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	John Tchicai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Martin Tchicai (born April 28, 1936) is a Danish jazz saxophonist.
		Tchicai studied violin in his youth, and in his mid-teens began playing clarinet and alto saxophone, focusing on the latter.
		Tchicai returned a regular gigging and recording schedule in the late 1970's, and in 1990 was awarded a lifetime grant from the Danish Ministry of Culture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Tchicai (231 words)

	John Tchicai homepage
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		Afro-Danish American John Tchicai is a composer/saxophonist whose music is internationally known for its compelling sense of rhythm, drama and humor, its freedom, spirituality, healing qualities and ultimate freshness.
		John Tchicai is the first recipient of a lifetime grant for Jazz performance from the State of Danmark.
	www.dcn.davis.ca.us /~jomnamo (111 words)

	The Artists - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Tchicai was raised in Aarhus, Denmark's second largest city, by a Danish mother and a Congolese father.
		Tchicai did jazz gigs on alto with Danish baritone saxophonist Max Brüel a.o., while studying at The Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen.
		Lee Konitz was an important mentor to the young John Tchicai, the Dane's staccato phrasing and dry sound verifies the connection.
	www.jazzpar.dk /Artists/gilbert_matthews.htm (345 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts reviews \| John Tchicai
		John Tchicai, the part-Danish, part-Congolese saxophonist who played on John Coltrane's 1965 free-jazz epic Ascension, had not played in London for nearly 30 years until this reappearance at a jammed north London pub.
		Tchicai, a bony, towering giraffe of a 69-year-old in a baseball cap, carefully shared the action with his British partners: saxophonist Evan Parker, bassist John Edwards and the double-drums partnership of Mark Sanders and Tony Marsh, plus the electronics-and-guitar duo Ashley Wales and John Coxon from Springheel Jack.
		Tchicai was often content to let a little do a lot, with some reverberating bass clarinet incantations against whistling electronics and dignified vocal chanting; he made a few eloquent revisits to old Coltrane and Albert Ayler roots on the tenor sax.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1490051,00.html (329 words)

	John Ehlis Ensemble CD info
		The primary guitar soloist is David Lofton who's featured in an intimate duo with Tchicai entitled "Day into Night" ending a sequence of four wonderful performances at the heart of this CD.
		If the terje Rypdal-style fuzz guitar solo that begin "Meeting on the Dot" is the only solo feature by John Ehlis on his debut recording as a leader, then we can be grateful that elsewhere he display the good taste, sense and grace to feature John Tchicai as his ensemble's primary solo voice.
		John Ehlis currently resides in New York City.
	www.johnehlis.com (268 words)

	CMT.com : John Tchicai : Biography
		Saxophonist John Tchicai is best known for his time in New York during the height of the '60s free jazz explosion, but he actually spent the majority of his career advancing
		Tchicai was born April 28, 1936, in Copenhagen to a Danish mother and Congolese father; he began playing violin at age ten, switched to both clarinet and alto sax at 16, and focused on the latter at Denmark's Conservatory of Music.
		Tchicai also recorded with Albert Ayler (on New York Eye and Ear Control), the Jazz Composers Guild, and John Lennon (Life With the Lions), and -- most importantly -- appeared on John Coltrane 's legendary free jazz landmark Ascension.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/tchicai_john/bio.jhtml (362 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / Rising to the avant-garde challenge, this trio offers free thrills
		Tchicai's avant-garde pedigree includes projects with such 1960s innovators as Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, and Roswell Rudd, in groups including the New York Art Quartet and the New York Contemporary Five.
		Tchicai and Kohlhase last played together in 1998 and recorded a subsequent quintet date, the strangely elegant "Life Overflowing." Fewell invited Tchicai to perform and record with him last summer in Italy, where Fewell makes his home for part of the year.
		The trio's instrumental configuration -- Tchicai on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Kohlhase on alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, and Fewell on guitar -- is a first for all three.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2003/12/05/rising_to_the_avant_garde_challenge_this_trio_offers_free_thrills (897 words)

	www.jazzweekly.com \| Interviews
		JOHN TCHICAI: I went to the conservatory in Arhus in Denmark for about, I was in what is called a conservatory class, four year education, but I skipped it because I got tired of playing classical clarinet.
		JOHN TCHICAI: Yeah, very great impact, both from dealing with the person, not very often, but when we did the recordings we met a couple of times at festivals where we both played and a couple of times where I sat in with him in New York.
		JOHN TCHICAI: That was in 1962, in the fall of 1962.
	www.jazzweekly.com /interviews/tchicai.htm (1632 words)

	The Portland Mercury: Music (08/12/04) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Born in 1936 to a Danish mother and Congolese father, Tchicai has made a career of resolute mutability, contributing to various scenes and collectives as a sort of shadow figure and investing maximum musical substance with a minimum of art celebrity or contractual affiliation.
		Tchicai found himself often in the company of Shepp and others pursuing a vein of free music (or "fire music") founded in militant spirituality and strong ties to the parallel Black Nationalism.
		At nearly 70, Tchicai is one of the true first generation of avant-garde jazz musicians; a living conduit of the last 50 years of jazz history who's appearance here is as rare as it is essential.
	www.portlandmercury.com /2004-08-12/music5.html (365 words)

	Vitold Rek & John Tchicai
		Two years later Vitold was engaged as bassist in the Tchicai/Nicolai Quartet and received the vibe from Tchicai directly.
		In March 1991 John Tchicai and Vitold Rek recorded music together which was released in 1992 on the CD Satisfaction on Enja Records and received very good reviews in the international music press.
		The partnership between John Tchicai and Vitold Rek is ongoing, growing and hatching a lot of plans for the future.
	www.jazzpages.com /VitoldRek/tchicai.html (253 words)

	Jazz Music Record Label Producers Recording CD Distributors
		Here he founded "John Tchicai and the Archetypes", a 7-piece band that fused afro-jazz with blues-rock and released the album "Love Is Touching".
		John worked with and is peer to the greats in the field of jazz and avant-garde.
		Tchicai is best known for his work with the NY Art Quartet, NY Ear and Eye Control, and his recordings with John Coltrane and Albert Ayler.
	www.jazzheads.com /catalog.php?task=add&item=jh9503 (1108 words)

	(musings) Giancarlo Nicolai/John Tchicai review
		Giancarlo Nicolai/John Tchicai: The Giancarlo Nicolai Trio And John Tchicai
		Tchicai has a history of working with adventurous guitarists but this -- a call to a man he had never heard or met -- must have felt like going out on a limb.
		Tchicai has a long track record and, unusually, his compositions are often as valued as his solos.
	www.geocities.com /SoHo/Square/6100/tchicai.htm (553 words)

	MELT - Artist information
		Born in Denmark in 1936, John Tchicai first learned to play the violin before the irresistible charm of the saxophone got him horny and together they eloped.
		John Tchicai's avant-garde credentials are impeccable, but he is also one of the few jazz players in the world to have worked with John Lennon (on 'Life With The Lions').
		Currently, John lives in Davis, California, where he teaches music at the University as well as continuing to compose and arrange and to lead a septet, The Archetypes which includes guitarists Mark Oi and Michael Grandi, Margriet Naber-Tchicai on keyboards Jeff Simons on bass, Andrew Enberg on drums and Basho Fujimoto on congas.
	www.melt2000.com /artists/tchicai_bio.html (425 words)

	Jazz Concert Details Print @ jazzreview.com - The Web's Ultimate Jazz Concert Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John was a major force in the 1960's NYC avant-garde scene and has played with Coltrane, Cherry, Shepp, Ayler, etc. as well as John & Yoko in '69.
		Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1936 of a Danish mother and a Congolese father, John Tchicai became a leading exponent of the jazz avant-garde in New York in the '60s and a father-figure for the European avant-garde after that.
		From 1996-97, John was a California Artist-in-Residence and was awarded a Fellowship for composition by the National Endowment for the Arts.
	www.jazzreview.com /concertprint.cfm?ID=1560 (276 words)

	Outer Sound: Features: Gravity Records
		Danish saxophonist John Tchicai arrived in New York City in the fall of 1962 and quickly immersed himself in Manhattan's fertile free jazz scene, forming the New York Contemporary Five (with Archie Shepp and Don Cherry) in 1963 and the New York Art Quartet (with Roswell Rudd) in 1964.
		Tchicai describes his own linear lines as being: "in all kinds of keys, or in no key at all, or totally open in terms of where the stuff is going to go."
		Tchicai has a new quintet recording, co-led with Charlie Kohlhase from Boston's Either/Orchestra, which was released in June.
	www.outersound.com /features/forms_sounds/99-08-tchicai.html (1544 words)

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		This quartet featuring Danish-Congolese saxophonist John Tchicai and Chinese-American tenor saxophonist Francis Wong works at the cross- roads of Asian-American and African-American jazz, where some of the most provocative American music is happening today.
		Tchicai and Wong are well-matched, with just enough in common to work naturally together and enough individual interests to provide contrast.
		Tchicai, a veteran of the ‘60s New York avant garde who is enjoying a resurgence of interest in the states, builds solos in small increments, starting from short melodic kernels.
	www.jazziz.com /Pages/album_review/view_review4.asp?review_ID=23 (304 words)

	Music \| Quiet riots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sphere, Charles Lloyd, Nieske 3 with the ‘Lyds,’ and John Tchicai
		As for writing and playing, Gershon points to Tchicai’s cosmopolitan background and his affinity for African soukous (he’s been part of Pierre Dørge’s New Jungle Orchestra) as well as the avant-garde, parade rhythms, and the European cabaret tradition.
		Gershon is anticipating a special affinity between Tchicai and this latest edition of the E/O, which includes Surinam-born drummer Harvey Wirht and Dominican percussionist Vicente Lebron.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/music/giantsteps/documents/02671902.htm (1484 words)

	CD Review: John Tchicai and The Archetypes, Love Is Touching
		Tchicai proves that this music can be a beautiful one and is not necessarily comprised of multiphonic blats and altissimo squeaks.
		The next cut is one a short melodic arrangement by Tchicai that proves without any question that John Tchicai is a man with a great deal of soul and passion, not mention a great tenor sound.
		Tchicai has a clear, fluid tone which could be the envy of a classical player, yet speaks in an authoritative, plain-spoken manner that is the envy of any jazz player.
	www.saxophone.org /johnt1.html (989 words)

	Jazz Bulletin Board - John Tchicai Trio
		John, bassist Jesper Bodilsen and I myself (trombonist) were awarded the anuual Django d'Or prizes on July 13/14.
		Knew he was gonna call some Monk, and we did Pannonica, John (on tenor for all) lead and I weaved/improvised some lines from Monk's original accompaniment while Bodilsen put down the bass-lines.
		John Tchicai also made a spectucular appearances with the reformed Cadentia Nova Danica.
	forums.allaboutjazz.com /printthread.php?t=5797 (944 words)

	Triot With John Tchicai \| Sudden Happiness
		Tchicaiâs work on tenor sax, as well as bass clarinet and vocals, is wholly en suite with this vividly youthful pianoless trio featuring Stefan Pasborg on drums, Nicolai Munch on bass, and Mikko Innanen on alto, soprano, and baritone saxes.
		Initially, its marching Africanized pulsating groove is finely honed on the sharp edges of Tchicaiâs tenor percussive attack, with hints of tonal melancholy, as well as some playfulness, within its reach throughout his instrumentâs wide range of expression.
		Netop (Mikko Innanen, Nicolai Munch-Hansen, Stefan Pasborg, John Tchicai) 3.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=16877 (468 words)

	www.jazzweekly.com \| Jazz Weekly Reviews
		Danish-Congolese saxophonist John Tchicai has been at the leading edge of modern jazz since the early ‘60s, when he teamed up with Archie Shepp, Bill Dixon, bassist Don Moore, drummer J. Moses, and Don Cherry (who replaced Dixon) in the New York Contemporary Five.
		Since then, Tchicai seemed to be one of a legion of incredibly gifted, hard-working modern jazz artists who just never seemed to get a record out on this side of the Atlantic, though he is featured on a fistful of Pierre Dorge’s recordings for the relatively accessible Steeplechase label.
		Tchicai, soloing first, has a rough, burry tone and a thoughtful approach that contrasts nicely with Wong’s harder tone and more urgent playing.
	www.jazzweekly.com /reviews/tchicai.htm (746 words)

	MELT - Artist information
		John Tchicai is one of the most imposing figures of Modern Jazz, both literally and metaphorically.
		In 1990, John's achievement as a musician was honoured with a lifetime grant from the Danish Ministry of Culture.
		Visit John Tchicai's homepage, or email him from here.
	www.melt2000.com /artists/tchicai_intro.html (181 words)

	Music - April 5, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Tchicai's Infinitesimal Flash Quartet at the Palms Playhouse, 726 Drummond Ave., Davis.
		Tchicai’s discography lists 77 albums: 33 as a leader, an additional 26 as a sideman (including one experimental album with John Lennon and Yoko Ono), and 18 more as a collaborator.
		Tchicai, who turns 65 this month, credits much of his conditioning to the longtime practice of hatha yoga and its breathing analogue, pranayama.
	www.newsreview.com /issues/sacto/2001-04-05/music.asp (624 words)

	Mode (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sudden Happiness is a live recording of the group Triot and John Tchicai during their tour together in Denmark and Sweden in May 2002.
		On this recording, the legendary free-jazz saxophonist John Tchicai performs as Triot’s featured guest and his collaboration with Triot’s saxophonist Mikko Innanen is pure magic throughout the recording.
		Tchicai is best known for his recordings starting from the early 1960s with John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor and many others.
	www.tumrecords.com /cd008.htm (229 words)

	eJazzNews.com : The Number One Jazz News Resource On The Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although this is their first time playing together, Tchicai and Tracanna have both worked extensively with Fewell in other groups, as has Manzi.
		"Danish saxophonist John Tchicai's contributions to avant-garde jazz are too often overlooked despite his status as the go-to-guy for 60's jazz pioneers in search of a sympathetic improviser," wrote the Philadelphia City Paper 's Shaun Brady before a recent Tchicai/Fewell concert.
		Tchicai's career spans five decades and includes early sideman work with John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, as well as founding leadership in groups including the New York Contemporary Five and New York Art Quartet and his own well-documented bands.
	www.ejazznews.com /print.php?sid=4489 (396 words)

	ComPOsed + Hope Is Bright Green Up North : Lou Grassi & John Tchicai : CD Reviews : One Final Note
		John Tchicai established himself as one of the stalwarts of the 1960s avant-garde with a style that defied expectations.
		Tchicai's compositions are skeletal in the literal sense of that term.
		Tchicai had other ideas, however, as he sent along two batches of compositions, which took Grassi slightly aback.
	www.onefinalnote.com /reviews/g/grassi-lou/composed.asp (783 words)

	Tchicai-Schweizer - Epitonic.com: Hi Quality Free and Legal MP3 Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		By 1975, when they headed a jazz quartet together at a Swiss jazz festival, saxophonist John Tchicai and pianist Irene Schweizer were, if not legends, then certainly heavyweights in the free jazz world.
		The Copenhagen-born Tchicai was most renowned for playing alto sax on John Coltrane's monumental 1965 Ascension recording; he had also recorded with Albert Ayler and collaborated with saxophonist Archie Shepp and cornetist Don Cherry in The New York Contemporary Five.
		It was an inspired and emotional bit of group improvisation, marked by Tchicai's moody, ethereal, endlessly meandering alto and soprano sax parts and Schweizer's eerie piano tinkling.
	www.epitonic.com /artists/tchicaischweizer.html (356 words)

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