Joëlle Léandre is a French double bassist, vocalist, and composer active in new music and free improvisation.
In the field of contemporary music, she has performed with Pierre Boulez's Ensemble InterContemporain, and worked with Merce Cunningham and John Cage. Both Cage and Giacinto Scelsi have composed works specifically for her.
She gave a solo concert at Jazz em Agosto in 2007 (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal). At this same jazz festival, Léandre also performed in the Quartet Noir, a quartet which rarely performed live, with Marilyn Crispell, Urs Leimgruber and Fritz Hauser.
She has also collaborated with musicians in the fields of jazz and improvised music, including Derek Bailey, Barre Phillips, Anthony Braxton, George E. Lewis, India Cooke, Evan Parker, Irène Schweizer, Steve Lacy, Maggie Nicols, Fred Frith, Vinny Golia, Carlos Zingaro, John Zorn, Susie Ibarra, J. D. Parran, Kevin Norton, Eric Watson, Ernst Reijseger, Akosh S. and Sylvie Courvoisier.
In 1983 she became a member of the European Women Improvising Group (EWIG), which evolved from the Feminist Improvising Group, and in the early 1990s she co-founded the feminist improvising trio Les Diaboliques, with Schweizer and Nicols.
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Some of their strengths
Joëlle Léandre has many admirable traits.
Based on spiritual traditions from around the world, they are someone who can be described as Intelligent, Curious, Charming, Energetic, Extroverted, Smart, and Sophisticated.
Smart and Sophisticated
According to Mysticism’s Astrology tradition, Joëlle Léandre is someone who is a smart, sophisticated, and organized person who displays kindness and grace in every day interactions, and who also has a passionate soul. A person who seems to identify with family, heritage and ancestry.
Adaptable and Versatile
Based on Daoism’s Ba-Zi or ‘Chinese Zodiac’ tradition, people who know Joëlle Léandre well know them as someone who can be adaptable, flexible, and polite, like a flower or a sapling.
Productive and Perseverent
According to Hinduism’s Jyotisha or ‘Vedic Astrology’ tradition, many would also describe Joëlle Léandre as someone who is productive, persevering, deliberate, and direct.
A person who is creative, has good luck with work and money, good listening skills, good relationships with people at work, is a good teacher or counselor, and who is good at organizing groups, teams, or causes.
Vigorous and Friendly
Based on the Mayan Tzolk’in or ‘Mayan Astrology’ tradition, Joëlle Léandre is someone who has a vigor and energy that applies itself to all life's activities and endeavors, and a knack for forming family-like structures, groups, and communities.
They are also someone who is patient, assertive, and who is a natural leader that likes to help others in need.
Altruistic and Purposeful
According to Judaism’s Kabbalah tradition, Joëlle Léandre tends to be someone who has a desire to be of service to a higher calling and who is always trying to perfect things. Who can be practical and polished, reserved and methodical, and who tends to trust internal judgment before trusting anyone else at face value.
Some of Joëlle Léandre's challenges
While Joëlle Léandre has many strengths, nobody is perfect. They also have some challenging traits they need to manage.
For example, Joëlle Léandre can be Difficult, Perfectionist, Rebellious, Emotionally Distant, Hypocritical, Self-centered, and Possessive.
Difficult and Perfectionist
One of Joëlle Léandre's key challenges is that they are someone who can be difficult and too much of a perfectionist.
Possessive and Stubborn
Joëlle Léandre is someone who can be possessive, jealous, inflexible, and stubborn, can have a habit of being a frivolous spender, and who can feel insecure or cynical in romantic relationships and have difficulty forming productive personal and professional partnerships.
Critical and Bossy
Finally, Joëlle Léandre also can be too focused on the small details of life, try to control whatever is happening, and be finicky and demanding.
