Biography
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Chute Libre
Effective period / Period of releases: 1977 - 1978
Members: Mino Cinelu, Gilles Douieb, Éric Letourneux, Olivier Hutman, Denis Barbier, Patrice Cinélu, Olivier De La Taille, Pierre-Jean Gidon, Umberto Pagnini, Philippe Simon (7)
A French jazz band from Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris suburban areas), that released two fusion records with pronounced funk sound. They were a kind of supergroup, with four members previously in Moravagine, flautist Denis Barbier, keyboardist Olivier Hutman, saxophonist Pierre-Jean Gidon and the drummer / percussionist Mino Cinelu (later a much-travelled session musician and member of bands as diverse as Gong or Weather Report). Disbanded in 1979.