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John Tchicai (John Martin Tchicai) was born on 28 April, 1936 in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a Danish jazz saxophonist and composer. Discover John Tchicai's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

Popular As John Martin Tchicai
Occupation Musician, composer
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 28 April 1936
Birthday 28 April
Birthplace Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death 8 October, 2012
Died Place Perpignan, France
Nationality Denmark

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1936

John Martin Tchicai (28 April 1936 – 8 October 2012) was a Danish free jazz saxophonist and composer.

Tchicai was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to a Danish mother and a Congolese father.

The family moved to Aarhus, where he studied violin when young, and in his mid-teens began playing clarinet and alto saxophone, focusing on the latter.

1950

By the late 1950s, he was travelling around northern Europe, playing with many musicians.

1962

In 1962, he met trumpeter Bill Dixon and saxophonist Archie Shepp at a festival in Helsinki.

At their suggestion, he moved to New York City the following year, and went on to participate in the October Revolution in Jazz and join the New York Contemporary Five and the New York Art Quartet.

He also played on a number of influential free jazz recordings, including Shepp's Four for Trane, Albert Ayler's New York Eye and Ear Control, John Coltrane's Ascension, and the Jazz Composer's Orchestra's Communication.

1966

Following his work in New York, Tchicai returned to Denmark in 1966, and shortly thereafter focused most of his time on music education.

He formed the small orchestra Cadentia Nova Danica with Danish and other European musicians; this group collaborated with Musica Elettronica Viva and performed in multi-media events.

1968

Tchicai was a founding member of Amsterdam's Instant Composers Pool in 1968, and in 1969 took part in the recording of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions.

1970

Tchicai returned to a regular gigging and recording schedule in the late 1970s.

1975

On 30 August 1975 Tchicai's appearance at the Willisau Jazz Festival was recorded and released later that year as Willi the Pig.

On this record, he plays with Swiss pianist Irène Schweizer.

1980

In the early 1980s, he switched to the tenor saxophone as his primary instrument.

1990

In 1990, he was awarded a lifetime grant from the Danish Ministry of Culture.

1991

Tchicai and his wife relocated to Davis, California, in 1991, where he led several ensembles.

1997

He was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1997.

He was a member of Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith's "Yo Miles" band, a loose aggregation of musicians exploring Miles Davis's electric period.

2001

Since 2001 he had been living near Perpignan in southern France.

2012

On 11 June 2012 he suffered a brain hemorrhage in an airport in Barcelona, Spain.

He was recovering and had canceled all appearances when he died in a Perpignan hospital on 8 October 2012, aged 76.

2021 saw the publication of a biography titled "A Chaos with Some Kind of Order", written by Margriet Naber, Tchicai's former wife and collaborator for 20 years, and published by Ear Heart Mind Media.

Writer Richard Williams called the book an "intimate and valuable account of (Tchicai's) life and work".

With the Berlin Jazz Workshop Orchestra

With the Binder Quintet

With Brotherhood of Breath

With the Brus Trio

With Burnin' Red Ivanhoe

With Peter Danstrup

With Dell – Westergaard – Lillinger

With Pierre Dørge

With John Ehlis

With The Engines

With Garrison Fewell's Variable Density Sound Orchestra