Michel Godard

Michel Godard (born October 3, 1960, Héricourt, France) is a French avant-garde jazz and classical musician. He plays tuba and the predecessor of the tuba, a brass instrument known as the serpent.

Career At 18, Godard was a member of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio-France.

Godard has also played and recorded with the pipeband of the Brittany town Quimper, with reggae star Alpha Blondy, and with Canterbury rock musicians John Greaves and Pip Pyle.

As a composer, he has been commissioned by Radio France, Donaueschingen Music Festival, and the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs.

Discography You Never Lose an Island (dml, 2002) with Patrick Bebelaar, Herbert Joos, Frank Kroll Point of View (dml, 2003) with Frank Kroll, Patrick Bebelaar, Prakash Maharaj, Subhash Maharaj, Vikash Maharaj Cousins Germains (CAM Jazz, 2005) with Christof Lauer, Wolfgang Pusching, Herbert Joos, Frank Tortiller, Wolfgang Reisinger Pantheon (dml, 2007) with Fried Dähn, Patrick Bebelaar, Herbert Joos, Frank Kroll, Carlo Rizzo Three Seasons (HGBS, 2014) with Günter Sommer and Patrick Bebelaar Stupor Mundi (dml, 2014) with Patrick Bebelaar, Gavino Murgia, Carlo Rizzo and Vincent Klink Awakening (Buda Musique, 2019) with Alim Qasimov

With CMC Ensemble Contra Puncta (Losen, 2018)

With Rabih Abou-Khalil The Sultan's Picnic (Enja, 1994) Arabian Waltz (Enja, 1996) Odd Times (Enja, 1997) The Cactus of Knowledge (Enja, 2001) Morton's Foot (Enja, 2003) Songs for Sad Women (Enja, 2007) Em Português (Enja, 2008) Trouble in Jerusalem (Enja, 2010) With Pierre Favre Fleuve (ECM, 2005) With Samo Salamon Nano (Goga, 2006) Fall Memories (Splasc(h) Records, 2007) Live! (Samo Records, 2009) Eleven Stories (Samo Records, 2012)