Michel Godard is a French avant-garde jazz and classical musician. He plays tuba and the predecessor of the tuba, a brass instrument known as the serpent.
Career
At 18, Godard was a member of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio-France. He has also been member of the French National Jazz Orchestra and the Arban Chamber Brass quintet, and has played with the Ensemble Musique Vivante, the
ancient music
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Michael Riessler
Michael may refer to:
People
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Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Rabih Abou-Khalil ( ar, ربيع أبو خليل, born August 17, 1957) is an oud player and composer born in Lebanon, who combines elements of Arabic music with jazz, classical music, and other styles. He grew up in Beirut and moved to Munich, Ge ...
Simon Nabatov
Simon Nabatov (born 11 January 1959) is a Russian-American jazz pianist.
Early life
Nabatov was born in Moscow on 11 January 1959. His parents were Leon, a professional pianist and choir conductor who was a native of Belarus, and Regina. Nabatov ...
,
Samo Salamon
Samo (–) founded the first recorded political union of Slavic tribes, known as Samo's Empire (''realm'', ''kingdom'', or ''tribal union''), stretching from Silesia to present-day Slovakia, ruling from 623 until his death in 658. According to ...
Pierre Favre
Peter Faber (french: Pierre Lefevre or Favre, la, Petrus Faver) (13 April 1506 – 1 August 1546) was a Jesuit priest and theologian, who was also a co-founder of the Society of Jesus, along with Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier. Pope Fra ...
Dave Bargeron
David W. Bargeron (born September 6, 1942) is an American trombonist and tuba player who was a member of the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Career
Bargeron was lead trombonist with Clark Terry's Big Band and played bass trombone and tub ...
Patrick Bebelaar
Patrick Josef Bebelaar (born 6 March 1971) is a German musician and composer. He is positioned as "inventive pianist between jazz and classical music".
Life and work
Music
Bebelaar began piano lessons with Georg Ruby and Richie Beirach an ...
) was awarded Album of the Year 2014 by '' The New York City Jazz Record''. The album ''Stupor Mundi'' (DML, 2015) with Patrick Bebelaar,
Vincent Klink
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, Gavino Murgia and Carlo Rizzo was awarded the
German Record Critics' Award
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.
Godard has also played and recorded with the pipeband of the Brittany town Quimper, with reggae star Alpha Blondy, and with Canterbury rock musicians John Greaves and Pip Pyle.
As a composer, he has been commissioned by Radio France,
Donaueschingen
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Music Festival, and the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
Discography
* ''You Never Lose an Island'' (dml, 2002) with
Patrick Bebelaar
Patrick Josef Bebelaar (born 6 March 1971) is a German musician and composer. He is positioned as "inventive pianist between jazz and classical music".
Life and work
Music
Bebelaar began piano lessons with Georg Ruby and Richie Beirach an ...
,
Herbert Joos
Herbert Joos (; 21 March 1940 – 7 December 2019) was a German jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and graphic designer. He made recordings solo and in groups, especially with the Vienna Art Orchestra. In 2017, he received the Jazzpreis Baden-Württ ...
, Frank Kroll
* ''Point of View'' (dml, 2003) with Frank Kroll, Patrick Bebelaar, Prakash Maharaj, Subhash Maharaj,
Vikash Maharaj
Pandit Vikash Maharaj (born 1 July 1957) is an Indian sarod player. In his childhood, he initially learnt to play the tabla and then discovered and studied the sarod as his preferred instrument.
Early life and background
Vikash was born in Va ...
* ''Cousins Germains'' (
CAM Jazz
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, 2005) with Christof Lauer, Wolfgang Pusching, Herbert Joos, Frank Tortiller,
Wolfgang Reisinger
Wolfgang Reisinger (16 July 1955 – 8 June 2022) was an Austrian jazz percussion player.
Biography
Reisinger started his education in music at Vienna Boys' Choir at the age of 5. Then, he studied piano at the Music and Arts University of the ...
* ''Pantheon'' (dml, 2007) with Fried Dähn, Patrick Bebelaar, Herbert Joos, Frank Kroll, Carlo Rizzo
* ''Three Seasons'' (HGBS, 2014) with Günter Sommer and Patrick Bebelaar
* ''Stupor Mundi'' (dml, 2014) with Patrick Bebelaar, Gavino Murgia, Carlo Rizzo and
Vincent Klink
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* ''Awakening'' (
Buda Musique
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, 2019) with Alim Qasimov
With CMC Ensemble
* ''Contra Puncta'' ( Losen,
2018
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With
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Rabih Abou-Khalil ( ar, ربيع أبو خليل, born August 17, 1957) is an oud player and composer born in Lebanon, who combines elements of Arabic music with jazz, classical music, and other styles. He grew up in Beirut and moved to Munich, Ge ...
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The Sultan's Picnic
''The Sultan's Picnic'' is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, fusing traditional Arab music with jazz, which was recorded in 1994 and released on the Enja label.
'' (Enja, 1994)
*''
Arabian Waltz
''Arabian Waltz'' is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, featuring the Balanescu Quartet, which was recorded in 1995 and released on the Enja label the following year.Odd Times
''Odd Times'' is a live album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil which was recorded in Germany in 1997 and released on the Enja label.The Cactus of Knowledge'' (Enja, 2001)
*'' Morton's Foot'' (Enja, 2003)
*''
Songs for Sad Women
''Songs for Sad Women'' is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil which was recorded in Germany in 2005 but not released on the Enja label until 2007.Em Português
''Em Português'' is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil which was recorded in Germany in 2007 and released on the Enja label the following year.Trouble in Jerusalem
''Trouble in Jerusalem'' is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, conceived as a soundtrack to the 1922 German silent film ''Nathan the Wise'', which was recorded in Germany in 2009 and released on the Enja label the ...
'' (Enja, 2010)
With
Pierre Favre
Peter Faber (french: Pierre Lefevre or Favre, la, Petrus Faver) (13 April 1506 – 1 August 1546) was a Jesuit priest and theologian, who was also a co-founder of the Society of Jesus, along with Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier. Pope Fra ...
* ''
Fleuve
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'' (ECM, 2005)
With
Samo Salamon
Samo (–) founded the first recorded political union of Slavic tribes, known as Samo's Empire (''realm'', ''kingdom'', or ''tribal union''), stretching from Silesia to present-day Slovakia, ruling from 623 until his death in 658. According to ...