Lou Gare
American musician

Lou Gare

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American musician
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
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MusicianJazz musicianSaxophonist
Work field:
Music
Birth:
16 June 1939
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Lou Gare (born 16 June 1939 as Leslie Arthur Gare) 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, Keith Rowe and Sam Richards. As a member of Synchronicity (Richards, David Stanley, Sarah Frances) from the 1990s through to 2002 he played throughout the Southwest and toured the Czech Republic.

Discography

With AMM

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

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)