French jazz musicianMusical artist

Louis Sclavis (born 2 February 1953) is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, b* clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including avant-garde jazz, free jazz, free improvisation and contemporary cl*ical.

Contents

• 1 Life and career
• 2 Discography
• 3 Filmography
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Life and career

He was born in Lyon, France. Sclavis played with the Henri Texier Quartet.

He has won numerous awards, including: the PRIX DJANGO REINHARDT “best French jazz musician” (1988); First Prize in the Barcelona Biennale (1989); the British Jazz award at the Midem for “Best Foreign Artist” (1990/91); the DJANGO D’OR “Best French jazz record of the year” (1993); and the GRAND PRIX SACEM 2009.

He was one of the first to combine jazz with French folk music, working most prominently with the hurdy-gurdy player Valentin Clastrier.

Discography

• Ad Augusta Per Argustia (Nato, 1981)
• Clarinettes (Label Bleu, 1985)
• Chine (Ida, 1987)
• Chamber Music (Ida, 1989)
• Ellington on the Air (Ida, 1991)
• Rouge (ECM, 1991)
• Trio de Clarinettes: Live (FMP, 1991)
• Acoustic Quartet (ECM, 1994)
• Carnet de Routes (Label Bleu, 1995)
• Ceux qui veillent la nuit (JMS, 1996)
• Danses et Autres Scenes (JMS, 1998)
• Les Violences de Rameau (ECM, 1996)
• Suite Africaine (Label Bleu, 1999)
• L'Affrontement des Prétendants (ECM, 1999)
• Dans la Nuit (ECM, 2000)
• Napoli's Walls (ECM, 2002)
• Bow River Falls (Koch, 2004)
• Roman, (2004);
• African Flashback (Label Bleu, 2005)
• L'Imparfait des Langues (ECM, 2007)
• Lost on the Way (ECM, 2009)
• Eldorado Trio (Clean Feed, 2010)
• Sources (ECM, 2012)
• Silk and Salt Melodies (ECM, 2014)
• Characters On A Wall (ECM, 2019)

Filmography

• 1999: Ça commence aujourd'hui by Bertrand Tavernier (Sony Music France)
• 2002: Un moment de bonheur by Antoine Santana
• 2002: Dans la nuit by Charles Vanel (ECM)
• 2002: Vivre me tue by Jean-Pierre Sinapi
• 2007: Après lui by Gaël Morel
• 2009: Plus tard tu comprendras by Amos Gitaï
• 2009: Portraits-autoportraits by Gilles Porte
• 2011: Roses à crédit by Amos Gitaï

References

External links

• FMP releases
• Louis Sclavis at IMDb