Jean Derome

Jean Derome ( born June 29, 1955 in Montreal ) is a Canadian musician (saxophone, flute, vocals) and composer in the field of free jazz and improvised music.

Life

Derome studied from 1972 to 1975 at the St- Laurent Cegep with Michel Perrault music theory, and then to study flute at the Conservatory of Quebec with Jean -Paul Major until 1979. To this period belong the activities of his first important group, the Montreal avant-garde band Nebu with pianist Pierre St -Jacques and bassist Claude Simard, who played at the 1977 French Châteauvallon Festival, and in 1978 he recorded a first album for Cadence. Between 1978 and 1985, he also belonged to the Ensemble de Musique de Montréal and improvisée some groups, the musicians were from this union. In the early 1980s he co-founded the record label ambiances Magnétiques. Since 1983, he also turned to the alto saxophone. He worked in a duo with Pierre Cartier, Robert M. Lepage and René Lussier since 1984, with whom he performed in the United States and in Europe. Even with Fred Frith's Keep the Dog, he toured through Europe. In addition, he worked among others with Han Bennink, Lori Freedman, Lars Hollmer, Marilyn Lerner, Louis Sclavis and Ron Samworth.

In Canada, Derome has been known since 1983 as a composer for film scores and for theater and dance productions; he also developed choreographies. In 1992 he was awarded the Freddie Stone Award.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Jean Derome / René Lussier Soyez Vigilant, Restez vivants! Vol 1 ( ambiances Magnétiques, 1986)
• Jean Derome / René Lussier Vol 2 - Le Retour Des Granules / The Return Of The kernel ( ambiances Magnétiques, 1987)
• Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay Plinc! Plonc! ( Ambiances Magnétiques, 2001)
• Jean Derome - John Heward - Tristan Honsinger Adventures in the Looking- Glass ( CIMP, 2002)
• Fred Frith, Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay, Myles Boisen All Is Bright, But It Is Not Day ( ambiances Magnétiques, 2002)