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✦ 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐀𝐙𝐙 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄-𝐔𝐏 · 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊 ✦

For fifty years, Joëlle Léandre has stood at the forefront of free improvisation, alongside musicians such as Derek Bailey, Peter Kowald, and Irène Schweizer, helping to shape the landscape of European free music. In this talk, she will look back on that long journey, talk about how free music and free jazz grew in Europe, and share with us her first-hand observations, experiences, and feelings.

[Talk] Free Music, Who Can Pretend to Be Free?
▶ Speaker: Joëlle Léandre ( @joelleleandre )
▶ 现场翻译 Interpreter: 曲舒文 Shuwen Qu

𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐂𝐓-𝐋𝐎𝐅𝐓 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 · 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐
📅 2026.10.24 14:00-16:00
📍 OCT-LOFT North District A3+
🎬 Free Admission
🎫 Tickets for Concerts: [秀动 ShowStart] https://www.showstart.com/event/311606
📝 Ticket Reservation: https://jsj.top/f/I1jk7D
🎵 About 13th OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival: http://t.cn/AXWMrfFA

#octloftjazzfestival #b10live #joëlleléandre #freemusic #improv taken in OCT-LOFT 华侨城创意文化园 by @joelleleandre

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7 days ago

Joëlle Léandre à l'An Vert - on vous offre des places !
https://jazzmania.be/focus-joelle-leandre-solo-invites-lan-vert-liege-02-10-26/ by @joelleleandre

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12 days ago

NUIT DES IMPROVISATRICES PRODIGIEUSES #musiquecreative #jazz #joelleleandre #musiqueimprovisée taken in Hyperion by @joelleleandre

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a month ago

Saturday 29.08 - Rodrigo Amado - Joëlle Léandre - Gerald Cleaver

World premiere of this cross-generational and continent-spanning power trio of masters at the top of their craft.

@rodrigoamado07 @joelleleandre Gerald Cleaver

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Summer Bummer Festival 2026
📅 28-29.08.26⁠
🏷️ Tickets via link in bio

www.soundinmotion.be
#summerbummerfestival #soundinmotionvzw taken in Trix by @joelleleandre

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a month ago

Experience the power of spontaneous creativity with Tiger Trio at GJF 2026! 🐅✨

Featuring three legendary forces in improvised music, this inspired collective brings an uncommon lucidity, remarkable discipline, and a fierce commitment to creativity.

Together, they soar through rich chamber-like textures, full-trio mutuality, dynamic duo combinations, and unexpected solo interludes. Don’t miss this incredible display of improvisational brilliance!

📍 Where: Royal City Mission
🗓️ When: Friday, September 11 at 10:15 PM

tickets in bio! 🎟️🎶
#GJF2026 #GuelphJazzFestival #GuelphFestivals #Guelpharts #tigertrio by @joelleleandre

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2 months ago

Closing out the 2026 Guelph Jazz Festival with an absolute icon. 🎶✨

We are deeply honored to feature the legendary double bassist Joëlle Léandre for our final festival event. Performing at noon at our traditional Sunday morning venue, the Guelph Youth Music Centre, Joëlle will take the stage just one day into her 76th year for what promises to be an unforgettable solo performance.

Want to truly immerse yourself in her world before the show?
🎬 On Saturday, head over to Art Not Shame between 11 AM and 7 PM for multiple screenings of two incredible documentary films on Joëlle: Christian Pouget’s Affamée (2019) and Duende (2023).

Between her performances with Tiger Trio and The Secret Loves of Colour, plus these intimate films, we’ll be heading into Sunday with a profound closeness to Joëlle and her work. And we'll deepen that intimacy even further during a live interview with Guelph’s own multi-talented Anna Bowen–celebrated for her work with Musagetes and PS Guelph, her performances with tube top and Magpie, and for her poetry.

🎟️ Don’t miss this FREE show, a special Sunday-morning tradition. Link in bio to secure a seat at Guelph Youth Music Centre!
👉 Ready to join us for the whole weekend? Online tickets are officially LIVE. Head to the link in our bio to grab yours today and lock in your festival weekend!

#GuelphJazz #GuelphJazzFestival #GJF26 #FeaturedArtist

@joelleleandre
@rcmguelph
@guelphjazz
@improvcommunity by @joelleleandre

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3 months ago

Sunday May 17
JOËLLE LÉANDRE + DAVID DOVE
A legendary double-bass and a deep listening trombone.
Paris, France / Houston, Texas

Doors 7pm
Music 7:30pm
$20 presale

Joëlle Léandre is an acclaimed French double bassist with a career spanning five decades, and one of Europe’s most gifted and versatile musicians on her instrument. In May 2026 she will embark on a three-city, four-concert tour of the United States, and we’re honored to host her first-ever concert in Dallas. On this date, Joëlle will perform in duo with Houston trombonist David Dove, one of Texas’s most forward-thinking musicians and director of the cultural institution Nameless Sound.

JOËLLE LÉANDRE
Double bassist and improviser Joëlle Léandre, counts John Cage as a mentor and has built a five-decade career at the forefront of improvised and contemporary music. Since the early 1980s, she has performed and recorded with a wide range of leading figures including Peter Kowald, Anthony Braxton, Irène Schweizer, Lauren Newton, and Fred Frith, among many others. Born in Aix-en-Provence, she initially studied recorder and piano before focusing on the double bass, later working with composers such as Cage, Giacinto Scelsi, and Morton Feldman. Equally active in free improvisation and new music, she has collaborated with Derek Bailey, William Parker, and the European Women’s Improvising Group, among many others.

DAVID DOVE
Trombonist, composer, and improviser David Dove is the founding director of Nameless Sound, the Houston-based organization dedicated to experimental music and community-focused arts education. Through its concert series and workshop programs, Nameless Sound has become a vital platform for collaborative improvisation, engaging international artists and local communities alike. As a performer, Dove’s work centers on free improvisation while drawing from jazz, contemporary composition, and experimental practices, with collaborations across music, film, dance, and visual art.

#joelleleandre #poroussonorous #furthersounds #thewilddetectives taken in The Wild Detectives by @joelleleandre

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5 months ago

Un autre workshop, a Paris cette fois!!
Comme toujours, tout instruments, voix, piano, drums etc etc, et on travaillera a entendre, écouter, structurer..inventer, prendre des risques, l Art d improviser!! aventure,
Jubilation, jeux, au fond " etre prêt a ne pas être prêt " by @joelleleandre

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10 months ago

Aujourd'hui en concert @radiofrance ! SNOW avec @benjamin_duboc et @christiane.bopp @lecarreaudutemple dans l'émission À l'improviste @annemontaron + @sakina_abdou_officiel @oshima912 @frizolive @michaelnick888 @joelleleandre Daunik Lazro rediffusion sur @francemusique le dimanche 21 décembre à 21h dans Le Carrefour de la Création taken in Le Carreau du Temple by @joelleleandre

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a year ago

Salon/ensaio 10 : « en conversations avec Joëlle Léandre » vous invite à une soirée de discussions avec la célèbre contrebassiste, improvisatrice et compositrice.
Accompagnée de vidéos et d’enregistrements, nous ouvrirons la conversation avec Léandre sur son parcours d’immense musicienne et ses riches rencontres et collaborations avec, entre autres, Cage, Boulez, Derek Bailey, Pina Bausch..
>>> Le vendredi 13 juin à partir de 20h <<< avec quelque chose à partager (boisson et grignotage). Détails après réservation ! #joelleleandre #joëlleléandre #salonensaio #musiqueimprovisée taken in Belleville, Paris by @joelleleandre

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a year ago

🎷🌀 Summer 2025 Free Improvisation Workshop
with Joëlle Léandre at Casa della Musica San Michele

Back for a new edition: one week of deep listening, collective exploration, and sound-making without boundaries.

🎶 Open to instrumentalists and vocalists from all musical backgrounds
🛠️ Daily small-group sessions, guided improvisations, and shared reflections
💬 Convivial moments for exchange and discussion
🎧 A space for risk-taking, experimentation, and serious play

📅 Applications are open – limited places available!
All details at: cdmsanmichele.com by @joelleleandre

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a year ago

Cankarjev dom
Glasba
Léandre / Harnik / Kaučič
Joëlle Léandre, kontrabas; Elisabeth Harnik, klavir; Zlatko Kaučič, bobni
Cankarjev dom/ Ljubljana
15.april 2025 taken in Cankarjev Dom-Kulturni In Kongresni Center by @joelleleandre

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a year ago