Henri Texier
Encyclopedia
Henri Texier, born 27 January 1945 (age 67), is a French
jazz
double bassist born in Paris
.
He is perhaps best-known for his 1960s work with Don Cherry
and for his 1980s band the "Transatlantik Quartet", which featured Joe Lovano
, Steve Swallow
and Aldo Romano
. He also worked with several other American
musicians in Paris
jazz clubs, including Johnny Griffin
, Phil Woods
, Bill Coleman
and Bud Powell
.
Texier is a self-taught jazz bassist, crediting Wilbur Ware
most as an influence. Throughout the 1970s Texier remained active in Europe
on the jazz scene, performing with musicians such as Gordon Beck
, John Abercrombie
and Didier Lockwood
, among others. In 1982 he formed a quartet with Louis Sclavis
and others.
Phil Woods
Patrice Meyer
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
double bassist born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
He is perhaps best-known for his 1960s work with Don Cherry
Don Cherry (jazz)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
and for his 1980s band the "Transatlantik Quartet", which featured Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano
Joseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone players, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls...
, Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow is a jazz double bass and bass guitarist and composer born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.One of the leading bassists in jazz, Swallow is noted for collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton and Carla Bley...
and Aldo Romano
Aldo Romano
Aldo Romano is a jazz drummer. He also started a rock group in 1971.-Biography:He moved to France as a child and by the 1950s he was playing guitar and drums professionally in Paris, but his career gained notice when he started working with Don Cherry in 1963. He recorded with Steve Lacy and...
. He also worked with several other American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
musicians in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
jazz clubs, including Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
John Arnold Griffin III was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist.- Early life and career :Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett, starting out on clarinet before moving on to oboe and then alto sax...
, Phil Woods
Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.-Biography:...
, Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
William Johnson Coleman was a jazz trumpeter from the swing era.He had his musical debut in 1927. Coleman's first recordings were with the Luis Russell orchestra, but all solos on record went to the rising star Henry "Red" Allen. This led to Bill Coleman's departure from the band. By 1935 he...
and Bud Powell
Bud Powell
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell was an American Jazz pianist. Powell has been described as one of "the two most significant pianists of the style of modern jazz that came to be known as bop", the other being his friend and contemporary Thelonious Monk...
.
Texier is a self-taught jazz bassist, crediting Wilbur Ware
Wilbur Ware
Wilbur Ware was an American jazz double-bassist known for his hard bop percussive style.Born in Chicago, Ware taught himself to play banjo and bass. In the 1940s, he worked with Stuff Smith, Sonny Stitt and Roy Eldridge. In the 1950s, Ware played with Eddie Vinson, Art Blakey, and Buddy DeFranco...
most as an influence. Throughout the 1970s Texier remained active in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
on the jazz scene, performing with musicians such as Gordon Beck
Gordon Beck
Gordon James Beck was an English jazz pianist.Beck was born in Brixton, London, and attended Pinner County Grammar School . He studied piano in his youth, but decided to go into a career as an engineering technical draughtsman...
, John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie (guitarist)
John Abercrombie is an American jazz guitarist, whose work often explores jazz fusion and post bop. Abercrombie has played with Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker...
and Didier Lockwood
Didier Lockwood
Didier Lockwood is a French jazz violinist. He played in the progressive rock/jazz fusion band Magma in the 1970s and is known for his use of electric amplification and experimentation on different sounds on the electric violin....
, among others. In 1982 he formed a quartet with Louis Sclavis
Louis Sclavis
Louis Sclavis is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including jazz and free jazz...
and others.
Select discography
- 1972 - Total Issue
- 1976 - Henri Texier - Amir
- 1977 - Henri Texier - Varech
- 1979 - Henri Texier - A Cordes et a Cris
- 1979 - Humair & Jeanneau & Texier - HJT
- 1980 - Humair & Jeanneau & Texier - Akagera
- 1983 - Henri Texier - Compilatex
- 1983 - Henri Texier Quartet - La Companera
- 1986 - Henri Texier Quarte - Paris Batignolles
- 1988 - Eric Barret, Aldo Romano, Henri Texier
- 1988 - Henri Texier Transatlantik Quartet - Izlaz
- 1988 - Henri Texier Transatlantik Quartet - Colonel Skopje
- 1990 - Humair & Jeanneau & Texier - Up date 3.3
- 1991 - Henri Texier Trio - The scene is clean
- 1993 - Henri Texier Azur Quartet - An Indian's Week
- 1995 - Henri Texier - Mad Nomads
- 1995 - Romano & Sclavis & Texier - Carnet de Routes
- 1997 - Henri Texier - Respec
- 1998 - Bagad Man Ha Tan & Henri Texier - Doue Lann
- 1998 - Henri Texier Azur Quintet - Mosaic Man
- 1999 - Suite Africaine
- 2000 - Henri Texier - Remparts D'Argile
- 2002 - Henri Texier Azur Quintet - Strings’ Spirit
- 2004 - Tchangodei & Henri Texier - Don't Be A Half Shell
- 2004 - Henri Texier - Holy Lola
- 2004 - Henri Texier Strada Sextet - Vivre
- 2005 - Romano & Sclavis & Texier - African Flashback
- 2007 - Henri Texier Strada Sextet - Alerte à l'eau
- 2008 - Henri Texier Red Route Quartet - Love Songs Reflexions
- 2008 - Romano & Texier & Sclavis - St Luke's Church
- 2009 - Henri Texier - Blue Wind Story
- 2009 - Henri Texier Quartet - Nostalgique
- 1977 - Francois Jeanneau - Éphémère
- 2010 - Aldo Romano - Complete Communion to Don Cherry
Phil Woods
Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.-Biography:...
- 1968 - Phil Woods & His European Rhythm Machine - Alive And Well In Paris
- 1969 - Phil Woods & His European Rhythm Machine - At the Montreux Jazz Festival
- 1970 - Phil Woods & His European Rhythm Machine - Les Disques Pierre Cardin
- 1971 - Phil Woods & His European Rhythm Machine - At The Frankfurt Jazz Festival - (AtlanticAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
)
Patrice Meyer
- Dromadaire Viennois (FMRFMR RecordsFMR Records is an English music company record label comprising the major record label, FMR Music. Founded by current CEO Trevor Taylor in 1972. It is a specialist record label providing Jazz and improvisational percussion music .-History:...
)