![]() In 1973 Mantler and Bley formed their own label Watt Works and began to make their own records, starting with Bley's Tropic Appetites, another collaboration with Paul Haines, and a joint album, 13 & 3/4 for which they wrote one side each. Between other people's projects, she also started work on an opera, Escalator Over The Hill, a collaboration with the poet Paul Haines featuring a large cast of singers and players (including Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Linda Ronstadt, Don Cherry, Roswell Rudd, Charlie Haden and Gato Barbieri), which was finally completed in 1972, but never performed live until the Summer of 1998, when Bley assembled a new line-up for a series of festival appearances in Europe. Soon after, she was commissioned by Charlie Haden, an old friend from the California days, to arrange and contribute pieces to his album, Liberation Music Orchestra. In 1965, she left Paul Bley and married Mantler.Ĭarla Bley's critical breakthrough came in 1967 with the album A Genuine Tong Funeral by the Gary Burton Quartet, which she had composed specifically for the group. This later became the Jazz Composers' Orchestra. Together, they started an orchestra made up of the Guild's members, including Roswell Rudd, Archie Shepp and Milford Graves. In 1964, she met Austrian trumpeter Michael Mantler in the Jazz Composers' Guild. She began composing for his group, and in subsequent years concentrated on that aspect of her work, although she briefly played in a band led by Charles Moffett featuring Pharoah Sanders. Moving to New York City at age 19, she met pianist Paul Bley, later marrying him. As a child and teenager, she taught herself the piano and subsequently became interested in jazz. Delva now works as a sales representative for Sonor and Kawai musical instruments in the South-West of France.Īmerican pianist/composer Carla Bley (née Borg) was born in Oakland, California (USA) on May 11th 1938. Delva and Lionet subsequently put an end to their musical activities devote more time to their family life, while Biddulph joined Richard Sinclair's Caravan Of Dreams. That same year, they opened for Christian Vander (a major influence on Delva) and on their final gig in Le Havre (December 14th) shared the bill with Lol Coxhill's Melody Four. New tracks were recorded in 1990 for Anaïd's first CD, Four Years, which also included material from the first two albums. The new trio, later augmented by Pierre-Marie Bonafos (saxophones) and/or Jean-Luc Ditsch (drums) for the bigger gigs, toured France extensively in 1989/90. He was replaced, on his own recommendation, by his friend Rick Biddulph. This marked the end of Hugh Hopper's involvement. In November 1988, a second album, Belladonna, was recorded by the trio with drummer Christian Hossaine. Three months later, they were joined by Pape Dieye, a percussionist hailing from Sénégal, and embarked on an extensive French tour in the Spring of 1988, followed by further dates that Summer. In March 1986, he took part (as did Sophia Domancich) in the sessions for Anaïd's first album, the self-released Vêtue De Noir.įollowing these sessions, Anaïd reverted to the original duo for a few months, until Hugh Hopper joined on a permanent basis for a French tour in June 1987. ![]() Bassist Hugh Hopper enjoyed their show and offered to play in the band. ![]() In 1985, they played cabarets in and around Paris, and shared the bill with In Cahoots at a festival. ![]() Later that year, they added ex-Art Zoyd violinist Franck Cardon for a performance at the Lille festival. In 1984, Anaïd played at the Scandinavy Express festival in Lillers and met Elton Dean, Mimi Lorenzini and Didier Malherbe. They toured around France, playing mainly in Brittany and Yonne. Meyer in turn introduced his pianist Patrick Morgenthaler, and for the next three years, Anaïd was a quartet. ![]() At that point, they met guitarist Patrice Meyer, who was added to the duo following a memorable jam. In 1982, they toured Belgium and performed at the Vannes jazz festival, and the Festival des Tombées de la Nuit in Rennes. Anaïd started by playing numerous gigs in small clubs around Brittany, augmented by pianist Claude Delvallé. Delva had previously played in rock and jazz-rock bands, as well as an electro-acoustic duo with Belgian musician Axel Libeert, while Lionet had sung in a choir and played cabarets with a pianist. The name Anaïd (a Russian surname) was primarily chosen for its sound and has no particular meaning. Their original aim was to mix a great variety of musical idioms (from jazz to funk to world music to free rock etc.) into a unique fusion. Anaïd was a band from the North of France, formed in 1981 by percussionist Jean-Max Delva and vocalist Emmanuelle Lionet. ![]()
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