François Jeanneau
François Jeanneau is a French jazz saxophonist, flautist, and composer.
Jeanneau studied flute under René Leroy at the Paris Conservatory, but was an autodidact on saxophone. He began playing professionally in 1960 at the Club Saint Germain, then worked in the big band of Jef Gilson and in a sextet with François Tusques. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was a member of the band Triangle. He won the Prix Django Reinhardt in 1980 and was the first leader of the Orchestre National de Jazz in 1986.
Discography
Triangle, Pathé 1970The Paris Quartet, François Jeanneau, Michel Graillier, J.-F. Jenny-Clark, Aldo Romano, Horo Records 1975Un Bien Curieuse Planète, 1975Techniques Douces, Owl Records 1976Ephémère, Owl Records 1977Akagera, Daniel Humair, François Jeanneau, Henri Texier, Disques JMS 1980Double Messieurs,, Open 1980Soli Solo Plus, 1981Mad Sax,, Cy Records 1982Terraines Vagues, 1983Prao, Cy Records 1983Orchestre National de Jazz, direction François Jeanneau, Label Bleu 1986Jazz Bühne Berlin, 1986 Pandémonium, Carlyne Music 1988Taxiway, 1989Mixtures: Music for Media, 1989Up Date 3.3, Daniel Humair, François Jeanneau, Henri Texier, Label Bleu 1990Recontre, 1991Tribute to Mingus, Enrico Rava • François Jeanneau • Hervé Sellin • François Mechali • André Ceccarelli, Adda 1992Maloya Transit, le Quartet + le Trio Tambour, 1992A Love Affair in Cermont-Ferrand, 1993Chaude Image, 1995Le POM, 1997Alice, 1997Estremadure, 1999Connection, 1999FrameWork, 2000Charméditerranéen, 2001–02Eleven, 2002Paf Paf mit Victor Komenkov, 2003Médéo, 2003Recontre avec Sulé, 2003Trans-Kasakh-Express, 2004Flench Wok, 2004Quand se Taisant les Oiseaux, 2006–07Art of the Duo: Walking in the Wind, François Jeanneau, Uli Lenz, Tutu Records 2008Tarot du Kebar with Emmanuel Tugny, Gwen Català éditeur, 2016