Michel Portal
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French saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer Michel Portal â born on November 27, 1935 in Bayonne, France â is now considered to be one of the architects of modern European jazz. Throughout the course of his career, he has tackled a variety of genres including classical, free form jazz, and avant-garde. Growing up in a musical family, his initial focus was classical but he became interested in jazz after World War II. After studying clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris, he worked and collaborated with a variety of artists in the late 1950s and early 1960s including bandleaders Henri Rossotti and Perez Prado, drummer Benny Bennet, trombonist Raymond Fonsèque, trumpeter Aimé Barelli, and vocalist Claude Nougaro. As a sideman, he has worked with a wide range of artists including Richard Galliano, Claude Bolling, Jean-Luc Ponty, Michel Hausser, Serge Gainsbourg, Pierre Boulez, Thomas Dultronic, and many others. Michel Portal also co-founded free improvision outfit new Phonic Art. He is also known for his albums as a leader and as a soundtrack composer, for which he has won numerous awards. His vast catalog includes Our Meanings and Our Feelings (1969), Dejarme Solo! (1979), L'ombre Rouge (OST/1981), Blow Up (1996), Minneapolis (2001), Birdwatcher (2007), Baïlador (2010), and MP85 (2021).
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- Tutti No Hystérique
- African Wind
- Poulenc: Sextuor for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon & horn, FP.100 - 1. Allegro vivace featuring Michel Portal
- 3 Romanzen Pour Clarinette & Piano, Op.94: I: Nicht schnell featuring Michel Portal
- Minor Valse featuring Michel Portal
- Poulenc: Sextuor for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon & horn, FP.100 - 3. Finale featuring Michel Portal
- Poulenc: Sextuor for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon & horn, FP.100 - 2. Divertissement featuring Michel Portal
- Face to Face by Richard Galliano
- Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: I. Allegro featuring Michel Dalberto
- Minor Tango featuring Michel Portal
- Yvan Ivanovitch
- Droit de réponse
- Tango pour Claude by Richard Galliano
- Yeelen
- Docteur Petiot
- For Lolo by Michel Portal
- Chorinho Pra Ele by Richard Galliano
- Bailador
- Génération~Origines... featuring Michel Portal
- Génération~Nature - Contre-nature featuring Michel Portal
- Pastor
- Easy'Nuff
- Max mon amour #1
- Génération~Trio cadenza... - Coda featuring Michel Portal
