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Libyan Courage francoiscarrier 43 views Pictures of women manifesting against Kadhafi taken while walking in Hyde Parc on July 27th 2011 at around 15h25.
Kathmandu (Long Version) francoiscarrier 548 views Clip of Michel Lambert and Francois Carrier's trip to Kathmandu Nepal in 2006. "On the morning of October 14th we invited two young Nepali flute players to join Michel and ...
Synchronicity francoiscarrier 153 views Emmanuel Bernardoux & François Carrier visiting art Galeries in Montreal on May 26th 2010 under a very hot 32 Celsius degrees blue sky. Michel Lambert on drums, François C...
Being With francoiscarrier 614 views Véronique Dubois / François Carrier "Being With" Leo Records (ColyaKooMusic)
The Theo Wanne AMMA HR Alto saxophone mouthpiece francoiscarrier 6,324 views Presenting the AMMA Hard Rubber Alto saxophone mouthpiece from Theo Wanne Classic Mouthpieces at www.theowanne.com. François Carrier plays a AMMA #6 HR Alto mouthpiece. His...
The Theo Wanne Kali HR Alto saxophone mouthpiece francoiscarrier 2,380 views Presenting the KALI Hard Rubber Alto saxophone mouthpiece from Theo Wanne Classic Mouthpieces at www.theowanne.com. François Carrier plays a KALI #6 HR Alto mouthpiece. His...
Americas francoiscarrier 418 views Recorded June 29, 2003 at Studio Victor in Montreal, with François Carrier, Michel Lambert, Paul Bley and Gary Peacock. Album titled "Travelling Lights" on Justin-Time Reco...
Happening (five) Ending francoiscarrier 280 views Video clip from a recent Francois Carrier's live recording titled "Happening" on Leo Records with Francois Carrier, Mat Maneri, Uwe Neumann, Pierre Côté and Michel Lambert....
Happening (encore) francoiscarrier 83 views Video clip from a recent Francois Carrier's live recording titled "Happening" on Leo Records with Francois Carrier and Mat Maneri. Music available on Leo Records.
Happening (four) Ending francoiscarrier 125 views Video clip from a recent Francois Carrier's live recording titled "Happening" on Leo Records with Francois Carrier, Mat Maneri, Uwe Neumann, Pierre Côté and Michel Lambert....

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Jazz and Improvised Music

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Alto and soprano saxophonist, composer and improviser François Carrier was awarded the Juno Award for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album" in March 2001 for his Compassion album on Naxos Jazz.

In his 30 years musical career François has played in numerous jazz festivals around the world, including the "Festival de Jazz de Montreux", the "Jazz à Vienne" in France, the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Jazzmandu Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Vancouver Jazz Festival, to name a few.

In 2002 François stayed six months in the Quebec Studio in Rome, where he composed new works and got acquainted with the Italian musical milieu.

So far, François has released more than 21 CDs widely acclaimed from both sides of the Atlantic, as well as the Far East on labels such as Justin-Time Records, Spool Records, Leo Records (UK), Ayler Records (Sweden), Naxos Jazz, 482 Music (Chicago). He has played and recorded with jazz giants such as Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Bobo Stenson, Tomasz Stanko, Uri Caine, Jason Moran, Dewey Redman, Mat Maneri, Sonny Greenwich, Jean-Jacques Avenel, Pierre Côté and has been a long time collaborator with drummer Michel Lambert. Together, Michel and François have toured in several occasions in Europe, Asia and Canada.

In February 2008, the British label FMR Records has released the outstanding "Kathmandu" recorded live in Nepal in October 2006. In June 2008 Leo Records released "Within", Carrier's 11th album with his guests Michel Lambert and French bassist Jean-Jacques Avenel. In August, Ayler Records released a Digital Box Set of 7 live recordings showcasing different groups from Carrier. In March 2009 the Portuguese label Creative Sources Recordings released a beautiful studio recording duet album titled "Nada". In 2010 François will be the guest of Swiss Improv signer Véronique Dubois on a new ColyaKooMusic / Leo Records release titled "Being With". More recently Ayler Records has released an amazing live recording with guest pianist Bobo Stenson.

This year will be as productive with 3 new albums coming out of 3 consecutive concerts in Moscow and St-Petersburg, Russia in December 2010. Then François will fly to London where he will stay from July to December 2011 at the Quebec Artist Residency from the CALQ.

Every life form in the universe is a source of vibration, hence music. So let's sing, dance and play to the sounds of Life. F.C.

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