Marc Ducret was born in Paris, France in 1957, and began his professional career as a self-taught musician in 1975, playing with dance bands, folklore groups and singers and doing a lot of studio work.
Interested in a very wide range of styles and instruments (acoustic and electric 12-string guitars, oud, fretless and baritone guitars), Ducret was a member of the first National Jazz Orchestra in France in 1986, and also led his own trio which gave many concerts and performed in numerous festivals in France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Africa, India, and Japan.
Ducret also performed with Larry Schneider, David Friedmann, Michel Portal, Joachim Kuhn, Franco Ambrosetti, Didier Lockwood, Eric Barret, Miroslav Vitous, Enrico Rava, Adam Nussbaum, Django Bates, David Sanborn, Joey Baron, Michel Godard and others.
Since 1991, his collaboration with saxophonist Tim Berne has made Ducret one of the few European musicians regularly playing overseas. Frequently invited to be a guest soloist by groups, composers and radio programs in Germany, he created his own tentet “Seven Songs,” exploring the music of the '60s with a very personal touch, and plays regularly with Louis Sclavis and Dominique Pifarely's Acoustic Quartet.
He has also recently collaborated with the band AKA Moon and with percussionist Bobby Previte in duet and the quartet Latin for Travelers.
"Gris" is the third album of Marc Ducret leading a group of stellar musicians apart from continuing to mold an idiosyncratic, highly original and expressive style of guitar.
Tracks
1. Danser
2. Julie S'Est Noyée
3. Jeune Fille Avec Un Pull Gris
4. Mauvais Temps
5. Longue Distance
6. Elephanta
7. Espaces Blancs
8. Rosalyne
9. Jean Le Roadie
MARC DUCRET guitar, fretless guitar
RENAUD GARCIA FONS double bass (tracks: 5, 8)
MICHEL BENITA double bass, electric bass (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 9)
JOËL ALLOUCHE drums, percussion (tracks: 1 to 7, 9)
ANDY EMLER electric piano (tracks: 2 to 4)
FRANÇOIS JEANNEAU soprano saxophone (track 4)
YVES ROBERT trombone (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 8, 9)
ENRICO RAVA trumpet (tracks: 2 to 4, 7, 9)
All music composed by Marc Ducret
Recorded on May 7, 8, 9, 10, 1990
Label Bleu - LBLC 6531
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