Marc Ducret (born 19 August 1957) is a contemporary

avant-garde jazz Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz and experimental jazz) is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. It originated in the early 1950s and developed through to the late 1960s. Orig ...

guitarist who frequently collaborates with saxophonist

Tim Berne Tim Berne (born October 16, 1954) is an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and record label owner. His primary instruments are the alto and baritone saxophones. Biography Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States. He has said t ...

. Ducret's guitar style is idiosyncratic, having been called "highly original and very expressive," but also " Metheny-like."

Selected discography

As leader * 1987 ''La théorie du pilier'' (

Label Bleu Label Bleu is a French jazz record label founded by Michel Orier. Orier established the label in the mid-1980s in Amiens and soon after took over directorship of Amiens's cultural center, where he was able to build a recording studio. Label Bleu ...

) * 1989 ''Le Kodo'' (Label Bleu) * 1990 ''Gris'' (Label Bleu) * 1991 ''

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'' ( JMT) * 1997 ''Détail'' (

Winter & Winter Winter & Winter is a record label in Munich, Germany that specializes in jazz, classical and improvised music. It was founded by Stefan Winter following the demise of his JMT Records label. Since 1997 Winter & Winter has released records by ...

) * 1998 '' Un Certain Malaise'' (

Screwgun Screwgun Records is a jazz record label founded by saxophonist Tim Berne in 1996. Most releases on the label have been by Berne, though some have been by Berne's associates and bandmates. Steve Byram has designed and illustrated the artwork for ma ...

) * 1999 ''L'ombra di Verdi'' (Screwgun) * 2003 ''Qui parle?'' (Sketch) * 2006 ''Trio Live'' (self-produced) * 2006 ''Trio Live No. 2'' (self-produced) * 2009 ''Le sens de la marche'' (Illusions) * 2011 ''Tower, vol. 1'' (Ayler) * 2011 ''Tower, vol. 2'' (Ayler) * 2012 ''Tower, vol. 4'' (Ayler) * 2013 ''Tower, vol. 3'' (Ayler) * 2014 ''Tower-Bridge'' (Ayler) * 2015 ''Metatonal'' (Ayler) * 2019 ''Lady M'' (Illusions) * 2023 ''Palm Sweat'' (Screwgun/Out Of Your Head) With

* '' Pace Yourself'' (JMT, 1991) * '' Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill)'' (JMT, 1993) * '' Nice View'' (JMT, 1994) * '' Lowlife: The Paris Concert'' (JMT, 1995) * '' Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert'' (JMT, 1995) * '' Memory Select: The Paris Concert'' (JMT, 1995) * '' Big Satan'' (Winter & Winter, 1997) * '' Open, Coma'' (Screwgun, 2001) * '' Science Friction'' (Screwgun, 2002) * ''The Sevens'' (

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, 2002) * ''

The Sublime And ''The Sublime And'' is a live double album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Science Friction which was recorded in Switzerland in 2003 and originally released on the Thirsty Ear label. The album was rereleased in 2007 along with Berne's 2002 Science Fr ...

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, 2003) * '' Souls Saved Hear'' (Thirsty Ear, 2004) * ''

Livein Cognito ''Livein Cognito'' is a double live album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Big Satan. It was released in 2006 on Berne's Screwgun label. Reception An All About Jazz review by John Kelman said "Dark and spacious in places, visceral, dense and penetr ...

'' (Screwgun, 2007) * ''

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'' (Screwgun, 2007) * ''Insomnia'' (Clean Feed, 2011) * ''The Fantastic Mrs. 10'' (

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, 2020) * ''Science Friction +size'' (9donkeys, 2020) * ''Adobe Probe'' (9donkeys, 2020) * ''5'' (9donkeys, 2021) With

Samuel Blaser Samuel Blaser (born 20 July 1981 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) is a Swiss trombonist and composer. Biography Born and raised in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Samuel Blaser lived in New York City for many years before relocating to Be ...

* 2012 ''As the Sea'' (

Hathut Hathut Records is a Swiss record company and label founded by Werner Xavier Uehlinger in 1974 that specializes in jazz and classical music. The name of the label comes from the artwork of Klaus Baumgartner. Hathut encompasses the labels hat ART, ...

) * 2011 ''Boundless'' (Hathut) * 2018 ''Taktlos Zürich 2017'' (Hathut) * 2020 ''Audio Rebel'' (Blaser Music) * 2020 ''ABC Vol. 1'' (Blaser Music) * 2020 ''ABC Vol. 2'' (Blaser Music) * 2020 ''Moods'' (Blaser Music) * 2021 ''Voyageurs'' (Jazzdor Series) With

Hank Roberts Hank Roberts (born March 24, 1954, Terre Haute, Indiana) is an American jazz cellist and vocalist. He plays the electric cello, and his style is a mixture of rock, jazz, avant-garde, folk, and classical influences. He emerged with the downtown Ne ...

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'' (Winter & Winter, 2008) With

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*''Silent Vociferation'' (NoBusiness Records, 2009)

References

External links

*
Official site

A 2000 interview
with Big Satan
Another interview
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ducret, Marc 1957 births Living people Avant-garde jazz guitarists Free jazz guitarists French jazz guitarists French male guitarists French male jazz musicians Big Satan members Orchestre National de Jazz members Winter & Winter Records artists JMT Records artists Thirsty Ear Recordings artists Label Bleu artists NoBusiness Records artists