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Title
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Line-up
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Recorded by
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Album, recordings etc...
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| Absence | Michel Herr trio |
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Intuitions | |
| All over the place | Tentet Nonet |
Michel Herr Orchestra Michel Herr & Life Lines |
R |
Django d'Or 2005 (RTBF) VRT radio |
| Acapulco bells | Michel Herr / Bill Frisell / Kermit Driscoll / Vinnie Johnson |
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Good buddies | |
| Back on track | Big band | Bravo big band |
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Live radio recording (RTBF) |
| Back soon | Tentet | North Sea Jazz Tentet |
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North Sea Jazz Tentet |
| Bad Fever | Big band | Act big band Brussels Jazz Orchestra cond. by M. Herr |
CD |
Act Big Band The music of Michel Herr |
| Bass boom | Double bass ensemble | Riccardo Del Fra, Philippe Aerts, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse |
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Just friends (film soundtrack) |
| Beauty where it is | Quintet 5 + string quartet Quartet 5tet + chamber orch. |
Michel Herr European Quintet Michel Herr & Unexpected Encounters Ivan Paduart Herritage feat. Philip Catherine Fabrice Alleman & chamber orchestra "Udiverse" |
R CD CD |
Notes of life RTBF radio recording Herritage Udiverse |
| Beggar song | Michel Herr / Wolfgang Engstfeld |
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Perspective | |
| (A) bird in the distance (part of a suite based upon "Black Crow") |
Big band | David Linx + Brussels Jazz Orchestra |
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Changing faces |
| Blank page | Quintet | Michel Herr European Quintet |
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Notes of life |
| Blue Sparks | Quartet Quintet + strings |
Robert Jeanne quartet Michel Herr & Unexpected Encounters |
R |
Robert Jeanne "Quartets" RTBF radio recording |
| Bridges | 5tet + chamber orch. | Fabrice Alleman & chamber orchestra "Udiverse" |
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Udiverse |
| Celebration suite (3 or 4 parts) |
Big band | Brussels Jazz Orchestra cond. by M. Herr |
CD |
The September sessions (3 parts : 1, 2, 4) The music of Michel Herr (4 parts) |
| Chemistry and Mystery | Quintet + strings | Michel Herr & Unexpected Encounters |
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RTBF radio recordings |
| Club groove | Quintet | Michel Herr, Phil Abraham, Jeanfrançois Prins, etc... |
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Just friends (film soundtrack) |
| (Le) coeur à l'endroit | Quintet | Michel Herr European Quintet |
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Notes of life |
| Continuous flow | Big band |
Michel Herr / Wolfgang Engstfeld Ensgtfeld / Herr / Daniellson / Lowe BRT Jazz Orchestra conducted by M. Herr + Philip Catherine |
CD R |
Perspective Continuous flow BRT radio recording |
| Dark and ragged (part of a suite based upon "Black Crow") Lyrics : David Linx |
Big band + vocals | David Linx + Brussels Jazz Orchestra |
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Changing faces |
| Dawn and twilight | Sax + chamber orch. | Fabrice Alleman & chamber orchestra "Udiverse" |
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Udiverse |
| Distant echoes | Quintet Big band |
Michel Herr European Quintet Brussels Jazz Orchestra cond. by M. Herr |
CD |
Notes of Life The music of Michel Herr |
| Double talk | Ensgtfeld / Herr / Daniellson / Lowe |
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Continuous flow | |
| (The) dragon | Quintet | Solis Lacus | BRT live radio recording | |
| End to end | Michel Herr trio |
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Ouverture éclair | |
| Extremes | Big band | Act big band feat. Joe Lovano Brussels Jazz Orchestra cond. by M. Herr |
CD |
Extremes The music of Michel Herr |
| Eyes closed | Fabrice Alleman |
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Spirit one : Clarity | |
| (The) eyes of childhood | Tentet Nonet |
Michel Herr Orchestra Michel Herr & Life Lines |
R |
Django d'or 2005 (RTBF) VRT |
| Fitch's field | Freddie Deronde (also co-composer) |
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Spontaneous effort | |
| Flagey, a new era (suite in 4 parts) |
Big band | Brussels Jazz Orchestra cond. by M. Herr |
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The music of Michel Herr |
| For peanuts | Big band | BRT Jazz Orchestra conducted by M. Herr Act big band |
LP |
BRT radio recording Act Big Band |
| F.T.A. | Michel Herr trio |
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Ouverture éclair | |
| Good guess | Quintet | Michel Herr, Phil Abraham, Jeanfrançois Prins, etc... |
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Just friends (film soundtrack) |
| Gray, man ! | Big band | BRT Jazz Orchestra conducted by M. Herr |
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BRT radio recording |
| Hallucination | Quartet Quintet |
Steve Houben / Michel Herr / Curtis Lundy / Kenny Washington Richard Rousselet Quintet |
LP / CD |
Steve Houben & Michel Herr meet Curtis Lundy & Kenny Washington No, maybe...! |
| H and C's dance | Quintet Quintet Quintet |
Joe Lovano (with Bert Joris, Hein Van de Geyn, Dré Pallemaerts) Ivan Paduart Herritage Jeanfrançois Prins |
CD CD |
Solid steps Herritage Blue Note Mode |
(A) Hip taxi | Sextet Big band |
S. Houben, J-P Estiévenart, N. Kummert Bravo big band |
R |
TV recording for the programme "Hep taxi" (RTBF) Live radio recording (RTBF) |
| Insomnia | Big band | BRT Jazz Orchestra conducted by M. Herr + Philip Catherine |
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BRT radio recording |
| Intuition | Michel Herr trio |
CD |
Intuitions 10 ans de Jazz à Liège |
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| Jeff's funeral | Sextet (4 horns) | Archie Shepp + studio band |
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Just friends (film soundtrack) |
| Just before | Michel Herr trio |
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Ouverture éclair | |
| Labyrinthe | Michel Herr trio |
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Intuitions (Labyrinthe won the Monaco composition contest) | |
| Last minute blues | Gino Lattuca featuring Philip Catherine |
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Bad influence | |
| Let's get it out | Septet (4 saxes) | Steve Houben invite... |
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Steve Houben invite... |
| Little games | Nonet | Michel Herr & Life Lines |
R |
VRT radio |
| Little green man | Quintet | Solis Lacus |
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Solis Lacus |
| Long distance | Quartet + strings Big band |
Steve Houben + strings BRT Jazz Orchestra + Philip Catherine |
TV |
Steve Houben + strings BRT tv recording |
| Make it count | Michel Herr / Wolfgang Engstfeld Engstfeld / Herr / Daniellson / Lowe |
CD |
Perspective Continuous flow |
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| Medicine | Octet (5 horns) Tentet (6 h) |
Michel Herr, Richard Rousselet, Phil Abraham, Peter Vandendriessche, etc... Ten Tamarre |
R |
Just friends (film soundtrack) RTBF radio recordings |
| Modules | Sextet + string | Michel Herr Positive Tentet |
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Positive |
| Moments of abandon | Michel Herr |
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RTBF TV "Piano si, piano la" | |
| Multributes | Big band | Brussels Jazz Orchestra cond. by M. Herr |
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The music of Michel Herr |
| Nasca | Big band Sextet |
Jazztrack (Uli Beckerhoff, Wolfgang Engstfeld, Michel Herr,... BRT Jazz Orchestra conducted by M. Herr Bram Weijters & the Crazy Men |
R CD |
First Call BRT radio recording The return |
| New Horizons | Engstfeld / Herr Quartet Michel Herr trio |
CD |
Short stories Intuitions |
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| No, maybe...! | Quintet |
Richard Rousselet Quintet Bruno Castellucci Ivan Paduart Herritage |
CD CD |
No, maybe...! Bim bim Herritage |
| Notes of life | Quintet | Michel Herr European Quintet |
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Notes of life |
| One to make five | Big band | BRT Jazz Orchestra conducted by M. Herr |
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BRT radio recording |
| Open air | Quintet Sextet |
Solis Lacus Bram Weijters & the Crazy Men |
LP / CD |
Solis Lacus Here they come |
| Oryx | Big band | BRT Jazz Orchestra conducted by M. Herr |
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BRT radio recording |
| Out of the silence | Big band | Act big band Brussels Jazz Orchestra cond. by M. Herr |
CD |
Intensive act The music of Michel Herr |
| (The) out side in | Quintet | Michel Herr European Quintet |
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Notes of life |
| Ouverture éclair | Michel Herr trio |
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Ouverture éclair | |
| Pages and chapters | Sextet + strings | Michel Herr Positive Tentet |
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Positive |
| Peacefully | Michel Herr trio |
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Ouverture éclair | |
| Peace please | Quintet | Solis Lacus |
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Solis Lacus |
| Pentaprism | Big band | BRT Jazz Orchestra conducted by M. Herr Act big band JFC Big Band (F) Brussels Jazz Orchestra cond. by M. Herr |
CD CD CD |
BRT radio recording Extremes Explosion live 2004 The music of Michel Herr |
| (The) positive side | Sextet + strings | Michel Herr Positive Tentet |
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Positive |
Pretext | Quintet Trio Quartet |
Joe Lovano (w. Bert Joris, Hein Van de Geyn, Dré Pallemaerts) Michel Herr Trio Filippo Bianchini 4-tet |
CD CD |
Solid steps Intuitions Disorder at the border |
| Remake | Quintet | Solis Lacus |
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Solis Lacus |
| (The) right choices ? | Quintet + strings | Michel Herr & Unexpected Encounters |
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RTBF radio recordings |
| Roots and fruits | Quintet Sextet |
Stéphane Houben Tony Bauwens |
LP / CD |
Stéphane Houben Ke Atas | Ke Atas (download) |
| (The) sea of tranquillity | Quintet | Solis Lacus |
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Solis Lacus |
| Second look | Sextet + strings | Michel Herr Positive Tentet |
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Positive |
| Short story | Engstfeld / Herr Quartet Paul Heller |
Digital album |
Short stories A day in Brussels |
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| Solitudes parallèles | Quintet + strings | Michel Herr & Unexpected Encounters |
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RTBF radio recordings |
| Something of me | Big band | Archie Shepp + studio big band |
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Just friends (film soundtrack) |
| Song for Lucy |
Big band Nonet Big band Big band |
solo Archie Shepp + trio Archie Shepp + studio big band Michel Herr & Life Lines Act Big Band Brussels Jazz Orchestra cond. by M. Herr Ivan Paduart Herritage |
" " Film CD CD CD |
Just friends (film soundtrack) " " Jazz in Little Belgium Intensive act The music of Michel Herr Herritage |
| Song for Micheline | Big band " + French horns Big band |
Engstfeld / Herr Quartet Act Big Band Eurojazz Brussels Jazz Orchestra cond. by M. Herr |
LP LP CD |
Short stories Act Big Band Eurojazz The music of Michel Herr |
| Song from your father | Engstfeld / Herr Quartet Gino Lattuca Quartet Ivan Paduart + Tom Harrell Ivan Paduart Herritage |
CD CD CD |
Short stories My impression Time gone by Herritage |
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| (The) sound of gold | Big band |
Michel Herr trio BRT Jazz Orchestra conducted by M. Herr + Philip Catherine Zbigniew Seifert Variospheres |
R CD |
Ouverture éclair BRT radio recording Zbigniew Seifert Live in Solothurn |
| Spring sounds | Michel Herr Trio |
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Tribute to Belgian jazz | |
| Springboard | Big band | Brussels Jazz Orchestra cond. by M. Herr |
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The music of Michel Herr |
| Strange ideas | Quintet Tentet Nonet | Michel Herr European Quintet Michel Herr Orchestra Michel Herr & Life Lines | R R | Notes of life Django d'or 2005 (RTBF) VRT |
| Stratus | Michel Herr / Wolfgang Engstfeld | Perspective | ||
| String positive | Sextet + strings | Michel Herr Positive Tentet | Positive | |
| Tape or glue ? | Quintet | Michel Herr European Quintet | Notes of life | |
| Thinking of you (I think of you) | 4tet + strings voc + 6tet + strings | Engstfeld / Herr Quartet Steve Houben + strings Michel Herr trio Bruno Castellucci Jeanfrançois Prins + Judy Niemack (lyrics) w. Fred Hersch Ali Ryerson w. Kenny Barron etc... Jean-Pierre Gebler Belgian All Stars Ivan Paduart Herritage Michel Herr Positive Tentet + Tutu Puoane | LP / CD CD CD CD CD CD CD CD | Short stories Steve Houben + strings Intuitions Bim Bim Beauty and the prince ("I think of you") I'll be back Meggie Herritage Positive ("I think of you") | Third chance | Bruno Castellucci Ivan Paduart Herritage | Bim bim Herritage |
| This does it | Tentet Nonet | Michel Herr Orchestra Michel Herr & Life Lines | R | Django d'or 2005 (RTBF) VRT | Three continents | Quartet | Bruno Castellucci (co-composer) Bruno Castellucci | CD | Bim Bim Legacy |
| Tolerance | Tentet | Michel Herr & Life Lines | JazzOlympics | |
| Twenty one | Big band | Michel Herr studio band | RTB radio recording | |
| Up there | Quartet Big band | Michel Herr / Wolfgang Engstfeld 4tet Bravo big band | R | Perspective Live radio recording (RTBF) |
| Unexpected encounters | Quintet + strings | Michel Herr & Unexpected Encounters | R | VRT TV recording Positive |
| Utopic cities | Quintet | Solis Lacus | Solis Lacus | |
| Ups and downs |
Gino Lattuca Quartet Ivan Paduart Herritage | CD |
My impression Herritage | |
| (Le) voyage oublié | Michel Herr trio Ivan Paduart Herritage feat. Philip Catherine | CD | Intuitions Herritage | |
| Your eyes | Michel Herr trio | Intuitions | ||
| Within minutes | Tentet Nonet | Robert Jeanne Quartet Michel Herr Orchestra Michel Herr & Life Lines | TV / R R | Blue landscapes Django d'or 2005 (RTBF) VRT radio |
N.B. : 1) All the links lead to the album pages on which the compositions have been recorded.
2) If you are interested in sheet music, a selection is available on the SHEET MUSIC page.
ARRANGEMENTS
Besides his own jazz compositions, Michel Herr wrote and recorded numerous arrangements for all kinds of instrumental line-ups :
small, medium ensemble, big bands, strings, orchestra...(jazz and occasionally other styles). More details on this page.
FILM MUSIC
He also wrote many soundtracks for movies, television and media. A list is available here, with detailed pages including audio samples and video clips.