Dominique Pifarély
Dominique Pifarély is a French jazz violinist. He works in avant-garde jazz, but he has also worked in post-bop and other contexts.
Career
Pifarély was born in Bègles. In 1979, he began touring with bassist Didier Levallet and guitarist Gérard Marais as a trio. In the 1980s he began leading his own bands, as can be heard on the recording Insula Dulcamara and Oblique.In 1985, Pifarély started to work with reedist Louis Sclavis and in 1992, they formed the Sclavis/Pifarély Acoustic Quartet, featuring guitarist Marc Ducret and double bassist Bruno Chevillon, and recorded for ECM. In the late 1990s, he started a duo work with pianist François Couturier, and they recorded an album.
Impromptu is a collaboration with François Couturier, Dominique Visse, and a work on contemporary poetry. He also initiated text/music experiences with French writer François Bon and actors Violaine Schwartz and Pierre Baux. The Dédales ensemble is an acoustic nine-piece band. In 2007 he founded a trio with keyboard player Julien Padovani and drummer Eric Groleau.
He performs in Europe and has toured in the U.S., Canada, Japan, India, Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.
Discography
As leader
Acoustic Quartet with Lous Sclavis Triplicity with Stefano Battaglia and Paolino dalla Porta Poros with François CouturierAs sideman
With Tim BerneInsomniaWith Safy BoutellaMejnoun
With Jean-Paul Celea and François CouturierBlack Moon, quartet with François Laizeau
With Vincent CourtoisPleine lune The Fitting Room, trio with Marc Ducret
With Marc DucretQui parle? Tower, Vol. 2
With Rabih Abou-Khalil
- Yara Yara, with Nabil Khayat and Vincent Courtois
With Eddy LouissSang mêlé Multicolor Feeling
With Michele Rabbia and Stefano BattagliaAtem, with Michel Godard, Vincent Courtois Raccolto
With Samo SalamonStretching Out
With Louis SclavisChine Chamber Music Ellington on the Air Rouge Les violences de Rameau Danses et autres scènes Dans la nuit
With Mike WestbrookOn Duke's Birthday
- ''The Orchestra of Smith's Academy''