Noël Akchoté

Noël Akchoté
Born (1968-12-07) December 7, 1968
Paris, France
Genres Jazz, pop, rock, avant-garde jazz, experimental, contemporary classical, free improvisation
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Guitar
Labels Winter & Winter
Website www.noelakchote.org

Noël Akchoté (born 7 December 1968)[1] is a French guitarist mainly active in the free improvisation, classical, experimental and free jazz.

Biography

Trained from the age of eight, he debuted as a guitarist in 1990.[2] He collaborated with a wide variety of musicians among which Henri Texier, Louis Sclavis, Daniel Humair, Jacques Thollot, Sam Rivers but mostly with Derek Bailey, Eugene Chadbourne, Fred Frith, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, Tim Berne and George Lewis.

Later in his career he began contributing on albums of David Grubbs, Luc Ferrari, David Sylvian, J. G. Thirlwell (for his band Steroid Maximus), Max Nagl, Andrew Sharpley, Jean-François Pauvros, and the band Earth of Dylan Carlson.

Founder of Rectangle (label).

Discography

As leader

  • 1994 – Soundpage(s) (Deux Z)
  • 1996 – Picture(s) (Rectangle)
  • 1999 – J'en doute encore (notes sur le travail) (Stupeur & trompette)
  • 1999 – Alike Joseph (Rectangle)
  • 2001 – Simple Joseph (Rectangle)
  • 2003 – Perpetual Joseph (Rectangle)
  • 2004 – Adult Guitar (Blue Chopsticks)
  • 2004 – Sonny II (Winter & Winter)
  • 2007 – So Lucky (Winter & Winter)
  • 2011 – Re : Joseph, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
  • 2011 – Joyous Blake (A Pat Martino Tribute)
  • 2011 – Madrigals for Five Voices: Integral (Libro I – Libro VI), Carlo Gesualdo
  • 2011 – Pink Lady!
  • 2011 – Szeroka Street : Klezmzer Classics, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
  • 2011 – Szeroka Street : Yiddish Songs, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
  • 2011 – Szeroka Street : Chassidics Vol. 1
  • 2011 – Meeting R.T. (A René Thomas Tribute)
  • 2011 – 101 Standards
  • 2011 – Tenderly : 202 Standards
  • 2011 – Revolver Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
  • 2012 – La Messe De Nostre Dame, Guillaume de Machaut
  • 2012 – Il Primo Libro De Madrigali for Five Voices (For Guitar), Claudio Monteverdi
  • 2013 – X-Joseph
  • 2013 – Y-Joseph
  • 2013 – Z-Joseph
  • 2013 – F-Joseph
  • 2013 – L., C. & P. (Larry, Christian & Philip)
  • 2013 – String Quartet in Four Parts, John Cage
  • 2013 – Cheap Imitation, John Cage
  • 2013 – Machaut Integral, Vol. 1: Ballades & Rondeaux, Guillaume de Machaut
  • 2013 – Machaut Integral, Vol. 2: Virelais, Remède de Fortune, Double Hoquet & Lais, Guillaume de Machaut
  • 2013 – Machaut Integral, Vol. 3: Sacred Works, Guillaume de Machaut
  • 2013 – Sacred Works Vol. 1, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  • 2013 – Works Vol. 1, Orlando di Lasso
  • 2013 – Works Vol. 2, Orlando di Lasso
  • 2013 – Bhangra Jazz
  • 2013 – Bhangra Jazz Vol. 2
  • 2013 – Twelve Bars
  • 2013 – Black Album
  • 2013 – Green Lands
  • 2014 – Gesualdo: Madrigals for Five Guitars (Blue Chopsticks/Drag City, with Adam Levy, David Grubbs, Doug Wamble, Julien Desprez)

As sideman

With David Grubbs

  • 1999 – The Coxcomb (Rectangle)
  • 2000 – Aux Noctambules (Rectangle)
  • 2000 – The Spectrum between (Drag City)
  • 2001 – Thirty-Minute Raven (Rectangle)
  • 2002 – Rickets & Scurvy (Drag City)

With The Recyclers

  • 1994 – Rhymes (Deux Z)
  • 1996 – The Recyclers (Rectangle)
  • 1997 – Visit (Deux Z)
  • 1997 – Morceaux Choisis (Sasha Andres, Ignatus, Katerine & Irène Jacob, Rectangle)

With Max Nagl

  • 2001 – Ramasuri (by Max Nagl Ensemble, Hatology)
  • 2001 – The Evil Garden (from Max Nagl, with Lol Coxhill, Patrice Heral, Josef Novotny, and Julie Tippetts, November Music)
  • 2002 – Big Four (with Max Nagl, Steven Bernstein and Bradley Jones, Hatology)
  • 2007 – Big Four Live (with Max Nagl, Steven Bernstein and Bradley Jones, Hatology)
  • 2010 – Sortiléges – Big Four (with Max Nagl, Steven Bernstein, and Brad Jones Extraplatte)

With others

  • 1994 – L'Amour (V/A, Deux Z)
  • 1995 – Les Films de ma Ville (V/A, Nato)
  • 1995 – Machination (of Hélène Labarrière, Deux Z)
  • 1995 – Mad Nomad(s) (of Henri Texier, Label Bleu)
  • 1995 – Racines Radicales (Rectangle)
  • 1995 – Rapa nomada (de Corin Curschellas, MGB)
  • 1995 – Red Boot (of Noël Akchoté/M.A.O., with Dom Farkas, Hélène Labarrière and Erik Borelva, Deux Z)
  • 1995 – Remake of the American Dream (of Tony Hymas & Barney Bush, Nato)
  • 1995 – Tenga Nina (of Jacques Thollot, Nato)
  • 1996 – Close to the Kitchen (with Derek Bailey, Rectangle, rééd. (Blue Chopsticks 2003)
  • 1996 – Configurations (of Sam Rivers, with Jacques Thollot, Tony Hymas and Paul Rogers, Nato)
  • 1996 – Island Songs (of Mike Cooper, Nato)
  • 1996 – Réel (with Fred Frith, Rectangle)
  • 1996 – The Story of Ball Paul (with Anna Luif, Amanita)
  • 1996 – Vivre encore (7" of Jean-Louis Costes, with Didier Petit, Rectangle)
  • 1997 – Buenaventura Durruti (V/A, Nato)
  • 1997 – ICIS (of Guillaume Orti, In Situ)
  • 1997 – My Chelsea (with Phil Minton and Lol Coxhill, Rectangle)
  • 1997 – Sexe, amour, poésie... (7" of Raymond Chanté, with Dom Farkas and Jean-Louis Pégorier, Rectangle)
  • 1997 – Somewhere Bi–Lingual (with Evan Parker, Paul Rogers, and Mark Sanders, Siesta)
  • 1997 – Voices of Rumantsch (of Corin Curschellas, MGB)
  • 1998 – Beautiful Contradiction (of Aki Onda, with Blixa Bargeld, Simon Fisher-Turner, Linda Sharrock, Steven Bernstein, Bernard Vitet, etc., All Access)
  • 1998 – Le sentiment des brutes (of Régis Huby, Transes européennes)
  • 1998 – Live at Les Instants Chavirés (of Evan Parker with Lawrence Cassereley and Joel Ryan, Leo Records)
  • 1998 – Xmas Songs (7" with Phil Minton and Lol Coxhill, Rectangle)
  • 1998 – Lust Corner (with Marc Ribot and Eugene Chadbourne, Winter & Winter)
  • 1999 – Au Bordel – Souvenirs de Paris (AudioFilm with Sasha Andres] Lol Coxhill, Dom Farkas, Charlie O, Christophe Minck, Winter & Winter)
  • 1999 – Goodbye Gary Cooper (of Corin Curschellas, RecRec)
  • 1999 – Noël Akchoté et Bruno Meillier (SMI)
  • 2000 – Bande Original (of Luigee Trademarq, Rectangle)
  • 2000 – Hardfiskur (with Régïs Boulard and Régis Huby, Boxpock)
  • 2000 – Love your smile (of AE, with Andrew Sharpley and Emiko Ota, Fresh Air)
  • 2000 – Quelque part (of Mendelson, Lithium)
  • 2000 – Translucide (of Vincent Courtois, Enja)
  • 2000 – Rien (with Erik Minkkinen and Andrew Sharpley, Winter & Winter)
  • 2001 – Mondo–What ? (with Régïs Boular], Boxpock)
  • 2002 – 33 (de Red, Universal)
  • 2002 – Duets 2 (of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Leo)
  • 2002 – Nom de Code : Sacha (with Katerine, Margot Abascal, Charlie O, and Erick Borelva, Rectangle)
  • 2002 – ¿lennyk.co.uk? (Featureless Electronic Soundscape #261) (with Erik Minkkinen, Andy Bolus and Andrew Sharpley, Signature)
  • 2003 – Impro–Micro–Acoustique (with Luc Ferrari and Roland Auzet, Blue Chopsticks)
  • 2004 – Cabaret Modern (AudioFilm with Red, Giovanna Cacciola, John Greaves, Jean-Louis Costes, Winter & Winter)
  • 2004 – Ecume ou bave (with Jean-François Pauvros and Red, Signature)
  • 2005 – Der Kastanienball (AudioFilm with Jean-Louis Costes, Jim Thirlwell, Steve Beresford, Ernst Reijseger, Winter & Winter)
  • 2005 – Le Chronatoscaphe
  • 2006 – BOF Les Invisibles of Thierry Jousse (with David Grubbs, Katerine, Matmos, Red & Andrew Sharpley, Universal)
  • 2007 – Social Hide and Seek (of Red, Universal)
  • 2008 – Toi–Même (AudioFilm with Han Bennink, Otto Lechner, Kevin Blechdom, John Giorno, Brad Jones, Laetitia Shériff, Winter & Winter)
  • 2011 – Coco Love in M. (with SebastiAn)
  • 2011 – Paris 1997 (Live in) (with Tom Cora, Alfred Spirli, Rectangle)
  • 2011 – Tetuzi Akiyama & Noël Akchoté (duet with Tetuzi Akiyama)
  • 2011 – Wels, Mulhouse, Paris & Lyon with Steve Beresford, Andrew Sharpley
  • 2012 – Acid Rain (with Jean–Marc Foussat and Roger Turner, Ayler)
  • 2012 – Lisboa 2011 (duet with Manuel Mota)
  • 2012 – Periscope : 2012 Lyon (duet with Richard Pinhas, )

Filmography

Bibliography

Philippe Robert, Musiques expérimentales. Une anthologie transversale d’enregistrements emblématiques. Le Mot et le Reste/GRIM. 2007.

(Collective, edited by Franck Médioni), Albert Ayler : Témoignages sur un holy ghost, Le Mot et le Reste, 2010.

References

  1. ↑ Clergeat, André (2002). "Akchoté, Noël". In Barry Kernfeld. The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 21. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
  2. ↑ Philippe Carles, André Clergeat et Jean-Louis Comolli, Dictionnaire du jazz, Ed. Robert Laffont, Coll. Bouquins, Paris, 1994, ISBN 2-221-07822-5, p.13
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