Marc Ducret

Marc Ducret
Moers Festival, 2006
Background information
Born	(1957-08-19) 19 August 1957 (age 67) Paris, France
Genres	Avant-garde jazz, free jazz, free improvisation
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Label Bleu, Winter & Winter
Website	www.marcducret.com

Marc Ducret (2016) in Aarhus, Denmark

Marc Ducret (born 19 August 1957) is a contemporary avant-garde jazz guitarist who frequently collaborates with saxophonist Tim Berne. ^[1]

Ducret's guitar style is idiosyncratic, having been called "highly original and very expressive," ^[2] but also "Metheny-like." ^[3]

Discography

As leader

• La théorie du pilier (Label Bleu, 1987)
• Le Kodo (Label Bleu, 1989)
• Gris (Label Bleu, 1990)
• News from the Front (JMT, 1991)
• Détail (Winter & Winter, 1997)
• Un Certain Malaise (Screwgun, 1998)
• L'ombra di Verdi (Screwgun, 1999)
• Qui parle? (Sketch, 2003)
• Trio Live (2006)
• Trio Live No. 2 (2006)
• Le sens de la marche (Illusions, 2009)
• Tower, vol. 1 (Ayler, 2011)
• Tower, vol. 2 (Ayler, 2011)
• Tower, vol. 4 (Ayler, 2012)
• Tower, vol. 3 (Ayler, 2013)
• Tower-Bridge (Ayler, 2014)
• Metatonal (Ayler, 2015)
• Lady M (Illusions, 2019)
• Palm Sweat (Screwgun/Out Of Your Head, 2023)
• Ici (Ayler, 2023)

With Tim Berne

• Pace Yourself (JMT, 1991)
• Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (JMT, 1993)
• Nice View (JMT, 1994)
• Lowlife: The Paris Concert (JMT, 1995)
• Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert (JMT, 1995)
• Memory Select: The Paris Concert (JMT, 1995)
• Big Satan (Winter & Winter, 1997)
• Open, Coma (Screwgun, 2001)
• Science Friction (Screwgun, 2002)
• The Sevens (New World, 2002)
• The Sublime And (Thirsty Ear, 2003)
• Souls Saved Hear (Thirsty Ear, 2004)
• Livein Cognito (Screwgun, 2007)
• Seconds (Screwgun, 2007)
• Insomnia (Clean Feed, 2011)
• The Fantastic Mrs. 10 (Intakt, 2020)
• Science Friction +size (Screwgun, 2020)
• Adobe Probe (Screwgun, 2020)
• 5 (Screwgun, 2021)
• No Tamales On Wednesday (Screwgun, 2024)

With Samuel Blaser

• As the Sea (Hathut, 2012)
• Boundless (Hathut, 2011)
• Taktlos Zürich 2017 (Hathut, 2018)
• Audio Rebel (Blaser Music, 2020)
• ABC Vol. 1 (Blaser Music, 2020)
• ABC Vol. 2 (Blaser Music, 2020)
• Moods (Blaser Music, 2020)
• Voyageurs (Jazzdor Series, 2021)

With Hank Roberts

• Green (Winter & Winter, 2008)

With Liūtas Mockūnas

• Silent Vociferation (NoBusiness, 2009)

References

1. "Marc Ducret (profile)". Allmusic . Macrovision Corporation. Archived from the original on 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
2. Edwards, Grego. "Review of "Tower, vol. 2"". Archived from the original on 2012-07-18.
3. Burton, Brent. "Review of Hank Roberts Green". JazzTimes .

External links

• Marc Ducret at AllMusic Marc Ducret on Bandcamp Marc Ducret discography at Discogs Marc Ducret discography at MusicBrainz
• Official site
• A 2000 interview with Big Satan
• Another interview
• Marc Ducret discography at Discogs