Noël Akchoté (born 7 December 1968) is a French guitarist in free improvisation, classical, experimental, and free jazz. Starting on guitar at when he was eight years old, he received lessons on classical guitar in school. When he was ten he saw a Baden Powell concert in Paris and was also impressed by Jimmy Gourley. At fourteen he was performing day and night in bars and restaurants. He dropped out of school and learned to play drums and bass. He attended workshops given by guitarists Philip Catherine, Mickey Baker, and Tal Farlow. During the 1990s he worked with Joey Baron, Lol Coxhill, Glenn Ferris, Daniel Humair, Michel Portal, Sam Rivers, Aldo Romano, Louis Sclavis, and Henri Texier. He started the record label Rectangle. He was a member of the Recyclers, Trash Corporation, and was a founder the Big Four in 2001 with Steven Bernstein, Bradley Jones, and Max Nagl. He has also played with Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Tim Berne, Eugene Chadbourne, Marc Ducret, Christian Escoude, Fred Frith, Mary Halvorson, Ingrid Jensen, Adam Levy, George E. Lewis, Phil Minton, Evan Parker, Marc Ribot, and Herb Robertson.
Morton For Guitar #A: Early Works (1947-1959, Opus Feldman Series) by Noël Akchoté, BandCamp, 2022 on #neuguitars #blog #NoëlAkchoté
released April 7, 2023
Noël Akchoté – Morton For Guitar #A : Early Works
(1947-1959, Opus Feldman Series).
Noël Akchoté : Dobro (National), Acoutic Guitar (Martin HD-28), & Electric Guitar (Gibson ES-175-D).
Recorded in Saint Gildas de Rhuys, 12 March – 6 April 2023.
EWOF-00a – Noël Akchoté Downloads (2023).
All Compositions By Morton Feldman, Published by © Edition Peters & Universal Editions.
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