Jac Berrocal
Jac Berrocal is a legendary French avant trumpeter who has played with Catalogue 80, Gilbert Artman & the (NY) Sirens. Since the early 70's Jac Berrocal has music has taken many creative paths - jazz trumpeter, punk rock singer, electronic experimentalist, poet, improviser, performance artist, and always the provocateur.
"It was strange how our public changed. Rock promoters invited us and were bemused, and jazz festivals invited us and lived to regret it! (laughs) We played once in Austria, and Cecil Taylor was there and loved it. He told me it was the only thing in the festival that didn't bore him. The journalists hated it, though. They said it was punk rock. "
"It was strange how our public changed. Rock promoters invited us and were bemused, and jazz festivals invited us and lived to regret it! (laughs) We played once in Austria, and Cecil Taylor was there and loved it. He told me it was the only thing in the festival that didn't bore him. The journalists hated it, though. They said it was punk rock. "
Jac Berrocal is a legendary French avant trumpeter who has played with Catalogue 80, Gilbert Artman & the (NY) Sirens. Since the early 70's Jac Berrocal has music has taken many creative paths - jazz trumpeter, punk rock singer, electronic experimentalist, poet, improviser, performance artist, and always the provocateur.
"It was strange how our public changed. Rock promoters invited us and were bemused, and jazz festivals invited us and lived to regret it! (laughs) We played once in Austria, and Cecil Taylor was there and loved it. He told me it was the only thing in the festival that didn't bore him. The journalists hated it, though. They said it was punk rock. "
"It was strange how our public changed. Rock promoters invited us and were bemused, and jazz festivals invited us and lived to regret it! (laughs) We played once in Austria, and Cecil Taylor was there and loved it. He told me it was the only thing in the festival that didn't bore him. The journalists hated it, though. They said it was punk rock. "
MDLV
A real event: Jac Berrocal has not released disc for 20 years. The legendary French trumpeter is back with its special atmosphere and feeling. Lot of guests too. Jacques "Jac" Berrocal (born 22 October 1946, Saint-Jean d'Angély) is a French trumpeter…
Superdisque
Superdisque is the first album from the French trio formed by David Fenech (electric guitar) with Jac Berrocal (trumpet) and Ghédalia Tazartès (vocals). Somewhere beyond the borders of rock, jazz, punk and sound poetry -- the vocals seem to come from…
Rock n Roll Station
'Live organised and recorded at Les Voutes - Paris 27 October 2007 by VulturesMusick. Rock'n'roll Station (Original track by Vince Taylor, Jac Berrocal and Pierre Bastien) by Jac Berrocal and Andrew Liles. Artwork : Julien Pacaud, Mastering: Dk Maste…
Hotel Hotel
idiosyncratic French musical provocateur's finest moments and laden with ace contributions from an international cast of oddballs including Pierre Bastien and Clive Bell, the provisional constructs Berrocal and co. jerry-rig around the free floating …
Marie-Antoinette is not dead
Crystal transparent 7' vinyl encrusted with white sprayings, numbered and stamped edition limited to 470 copies. Stunning collaboration between four entities who all left an indelible track in various spheres and in different eras, such as Jac berroc…
Insomnie
2nd album by this French trio made up Gilbert Artman (post-Lard Free, Urban Sax), Jac Berrocal and Jean-Francois Pauvros. here's the utterly fantastic third album from this brilliantly anarchic supergroup of stalwart iconoclasts. While their debut fe…
Flash!
another beautiful 10" issued in a very limited private pressing picture-disc (330 copies), beautiful tape collage and electronic work
Prière
long out print item by Jac Berrocal, a 10” picture-disc, text by Antonin Artaud spoken by Berrocal himself, including excerpts from 'Voyage au bord de la ville' a very abstract and dissonant track with music by Berrocal, Gilbert Artman and Jack Belse…