Patrice Meyer

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Patrice Meyer
Jazz rock
Occupation(s)Musician, Composer
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active1973 – present
LabelsMusea Records, FMR Records
WebsitePatrice Meyer official website

Patrice Meyer (b. 18 December 1957) is a French

Jazz rock, Progressive rock and Canterbury scene
bands.

History

Patrice Meyer was born in

fingerpicking using all five fingernails of his right hand. At 16 he joined his older brother’s band, playing mostly Progressive rock. In 1977 he turned professional, opening as a solo act for Magma and Gong when they played Strasbourg. Moving to Paris that year he met John McLaughlin, helping him with his French while John helped him with his English.[2] Meyer continued playing opening gigs for famous jazz musicians coming through Paris, including jazz guitarist Jim Hall — who in 1981 said of Meyer in a magazine interview with Martine Palmé, "He's got such an amazing right hand technique that it almost gave me stagefright." In 1983 Meyer met Australian fusion guitarist Frank Gambale at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood
, sharing the stage in a widely publicized ‘guitar duel.’

That same year Meyer released his first solo album, entitled Racines Croisées, featuring guitarist Philippe Petit, keyboardist Patrick Morgenthaler, bassist Henri Texier, and drummer Jacques Mahieux.

In 1985 (age 27) Meyer met drummer

Soft Heap. Pip introduced him to Hugh Hopper of the Canterbury scene, of which Meyer was soon to become an honorary member. In ’86 Meyer hired Pip & Hugh for the Patrice Meyer Quartet (with Patrick Morgenthaler), and together they toured the continent extensively, and released Meyer’s second solo album, Dromadaire Viennois. Also during this time he was a member of the French Zeuhl band Anaid.[3]

In 1989 Hugh Hopper recruited him for his Franglo-Dutch band, which featured saxophonist Frank van der Kooij. They released three albums and toured Europe before breaking up in 1995. He toured with Richard Sinclair’s RSVP in 1994, and the following year with Pip’s Equip’Out. He also formed the trio Tertio with organist Emmanuel Bex and Pip Pyle. With the Paris-based ensemble Polysons he performed a series of concerts in 1997 devoted to the music of The Beatles and Soft Machine. In 2002 he joined Pip’s new band Bash, performing at the Progman Cometh Festival in Seattle and releasing the album Belle Illusion. The following year he became a member of the Didier Malherbe Trio and started his own trio with Rémy Chaudagne and Jean-Baptiste Cortot. In 2006 he performed in a tribute to the late Elton Dean with Pierre-Olivier Govin, Michel Delville, Hugh Hopper, Didier Malherbe, Frank van Kooj, Sophia Domancich, and Charles Calamel. In June 2008 he appeared at the Tritonales Festival with John Etheridge.[4]

Discography

Year Artist Title
1980 Renaud Marche à l'ombre
1981 Renaud Le Retour de Gérard Lambert
1983 Patrice Meyer Racines Croisées
1986 Patrice Meyer Dromadaire Viennois
1986 Anaid Vêtue De Noir
1989 Anaid Belladonna
1989 Hugh Hopper Band Mecano Pelorus
1991 Anaid Four Years (compilation Belladonna + most of Vêtue De Noir)
1993 Hugh Hopper Band Hooligan Romantics
1995 Hugh Hopper Band Carousel
1995 Tertio 1 + 1 + 1 = 4
2001 John Greaves On the street where you live
2004 Pip Pyle’s Bash Belle Illusion
2004 Pip Pyle’s Equip'Out Instants

Bandology

See also

References

  1. ^ Biography on PatriceMeyer.com
  2. ^ Biography on PatriceMeyer.com
  3. ^ Anaid at ProgArchives
  4. ^ Tritonales Concert Info
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