double bass
Jean-François Jenny-Clark
1944 – † 1998
Bassist in Portal's group (Turbulence, Men's Land). On 17 October 1985 in a trio with Pepl and Daniel Humair in Graz, Austria.
French double bassist (1944 to 1998), spelled Jenny-Clarke in some sources.
Recordings together
Listen and watch
Michel Portal: Pastor (Men's Land) (Men's Land, 1987)
“Pastor” (Michel Portal), 8:42, from the album “Men’s Land” (Label Bleu, on the 1988 CD only): Michel Portal with Jean-François Jenny-Clark (double bass) and Harry Pepl (guitar), line-up according to the BnF. In 2020 Daniel Pepl suggested for the Ö1 radio programme a crossfade with the version from the album “Turbulence”.
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Michel Portal: Pastor (Turbulence) (Turbulence, 1987)
“Pastor” (Michel Portal), 5:29, from the album “Turbulence” (Harmonia Mundi, 1987): Michel Portal (bass clarinet), Harry Pepl (guitar), Jean-François Jenny-Clark (double bass), Daniel Humair (drums), line-up according to Discogs. The second version of the piece besides the recording on “Men’s Land”, prepared in 2020 for the Ö1 radio programme.
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In the chronology
- 10 June 1984 Michel Portal Plus at the Angoulême jazz festival
- 23 September 1984 Portal Unit at the Schlachthof in Graz
- 27 October 1984 Tenor Madness at the Festival de Jazz de Paris
- 17 October 1985 Trio with Daniel Humair and Jean-François Jenny-Clark in Graz
- 1986 Michel Portal: recording of “Turbulence”
- 7 March 1986 Michel Portal at the Banlieues Bleues festival in Montreuil
- 10 March 1986 Michel Portal Unit: concert recording by Radio France
In the press
- 10 June 1984 Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (Mitschnitt im INA-Katalog): „Concert du Michel Portal Plus“
- 23 September 1984 steirischer herbst, Festivalarchiv (online): „Michel Portal Unit featuring Harry Pepl“
- 27 October 1984 Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (Mitschnitt im INA-Katalog): „Festival de Jazz de Paris : Concert du Tenor Madness“
- 27 October 1984 Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (Mitschnitt im INA-Katalog): „Concert de jazz : [émission du 00/00/00]“
- 17 October 1985 steirischer herbst, Festivalarchiv (online): „Daniel Humair, Harry Pepl, Jean-François Jenny-Clark: Konzert“
- 7 March 1986 Banlieues Bleues, Festivalarchiv (online): Konzert des 3. Festivals: Portal, DeJohnette, Cinelu, Jenny-Clark, Pepl
- 10 March 1986 Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (Mitschnitt im INA-Katalog): „Concert du Michel Portal Unit“
- 30 May 1987 Radio France, „Le temps du jazz“ (Mitschnitt im INA-Katalog): „Concert du Michel Portal Unit 87“
- 17 August 1988 Le Monde: „Michel Portal: « Men's land »“
- 16 February 1994 APA-Basisdienst (Austria Presse Agentur): „‚Strings‘ - Ein Jazzfestival der Saiten“