MICHEL GODARD

Jazz Related Improv/Composition / Third Stream / Avant-Garde Jazz / Post-Fusion Contemporary • France
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Born near Belfort (France) in 1960, Michel Godard soon established himself as an extraordinarily versatile exponent of the tuba, pursuing a career in jazz and classical music.Today he is one of the most virtous tuba and serpent players in Jazz as well as in improvised music.

Michel Godard's tuba performance is fantastic in every sense: his technical skill is astounding, his tone clear and warm, his ability to produce overtones ("multiphonics") and his musicality leaves the listener surprised at how light a seemingly cumbersome and heavy-weight tuba can sound.

In 1979 he picked up also the ancestor of the tuba, the serpent, an instrument with a name derivated after its form - looking like a coiled snake. The serpent's ivory mouthpiece gives it a characteristic warm and intense tone. With this "second" instrument, Michel Godard has taken yet another step in broadening the field of expression in ancient music as well as
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MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard / Jean-Marc Padovani ‎: Comédy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard / Jean-Marc Padovani ‎: Comédy
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1987
MICHEL GODARD Le chant du serpent (With Marta Contreras , Linda Bsiri, Catherine Dasté, Armelle de Frondeville & Jean-François Prigent) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Le chant du serpent (With Marta Contreras , Linda Bsiri, Catherine Dasté, Armelle de Frondeville & Jean-François Prigent)
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1989
MICHEL GODARD Aborigene album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Aborigene
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1994
MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard, Chœur des moines de l'abbaye de Ligugé : Repons album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard, Chœur des moines de l'abbaye de Ligugé : Repons
Third Stream 1995
MICHEL GODARD Una Mora album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Una Mora
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1996
MICHEL GODARD Loose Wires album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Loose Wires
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1997
MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard, Linda Sharrock, Wolfgang Puschnig : Dream Weavers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard, Linda Sharrock, Wolfgang Puschnig : Dream Weavers
Avant-Garde Jazz 1997
MICHEL GODARD Sous Les Voutes le Serpent album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sous Les Voutes le Serpent
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1998
MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard, Linda Bsiri, Michele Rabbia Avec Gabriele Mirabassi : Le Regard D'un Ange album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard, Linda Bsiri, Michele Rabbia Avec Gabriele Mirabassi : Le Regard D'un Ange
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2003
MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard, Dave Bargeron ‎: TubaTubaTu album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard, Dave Bargeron ‎: TubaTubaTu
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2003
MICHEL GODARD Cousins Germains album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Cousins Germains
Avant-Garde Jazz 2005
MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard, Gavino Murgia ‎: Deep album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard, Gavino Murgia ‎: Deep
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2007
MICHEL GODARD Archangelica album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Archangelica
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2008
MICHEL GODARD Le Concert Des Parfums album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Le Concert Des Parfums
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2009
MICHEL GODARD Godard - Aliffi - Bianchi - Faraci - D'Auria : Terre Lontane album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Godard - Aliffi - Bianchi - Faraci - D'Auria : Terre Lontane
Avant-Garde Jazz 2009
MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard, Roberto Martinelli, Francesco D'Auria : Le Sonnet Oublie' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard, Roberto Martinelli, Francesco D'Auria : Le Sonnet Oublie'
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2011
MICHEL GODARD Monteverdi : A Trace Of Grace album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Monteverdi : A Trace Of Grace
Third Stream 2011
MICHEL GODARD Ivresses album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ivresses
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2011
MICHEL GODARD Dedications album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dedications
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2011
MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard & Le Miroir Du Temps : A Serptent's Dream album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard & Le Miroir Du Temps : A Serptent's Dream
Third Stream 2015
MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard - Ihab Radwan : Doux Désirs album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard - Ihab Radwan : Doux Désirs
Third Stream 2017
MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard | Francesco D'Auria Duo : Amor Sospeso album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard | Francesco D'Auria Duo : Amor Sospeso
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2019
MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard - Roberto Ottaviano : Astrolabio Mistico album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard - Roberto Ottaviano : Astrolabio Mistico
Third Stream 2023

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MICHEL GODARD Castel Del Monte album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Castel Del Monte
Third Stream 2000
MICHEL GODARD Castel Del Monte II album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Castel Del Monte II
Third Stream 2002
MICHEL GODARD Michel Godard, Steve Swallow, Gavino Murgia, Bruno Helstroffer, Fanny Paccoud ‎: Soyeusement - Live in Noirlac album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Michel Godard, Steve Swallow, Gavino Murgia, Bruno Helstroffer, Fanny Paccoud ‎: Soyeusement - Live in Noirlac
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2012

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