Denis Colin is a French bass clarinettist and composer, born in

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, 24 July 1956. After studying clarinet at the conservatoire in

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, he turned to jazz, making appearances with

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, François Cotinaud and

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. He was in charge of the IACP (Institute for Artistic and Cultural Perception) from 1979 to 1982 and taught jazz at the ''Montreuil sous bois'' conservatoire. Among the musicians he has played with are: Celestrial Communication Orchestra, Texture (with saxophonist François Cotinaud), Bekummernis (led by Luc Le Masne), François Tusques and

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. He has written music for the theatre (for the Cie Tuchenn) and cinema (for Florence Miailhe). In 1991, he formed a trio with Didier Petit (cello) and Pablo Cueco ( zarb) to explore world music and free jazz. The trio expanded in 1995, adding Bruno Girard or Régis Huby (violin) and Camel Zekri (guitar) to form the group Les Arpenteurs. In 2000, Denis Colin was commissioned by

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to create "Dans les cordes", a piece for ten musicians. In 2001, the trio reconstituted itself again around Afro-American music, with musicians from the

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scene, for the album ''Something in Common''. This adventure continued in 2005 with singer Gwen Matthews, who was featured on a second American album. Colin emerged again in 2008 with a younger, rotating ensemble, La Société des Arpenteurs. The ''

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'' has described him as a 'major artist'.Denis Colin Trio
published October 20, 2005; retrieved April 14, 2011; by Neil Tesser

Discography

* ''Portrait for a Small Woman'', Celestrial Communication Orchestra, with

1978, ''Desert Mirage'', 1982 * ''Texture sextet'' 1981, ''Polygames'', with Itaru Oki, François Cotinaud, Bruno Girard, Pierre Jacquet, Michel Coffi 1983 * ''Clarinette basse Seul'', 1990 * ''Trois'', 1992 * ''In situ à Banlieues Bleues'', 1994 * ''Fluide'', 1997 * ''European Echoes'' with

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, Kent Carter, Theo Jörgensmann,

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, Benoit Delbecq etc., 1999 * ''Étude de terrain'', 1999 * ''Something in Common'', 2001 * ''Song for Swans'', 2005 * ''Subject to Change'', 2009 * ''Subject to Live'', 2011

References

External links

Website

Interview in French

Chicago Reader writeup

Album review

Album review

Album review
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