Obscure French multi-instrumentalist (primarily baritone sax).
recorded December 29, 1970: Studio 104, Maison de l'O.R.T.F, Paris, France
1) Seasons ASilva
recorded January 1971: Festival de Musique Contemporaine de Royan", Royan, France
1) My Country ASilva 64:08
recorded December 17, 1971
recorded July 6 - 10, 1971: Studio Davout, Paris, France
1) Splendid Yzlment MPortal 7:06
recorded June 16, 1972: ORF-Stduio Steiermark, Graz/Osterriech, Germany
1) Trio 1 EThelin/JMinor/PFavre 4:37
recorded June 21, 1972: Montreux Pavilion, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
1) Portal Ou Es-Tu? 27:55
recorded June 14-16, 1977
1) Deuxieme Jour JMinor/JQuerlier/JTraindl/OBailleux/CLete 11:30
recorded November 1978: Studio Davout, Paris, France
1) The Shout ASilva
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"Jouck Minor's a motherfucker!." - Clifford Allen
Alan Silva's Celestrial Communications Orchestra Seasons
BYG 529 342/343/344
Aebi, Irene (cell, celeste), Beer, Ronnie (ts ss fl), Bowie, Lester (tr flug), Burrell, Dave (ap), Carter, Kent (cell),
Cooper, Jerome (drm perc bronte), Favors, Malachi (ab), Few, Bobby (ap), Gewissler, Dieter (e-vln), Guérin, Beb (ab),
Jarman, Joseph (fl bass), Johnson, Oliver (tymp perc), Kenyatta, Robin (as fl), Kuhn, Joachim (ap), Lacy, Steve (ss),
Minor, Jouck (e-vla), Mitchell, Roscoe (as ts fl ob), Moye, Don (drm perc), Portal, Michel (as cl), Shorter, Alan (tr),
Silva, Alan (ab e-vln, e-sarangi, bow, electro-acoustical spring), Vitet, Bernard (tr frhorn)
Alan Silva My Country
LEO LR 302
Beer, Ronnie (as), Braxton, Anthony (as ss), Carter, Kent (ab), Cooper, Jerome (drm perc),
Friend, Becky (fl as),
Guérin, Beb (ab), Jackson, Ambrose (tr), Kenyatta, Robin (as),
Lacy, Steve (ss), Levick, Hugh (ts), McGhee, Noel
(drm perc), Minor, Jouck (bs),
Reid, Bob (ab), Silva, Alan (vln sarangi spring), Stephens, Ochι Ray (tr), Tamaskovic, Lubomir (ts),
Vitet, Bernard (tr frhorn), Wood, Robert (vib)
Bernard Vitet La Guθpe
Futura SON 05
Achard, Francoise (voc), Guérin, Beb (ab), Guérin, Jean (perc vib as),
Minor, Jouck (ss bs vln cl), Rondepierre, Jean Paul
(tr marim), Tusques, Francois (ap),
Vitet, Bernard (tr vln corn ap vib)
Michel Portal Splendid Yzlement
CBS 64567; CBS 467454-2
Erickson, Runo (trom vln harm), Favre, Pierre (drm), Johnson, Howard (tuba bs)
Marais, Gerard (eg),
Minor, Jouck (bs ts ss fl saw), Phillips, Barre (ab), Portal, Michel (ss as bcl band)
2) Aquellos Del Otro Lado MPortal 12:26
3) Kakashoos III BPhillips 6:16
4) Blindly and Continuously MPortal 14:02
Thelin/Minor/Favre Candles of Vision
Calig 30609
Favre, Pierre, (drm except), Minor, Jouck (bs ss), Thelin, Eje (trom)
2) Trio 2 EThelin/JMinor/PFavre 7:20
3) Trio 4 EThelin/JMinor/PFavre 5:20
4) Duett 1 EThelin/JMinor1:54
5) Trio 5 EThelin/JMinor/PFavre 5:12
6) Duett 2 EThelin/JMinor3:17
7) Trio 6 EThelin/JMinor/PFavre 3:35
Leon Francioli Live in Montreux
Evasion EA 100.804
Favre, Pierre (drm), Francioli, Leon (ab), Minor, Jouck (bs), Thelin, Eje (trom)
2) Grandjean Dixit 26:12
L'Armonicord Esprits del Sel
L'Electrobande 7701
Bailleux, Odile (clav), Lete, Christian (perc tr), Minor, Jouck (bs ss gumbri cbcl picc fl), Querlier, Jean (as ob enghorn fl), Traindl, Josef (trom)
2) Premiere Jour JMinor/JQuerlier/JTraindl/OBailleux/CLete 11:30
3) Troisieme Jour JMinor/JQuerlier/JTraindl/OBailleux/CLete 22:00
Alan Silva The Shout/Portrait from a Small Woman
Sun SEB 003; Chiaroscuro CR 2015
Ali, Muhammad (drm), Assouline, Armand (perc), Bass, Helene (cell), Coffi, Michael (drm)
Colin, Denis (bcl octocontralto cl), Cotinaud, Francois (ts ob), Dolias, Jacques (vln)
Faure, Pierre (fl), Garrison, Robert (tp), Gaumont, Georges (ss), Girard, Bruno (vln)
Jacquet, Pierre (ab), Lienhardt, Catherine (vln), Maka, Jo (as ss), Menousek, Georges (as)
Minor, Jouck (bs cbcl), Oki, Itaru (tr), Sauvageot, Pierre (tp) Silva, Alan (comp arr),
Vitet, Bernard (tr), Winkler, Adolf (trom), Zwerin, Michael (trom)
2) Portrait of a Small Woman ASilva