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Médéric Collignon : Propos et confidences

By Marc Chénard on 8 June 2012 Interviews, Scena Jazz

Photo: Levy-Stab En tournée canadienne cet été, le joueur de cornet français Médéric Collignon compte parmi les personnalités les plus fortes de la génération de jazzmen français de l’heure. Musicien au verbe facile et aux propos francs, sinon provocateurs, Collignon a d’abord fait ses classes dans l’ONJ, le MégaOctet d’Andy Emler et un passage chez Louis Sclavis. Depuis 2005, il se consacre à ses propres projets à la tête de sa propre formation Jus de Bocse et, ponctuellement, Septiques, une formation plus élargie. En mars dernier, et à quelques jours de son départ pour une longue tournée africaine, il s’est généreusement prêté au jeu de l’entrevue, nous y…

From Theory to Practice: A conversation with instrument maker Stephen Fox

By Marc Chénard on 3 April 2012 Education, Interviews, Winds

(This is a continuation of the article in the April 2012 issue of this magazine. Read the article here.) Nora-Louise Müller / Photo: Thomas Berg Based in Toronto, Stephen Fox is a trained clarinettist who decided to go into instrument making over 20 years ago. In a recent e-mail interview, he provided some added background on this on-going vocation of his (he also maintains a career as a performer). In the following exchange, he briefly traces his beginnings as a maker of clarinets in both the traditional tempered system and, more recently, the microtonal one developed by HeinzBohlen and John Robinson Pierce.La Scena Musicale: You started building clarinets in…

Sounds Unlikely: The Bohlen-Pierce System

By Marc Chénard on 1 April 2012 Classical Music, Contemporary, Interviews

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The story of microtonality might be as old as music itself. In non-Western music traditions, e.g. Indian Carnatic music or Arabic melismas, its use is commonplace. Western concert music, in contrast, is built on fixed pitches no closer together than the semitone and now commonly played with twelve-tone equal temperament, a device that effectively ‘rounded off’ minute tone differences. While still confined to its margins, microtonality is gaining new acceptance in our culture, as witnessed by a steadily growing body of works exploring these timbral possibilites. The Russian Ivan Wyschnegradsky was a true pioneer in this respect, writing piano…

More than a Sideman

By Marc Chénard on 9 December 2011 Interviews, Mainstream Jazz, Scena Jazz

Photo: Jean-Pierre DubéFrank Lozano in conversation on his recent recorded collaborationsJazz is particularly fond of heroes. Often larger than life, they are both objects of praise and scrutiny, both on stage and on record. Yet, for each one of those, there are legions of workmanlike players who also deserve a place in the sun. In Montreal, for instance, saxophonist Frank Lozano qualifies as a true musician’s musician. Since his arrival from Toronto some 20 years ago, this multi-instrumentalist (who plays both tenor and soprano as well as bass clarinet and flute) is one of the city’s most dependable jazz journeymen.…

Browsing: Interviews

Médéric Collignon : Propos et confidences

From Theory to Practice: A conversation with instrument maker Stephen Fox

Sounds Unlikely: The Bohlen-Pierce System

More than a Sideman

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