Michel Portal (1935, French)

Equally proficient in contemporary jazz, classical and contemporary classical.

In Jazz, I’ve reviewed Men’s Land – Michel Portal invite Mino Cinelu, Jack de Johnette, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Dave Liebman, Harry Pepl. Label Bleu LBLC 6513 (1987/8)

As a clarinettist in avant-garde contemporary music, see

Pierre Boulez: Domaines. Michel Portal, Ensemble Musique Vivante, Diego Masson. Harmonia Mundi “Musique d’abord” HMA 190930 (1988) and reissues

Luciano Berio: Laborintus 2. Christiane Legrand (soprano), Janette Baucomont (soprano), Claudine Meunier (contralto), Edoardo Sanguineti (speaker), Ensemble Musique Vivante, Chorale Expérimentale, dir. Berio. Harmonia Mundi “Musique d’abord” HMA 190764 (1987) and reissues

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