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Joëlle Léandre Bibliothèques d’Amiens Métropole Espace Image et Son - Bibliothèque Louis Aragon Dans le cadre du cycle Où sont les musiciennes ? Joëlle Léandre, musicienne en résistance La sélection des bibliothécaires autour de la conférence musicale organisée le 14 avril 2015 en partenariat avec le CRR. D’emblée s’est affirmée une parole forte, vive, une pensée en mouvement, ample, véloce : Joëlle Léandre telle qu’on la voit, telle qu’on l’entend en concert. Le geste, le temps, l’explosion de l’instant, elle fait partie de ceux (John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Daunik Lazro…) qui nous ont fait pleinement prendre conscience de ce que pouvait être l’improvisation, ses (en)jeux, ses géographies intérieures, ses merveilles. Elle se définit comme une musicienne en vibration, en résistance. « Créer, c’est résister » dit Gilles Deleuze, rappelle-t-elle. Libre et rigoureuse, elle brasse et embrasse la contrebasse d’un même geste passionné. Joëlle Léandre Contrebassiste, improvisatrice et compositrice, formée à la musique d’orchestre et à la musique contemporaine, Joëlle Léandre a joué avec l’Itinéraire, 2e2m et l’Ensemble Intercontemporain de Pierre Boulez. Des compagnonnages riches et multiples (avec John Cage, Merce Cunningham ou Morton Feldman, aussi bien qu’avec Anthony Braxton, Steve Lacy ou John Zorn) ont forgé un parcours musical foisonnant, exigeant où la dualité compositrice/improvisatrice est sans cesse remise en question. Les compositeurs John Cage, Betsy Jolas et Giacinto Scelsi lui ont composé des pièces. Joëlle Léandre a aussi creusé un sillon singulier dans le jazz et l’improvisation avec Derek Bailey, Anthony Braxton, George Lewis, Evan Parker, Steve Lacy, Fred Frith, Irène Schweizer, John Zorn et bien d’autres encore, ou en solo. Elle a aussi beaucoup écrit pour la danse, le film, le théâtre, et réalisé plusieurs performances multidisciplinaires. De 1981 à aujourd’hui, Joëlle Léandre a enregistré près de 150 disques. A PROPOS DE JOELLE LEANDRE A voix basse : entretiens avec Franck Médioni / Joëlle Léandre ; préface Philippe Fénelon. - Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée. - Paris : Ed. MF, 2013. - (Paroles). Livre d’entretiens avec la musicienne de jazz qui évoque ses débuts, ses errances, ses expériences, etc. Elle relate tout ce qui l'a menée des rives de l'improvisation à celles de la composition. « Passionnant. Une leçon d’énergie, un ouragan… Une sensibilité à fleur de peau et des convictions inébranlables … Chapeau l’artiste ! » (Une lectrice). Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Adulte, 781.65 LEA DVD - Joëlle Léandre basse continue / Christine Baudillon, réal. ; Joëlle Léandre, comp. - Hors-Œil Editions, 2008 (cop.). Contient un cahier de 26 pages comprenant 43 reproductions d'encres de Joëlle Léandre soulignées de légendes de Jean-Noël von der Weid. Portrait avec et sans instrument de Joëlle Léandre, contrebassiste, improvisatrice et compositrice... Connaissez-vous Joëlle Léandre ? Si oui, vous apprécierez ce portrait de l'impétueuse, émaillé de nombreux morceaux de musique... Si non, vous découvrirez une personnalité rare, forte et inoubliable... Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Image et Son, 781.65 LEA Son site : http://www.joelle-leandre.com «C’est ça la création, cette vibration ; Etre conscient et à l’écoute, s’ouvrir vers l’autre. Et c’est valable dans bien d’autres domaines que la musique. Dans la vie, on n’arrête pas d’improviser». Pas de méprise pourtant : l’improvisation est tout le contraire de l’amateurisme, d’une recette qu’on tenterait un peu au pif, sans trop y croire. Réussir, ratages compris, à s’échapper des partitions, c’est «mettre à plat ce qu’on traverse avec respect de la musique et grande discipline». Joëlle Léandre Une interview : http://www.letriton.com/tritonline/tv/joelle-leandre-23 LES ENREGISTREMENTS DE JOËLLE LEANDRE Les douze sons / Joëlle Léandre, ctrb ; Solistes de l'ensemble du Théatre Dunois. - Nato, 1983 (P). Enregistré en public du 9 au 12 juin 1983 au théâtre Dunois à Paris. Contient : " Pavane ". " Basses profondes ". " Pierrot ". " Ballade de chien ". " Cadenza rare ". " Trio en forme de bagatelle ". " Grand duo concertant ". " Les trois dames ". " Instant, op. 3 ". " Sonate brève échappée ". " Seriozo (Pour cordes et trombone) ". " Soupir ". Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Image et son, 1.3 LEA 6. Okanagon, pour harpe, tam-tam, contrebasse amplifiée (1968) / Giacinto Scelsi, comp ; Joëlle Léandre, ctrb, voix ; Giancarlo Schiaffini, trb ; Nicolas Isherwood, voix ; Fances-Marie Uitti, vlc ; Karin Schmeer, hrp ; Robyn Schulkowsky, tam tam. - Hat Hut, 1993 (P). Okanagon revêt un caractère incantatoire. Les instruments sont joués avec des résonateurs (pour la harpe et le tam-tam dont le résonateur doit produire une sonorité rauque et grave ), traités de façon inhabituelle (les notes graves de la harpe sont prises avec les deux mains , d’où une position spéciale de l’instrumentiste), éventuellement amplifiés pour certains, et parfois utilisés en tant que purs instruments de percussion. Si l’on ajoute encore les couleurs spécifiques (différentes baguettes pour le tam-tam, jeu avec l’ongle ou un plectre en métal pour la harpe) et les accords très particuliers ( scordatura ) de certaines cordes, on obtient le décor sonore étrange d’une œuvre que Scelsi conseillait de considérer comme un rite ou, si l’on veut, comme le battement de cœur de la terre . (source : IRCAM) Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Image et son, 3 SCE 13. Urban bass / Joëlle Léandre, ctrb ; Sylvie Altenburger, alto. - Numen, 1994 (P) Contient : " Ouverture ". " Témoignage ". " Taxi ". " Séraphine ". " Part two ". " Part three ". " Final ". " Cut ". " Bass drum ". Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Image et son, 1.3 LEA 6 Pascal Contet - Joëlle Léandre / Pascal Contet, acrdn ; Joëlle Léandre, ctrb. - Média 7, 1996 (P). Contient : " Air célèbre. Un Pays, une déchirure ". " Danses musettes ". " Parcours 1 - Escale - Parcours 2 ". " Six feux de caractères ". CD : Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Image et son, 3 CON 12 Site internet de Pascal Contet : http://www.pascalcontet.com Ecritures / Joëlle Léandre, comp. et cb ; Carlos Zingaro, vl. - In Situ, 1997 (P). Contient : " Au bord de l'eau ". " Crack & proing op. #58 ". " Histoire d'Igor ". " Les autres ". " Film palast ". " Andantino un peu véloce ". " Another soundscape ". " The windows ". " La grande brune ". " Oil on canvas ". " The oblong bass ". " Goldenberg bridge ". " Mémoires d'a. ". " Petite valse assez triste ". " A crise e os outros ". Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Image et son, 1.3 LEA 62 No waiting / Derek Bailey, guit ; Joëlle Léandre, ctrb. - Paris : Potlatch, 1998 (P).). - Enregistrement public aux Instants Chavirés. Contient : " No waiting, one ". " No waiting, two ". " No waiting, three ". " No waiting, four ". " No waiting, five ". Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Image et son, 1.3 BAI 62 Duo (Heidelberg Loppem) 2007 / Anthony Braxton, saxos, clar. ctrb ; Joëlle Léandre, basse. - Leo, 2009 (P) Contient : " Duo 1 ". " Duo 2 ". " Duo 3 ". Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Image et son, 1.3 BRA 6 Last seen headed : live at Sons d'Hiver / Joëlle Léandre, basse ; François Houle, clar. ; Raymond Strid, perc. - [S.l.] : Ayler Records, 2010. Contient : "Last seen headed N1". "Last seen headed N2". "Last seen headed N3". "Last seen headed N4". "Last seen headed N5". "Last seen headed N6". "Last seen headed N7". Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Image et son, 1.3 LEA 63 Sisters where / Joëlle Léandre, comp., ctrb ; Nicole Mitchell, comp., fl. - Paris : RogueArt, 2014 (P). Contient : " Sisters on Venus ". " Sisters on Uranus ". " Sisters on Mercury ". " Sisters on Mars ". " Sisters on Saturn ". " Back on earth ". Ni l'une ni l'autre n'a de rôle à jouer : Joëlle et Nicole sont là pour inventer. L'une ne serait que douceur, l'autre ne serait que puissance ? Mais voilà que la première s'envole tout en puissance et que l'autre l'accompagne tout en douceur. Oreille(s) absolue(s). Improvisation totale. Danse musicale sur le tapis volant du champ jazzistique. Au besoin, elles s'inventent l'une l'autre pour ne plus former que cette dame double qui n'a peur de rien, ne recule devant aucune facétie aucune sauvagerie aucune mélancolie aucune beauté aucune liberté. Par moments les cordes ont du souffle et la flûte vibre. Qu'y a-t-il ici d'intentionnel, de préparé, d'établi par tacite convention ? Rien ou presque et qu'importe : ces deux virtuoses n'ont que faire de leur virtuosité sinon la mettre au service de rebondissements frémissants." François-René Simon (Extrait des notes de pochette). Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Image et son, 1.3 LEA 6 Trans / Joëlle Léandre, ctrb, voix ; Serge Teyssot-Gay, guit. – L’Autre Distribution, 2012 (P). - Les encres de chine sur la jaquette sont de Joëlle Léandre. - Enregistré en janvier 2012 à la MPAA/St Germain (Paris). Proposer à Léandre et Teyssot-Gay de créer un duo pour un concert de soutien à un journal en 2011 fut d'une évidence absolue. Fi des marchands classant l'une en jazz et l'autre en rock. Frère et sœur par leur quête d'un art indivisible, intégral, intègre, ils élaborent une langue de ressourcement philosophique, ou palpite l'improvisation, l'invention dans l'instant, l'instinct. Ils rendent à la musique une corporalité et, non la séduction, mais la sensualité. On y entend lyrisme et insurrection, le chant des oiseaux, la famine des oubliés. Leur érudition se condense en dépouillement radical, cultivant polysémie du silence et transe libératrice. Contient : " [Titre 1] ". " [Titre 2] ". " [Titre 3] ". " [Titre 4] ". " [Titre 5] ". " [Titre 6] ". " [Titre 7] ". Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, section Image et son, 1.3 LEA 6 REVUE DE PRESSE Les revues dont sont extraits les articles sont disponibles à la section Patrimoine. Bohémienne des sons dans la revue Mouvement (1 juillet 2011 - n°60 - pp.140-143). Résumé : Un parcours en étoile, depuis le classique des débuts jusqu'au free jazz et à l'improvisation, en passant par le contemporain... Multiple et Une, farouchement indépendante, la contrebassiste et compositrice Joëlle Léandre cultive toujours, à l'aube de ses 60 ans, la jubilation d'une musique en liberté.
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