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Take Five With Noel Akchote

By AAJ Staff
December 15, 2013
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Meet Noel Akchote:
Trained from the age of eight, Noel Akchote debuted as a guitarist in 1990. Noel Akochote has collaborated with a wide variety of musicians like

Henri Texier

bass
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Henri Texier,

Louis Sclavis

woodwinds
b.1953

" data-original-title="" title="">Louis Sclavis,

Daniel Humair

drums
b.1938

" data-original-title="" title="">Daniel Humair, Jacques Thollot,

Sam Rivers

saxophone, tenor
1923 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Sam Rivers,

Derek Bailey

guitar
1932 - 2005

" data-original-title="" title="">Derek Bailey,

Eugene Chadbourne

guitar
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Eugene Chadbourne, Fred Firth,

Evan Parker

saxophone, soprano
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Evan Parker,

Lol Coxhill

saxophone, soprano
b.1932

" data-original-title="" title="">Lol Coxhill,

Tim Berne

saxophone, alto
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Tim Berne, and

George Lewis

trombone
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">George Lewis. Later in his career, Akchote began contributing on records by artists like David Grubbs,

Lucas Ferrari

piano
b.1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Lucas Ferrari,

David Sylvian

vocals
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">David Sylvian, J.G Thirwell's band Steroid Maximus,

" data-original-title="" title="">Max Nagl, Andrew Sharpley, Jean-Francois Pauvros, and Dylan Carlson's Earth. Akchote is the founder of Rectangle Records and is the older brother of French electro artist, Sebastian.

Instrument(s):
Guitar.

Teachers and/or influences?
Philippe Petit,

Tal Farlow

guitar
1921 - 1998

" data-original-title="" title="">Tal Farlow,

Philip Catherine

guitar
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Philip Catherine,

Christian Escoude

guitar
b.1947

" data-original-title="" title="">Christian Escoude,

Bill Frisell

guitar, electric
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell,

John Abercrombie

guitar
1944 - 2017

" data-original-title="" title="">John Abercrombie, and

Rene Thomas

guitar
1927 - 1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Rene Thomas.

I knew I wanted to be a musician when...
I was eight years old.

Your sound and approach to music:
Guitarist.

Your teaching approach:
Share each student's questions as if they would be mind and think together by playing the questions together.

Your dream band:
Interactive.

Favorite venue:
Pit Inn and Super Deluxe, which are both in Tokyo, and Vienna's Porgy & Bess.

Your favorite recording in your discography and why?
The coming ones.

What do you think is the most important thing you are contributing musically?
Haven't figured it out yet.

By Day:
Guitarist.

If I weren't a jazz musician, I would be a:
Guitarist.

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