Lou Gare

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Lou Gare
Background information
Birth name Lou Gare
Born June 16, 1939 (1939-06-16) (age 68)
Origin Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Genre(s) free jazz
Instrument(s) tenor saxophone
Label(s) Mainstream Records
Associated acts Mike Westbrook, Eddie Prévost, AMM

Lou Gare (born June 16, 1939) is an English free-jazz saxophonist born in Rugby, Warwickshire, perhaps best-known for his works with the improvised music ensemble AMM and playing with musicians such as Eddie Prévost, Mike Westbrook, Cornelius Cardew and Keith Rowe.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] With AMM

  • At the Roundhouse (Anomalous)
  • AMM Group of London (Mainstream)
  • To Hear And Back Again (Matchless)
  • Cornelius Cardew Memorial Concert (Impetus)
  • The Crypt - 12th June 1968 (Matchless)
  • The Aarhus Sequences on LAMINAL three CD retrospective AMM set (Matchless)

[edit] Other than with AMM

  • Saxophony HORN-BILL, reed solos compilation 2005 '(incl. John Butcher, Natahaniel Catchpole, Kai Fagasschinski, Evan Parker and Seymour Wright (Matchless)
  • No Strings Attached solo saxophone 2005 (Matchless)

[edit] References

  • *Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian, "Jazz: The Rough Guide" (1995), Penguin, ISBN 1-85828-137-7.

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