Lou Gare
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Lou Gare | |
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 Lou Gare with Mike Westbrook's Uncommon Orchestra performing in "A Bigger Show" at the Barnfield Theatre in Exeter/UK | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Leslie Arthur Gare |
| Born | 16 June 1939 |
| Origin | Rugby, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 6 October 2017 (aged 78) |
| Genres | free jazz |
| Instrument(s) | tenor saxophone |
| Labels | Mainstream Records |
Lou Gare, born Leslie Arthur Gare (16 June 1939 – 6 October 2017) was an English free-jazz saxophonist born in Rugby, Warwickshire, perhaps best known for his works with the improvised music ensemble AMM and playing with musicians such as Eddie Prévost, Mike Westbrook, Cornelius Cardew, Keith Rowe and Sam Richards.[1][2][3] As a member of Synchronicity (Richards, David Stanley, Sarah Frances) from the 1990s through to 2002 he played throughout the Southwest and toured the Czech Republic.
Discography
With AMM
- At the Roundhouse (Anomalous)
- AMM Group of London (Mainstream)
- To Hear And Back Again (Matchless)
- Cornelius Cardew Memorial Concert (Impetus)
- The Crypt - 12 June 1968 (Matchless)
- "The Aarhus Sequences", disc one of LAMINAL, a three CD retrospective AMM set (Matchless)
Other than with AMM
- Saxophony HORN-BILL, reed solos compilation 2005 '(incl. John Butcher, Natahaniel Catchpole, Kai Fagasschinski, Evan Parker and Seymour Wright (Matchless)
- No Strings Attached solo saxophone 2005 (Matchless)
References
- ^ "Lou Gare has died". The Wire Magazine. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
- ^ Adams, Simon (2002). "Gare, Lou". In Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 2 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 13. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
- ^ "Lou Gare biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- *Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian, "Jazz: The Rough Guide" (1995), Penguin, ISBN 1-85828-137-7.
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