Henri Texier

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1945-01-27 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Henri Texier

Biography

Henri Texier (born 27 January 1945) is a French jazz double bassist. At the age of sixteen, fascinated by the double bass, Texier became a self-taught bassist, crediting Wilbur Ware most as an influence. He formed his first group with Georges Locatelli, Alain Tabar-Nouval, Jean-Max Albert, and Klaus Hagel, inspired by the music of Don Cherry and Ornette Coleman. In spite of an almost absence of recorded documents this group represents one of the first expressions of free jazz in France (1965). Throughout the 1970s, Texier remained active in Europe on the jazz scene, performing with musicians such as Gordon Beck, John Abercrombie and Didier Lockwood, among others. In 1982, he formed a quartet with Louis Sclavis. With the trio Romano-Sclavis-Texier, he collaborated in three albums having for theme Africa as seen by the photographer Guy Le Querrec: Carnet de routes, Suite africaine and African Flashback. Source: Article "Henri Texier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Sound

2004
Holy Lola

as Original Music Composer

1998
Class Trip

as Original Music Composer

1997
Mauvaises affaires

as Original Music Composer

1995
The Heart's Cry

as Original Music Composer

Actor