Dominique Pifarély
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Pifarély live at Jazz Club Unterfahrt, Munich, 7 October 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
1957 (age 58–59) Bègles, France |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, music conductor |
| Instruments | Violin |
| Labels | ECM, Label Bleu |
| Associated acts |
Aki Takase La Planète Andreas Willers Octet Celea-Couturier Group La Bande A Badault Louis Sclavis Quintet Louis Sclavis Septet Louis Sclavis Sextet Mike Westbrook Orchestra Multicolor Feeling Fanfare Dominique Pifarély Quartet |
| Website |
pifarely |
Dominique Pifarély (born 1957) is a French jazz violinist. He is known as a modernizer who 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 (1988) and Oblique (1992).
Pifarély modernized jazz violin, combining extraordinary technical skills with an inclusive idea of music-making. He has been soon very in-demand as a straight jazz player, but was soon in some of the more adventurous groups in Europe, too, including Mike Westbrook's band (On Dukes' Birthday, hatART) and the Vienna Art Orchestra.
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 bassist Bruno Chevillon, and recorded for ECM. In the late 1990s, he started a duo work with pianist François Couturier, and they recorded a prominent album (Poros, ECM, 1997).
Dominique Pifarély is now focusing on different personal projects. Impromptu is a development of the collaboration with François Couturier, adding counter tenor Dominique Visse and a work on contemporary poetry. He also initiated numerous text/music experiences with French writer François Bon and actors Violaine Schwartz and Pierre Baux. The Dédales ensemble is an acoustic nine piece band. He founded in 2007 a trio with keyboard player Julien Padovani and drummer Eric Groleau.
In his mature style, the classical violin tradition and the swing lessons combine with a contemporary European sonic exploration ; his technical mastery and quick imagination allow him to move seamlessly between these worlds.
He regularly performs in whole Europe, and has been touring in the US, Canada, Japan, India, Middle East, Latin America and Africa.[1]
Discography
- As leader or co-leader
- 1987, Eowyn, Didier Levallet/Gérard Marais/D.Pifarély, Label Bleu
- 1988, Insula Dulcamara, D.Pifarély, Nocturne
- 1992, Oblique, D.Pifarély, IDA 034
- 1993, Acoustic quartet, Louis Sclavis/D.Pifarély, ECM 1526
- 1996, Icis, D.Pifarély/C.Zingaro, In Situ 167
- 1997, Poros, D.Pifarély/François Couturier, ECM 1647
- 2005, Instants retrouvés, D.Levallet/G.Marais/D.Pifarély, L’Allan (tirage limité)
- 2008, Impromptu, D.Pifarély/F.Couturier/Dominique Visse, Poros éditions ACDP 001
- 2008, Dominique Pifarély Trio, D.Pifarély/Julien Padovani/Éric Groleau, Poros éditions ACDP 002
- 2008, Peur, D.Pifarély et François Bon, avec François Corneloup, E.Groleau et T.Balasse, Poros éditions ACDP 003
- 2009, Nommer chaque chose à part, D.Pifarély et l'ensemble Dédales, Poros éditions ACDP 004
- 2010, Prendre corps (récital Ghérasim Luca), D.Pifarély (violon) et Violaine Schwartz (voix), Poros éditions ACDP 005
- With Louis Sclavis
- Danses et autres scènes (Louis Sclavis – Label Bleu)
- Dans la nuit (Louis Sclavis – Ecm)
- Les violences de Rameau (Louis Sclavis sextet – Ecm 1588)
- Rouge (Louis Sclavis quintet – Ecm 1458)
- Ellington on the air (Louis Sclavis sextet – Ida 032)
- Chamber music (Louis Sclavis septet – Label Bleu)
- Chine (Louis Sclavis quintet – Label Bleu)
- With Marc Ducret
- Qui parle ? (Marc Ducret – Sketch)
- Tower, vol; 2 (Marc Ducret – Ayler records)
- With Michele Rabbia et Stefano Battaglia
- Atem (Stefano Battaglia, Michelle Rabbia, Michel Godard, Vincent Courtois, Dominique Pifarély – Splash)
- Raccolto (Stefano Battaglia, Michelle Rabbia, Dominique Pifarély – Ecm 1933/34)
- With Tim Berne
- Insomnia (Tim Berne, Baikida Carroll, Chris Speed, Dominique Pifarély, Erik Friedlander, Jim Black, Marc Ducret, Michael Formanek – Cleanfeed)
- With François Corneloup
- Next (François Corneloup, Hope street)
- With Hugo Carvalhais
- Particula (Hugo Carvalhais – Cleanfeed)
- With Didier Levallet
- Paris-suite (Didier Levallet Super String System – Evidence)
- Eurydice (Didier Lavallet Swing String System – Evidence)
- With Vincent Courtois
- Pleine lune (Vincent Courtois – Nocturne)
- The fitting room (Vincent Courtois, Marc Ducret, Dominique Pifarély – Enja)
- With Eddy Louiss
- Sang mêlé (Eddy Louis – Nocturne)
- Multicolor feeling (Eddy Louiss Multicolor feeling – Nocturne)
- With Mike Westbrook
- On Duke's Birthday (Hat ART, 1985)
- The Orchestra of Smith's Academy (Mike Westbrook Orchestra – Enja)
- With Denis Badault
- En vacances, au soleil (La bande à Badault – Label Bleu)
- With Gérard Marais
- Est (Gérard Marais – Hopi)
- With Andreas Willers
- The ground music (Andreas Willers octet – Enja)
- Montauk (Andreas Willers – Between the lines)
- With le Celea-Couturier group
- Black moon (Jean-Paul Celea, François Couturier, François Laizeau, Dominique Pifarély – Blue silver)
- With Rabih Abou Khalil
- Yara (Rabih Abou Khalil, Nabil Khayat, Vincent Courtois, Dominique Pifarély – Enja)
- With Dominique Cravic
- Cordes et lames (Dominique Cravic, Didier Roussin, Francis Varis, Yves Torchinsky and many others – Jazz in Paris HS vol.11)
- With Safi Boutella
- Mejnoun (Safi Boutella – Indigo)
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