-Go-Round'' (1981), '' Naked Lunch'' (1991, together with
Ornette Coleman
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Jazz: A Col ...
) and ''Alles was baumelt, bringt Glück!'' (2013).
He has also worked with (among many others) bassists
Peter Kowald
Peter Kowald (21 April 1944 – 21 September 2002) was a German free jazz and free improvising double bassist and tubist.
Career
A member of the Globe Unity Orchestra, and a touring double-bass player, Kowald collaborated with many Europea ...
and
Joëlle Léandre
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In the field of contemporary music, she has performed with Pierre Boulez's Ens ...
Evan Parker
Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation.
Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free ...
and Joe Maneri, and pianist Paul Bley.
Barre is the father of the rock guitarist, Jay Crawford from the band Bomb; of the bassist Dave Phillips; and of singer Claudia Phillips, who was a one-hit wonder in France in 1987 with "Quel souci La Boétie".
ECM
ECM may refer to:
Economics and commerce
* Engineering change management
* Equity capital markets
* Error correction model, an econometric model
* European Common Market
Mathematics
* Elliptic curve method
* European Congress of Mathematics
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, 1971)
* ''For All It Is'' ( JAPO, 1973) (recorded in 1971)
* ''
Mountainscapes
''Mountainscapes'' is an album by American jazz bassist Barre Phillips recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label.Three Day Moon
''Three Day Moon'' is an album by American jazz bassist Barre Phillips recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.
Journal Violone II
''Journal Violone II'' is an album by bassist Barre Phillips recorded in June 1979 and released on ECM the following year. the trio features reed player John Surman and singer Aina Kemanis.
'' (ECM, 1979)
* '' Music by...'' (ECM, 1980)
* '' Call Me When You Get There'', (ECM, 1984)
* ''Camouflage'' (Victo, 1989)
* ''Naxos'' (CELP, 1990)
* '' Aquarian Rain'' (ECM, 1991)
* ''Etchings in the Air'' (PSF, 1996)
* ''No Pieces'' (Emouvance, 1996)
* ''Uzu'' (PSF, 1997)
* ''Jazzd'aià'', (Bleu Regard, 1998)
* ''Play 'em as They Fall'' (Eyewill, 1999)
* ''Trignition'' ( Nine Winds, 1999)
* ''Journal Violone 9'' (Emouvance, 2001)
* ''October Base Trilouge'' (3D, 2001)
* ''After You've Gone'' (Victo, 2004)
* ''Angles of Repose'' (ECM, 2004)
* ''LDP'' (PSI, 2005)
* ''The Iron Stone'' (ECM, 2006)
* ''L' Improviste'' (
CD Baby
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, 2008)
* ''While You Were Out'' (CD Baby/Kadima Collective, 2009)
* ''Everybody Else But Me'' (Foghorn, 2011)
* ''End to End'' (ECM, 2018)
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
Biography Early life
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...
Gong
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Chris McGregor
Christopher McGregor (24 December 1936 – 26 May 1990) was a South African jazz pianist, bandleader and composer born in Somerset West, South Africa.
Early influences
McGregor grew up in the then Transkei (now part of the Eastern Cape Provin ...
Septet: ''
Up to Earth
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John Surman
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Trilok Gurtu
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He has worked with Terje Rypdal, Gary Moore, John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Joe Zawinul ...
& Maggie Nicols
* Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra: '' Harmos'' (Intakt, 1989)
* Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra: '' Double Trouble'' (Intakt, 1990)
* Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra with Irène Schweizer: ''
Theoria
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Evan Parker
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Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free ...
Tales of Rohnlief
''Tales of Rohnlief'' is an album by the American composer, saxophonist and clarinet player Joe Maneri, with bassist Barre Phillips and violinist Mat Maneri. It was recorded in 1998 and released on the ECM label.Double Trouble Two'' (Intakt, 1998)
* '' Sankt Gerold'' with Paul Bley and Evan Parker (ECM, 2000)
* ''Musique Primale'' with Philippe Festou, ensemble contemporain Yin (sornettes, 2009)
* ''The Rock on the Hill'' with Lol Coxhill and JT Bates (nato, 2011)
* ''No Meat Inside'' (Facing You / IMR, 2013) quartet with François Cotinaud, Henri Roger, and Emmanuelle Somer