ACTIVITY
Since 1978, the GRIM (Association) has organised and
presented 110 concerts, 14
creations, 70 classes (individual and collective), 17
workshops and produced 7 records.
CULTURAL POLICY
Encouragement to improvised music. The GRIM has
received and collaborated
with foreign musicians, painters, sculptors, singers...
VENUES
The GRIM hasnt his own venues in the City but
collaborates year by year with other structures:
National Theater of La Criee, Les Friches Théatre,
Theaters of Merlan, Bernardines, Escoutille,
Massalia (Theater of puppets), Odeon, Cultural Center of
Cours Julien, Cantini Museum, Museum of Fine Arts,
Chapel of the Old Charity, FNAC Marseille (records shop),
Gallery Influx, Faceties Restaurant,
Church of Cordeliers, G.M.E.M. (Group of Experimental
Music of Marseille), Cinemas Le Breteuil,
Cineville Castellane, UGC Capitole and the 2nd European
Documentary Biennal.
AUDIENCE
Around 200 seats by venues.
RELEVANT EVENTS
1979: Nommo and Workshop of Lyon; OLIGOPHONE Concert
- GRIM Quartet with
Michel Portal and Bernard Lubat; Duo Jean Marc Montera
and David Rueff;
Duo David Rueff/Jacqueline Rippart - Show Lionel
Dublanchet; Nommo with
André Jaume and Gérard Siracusa; Duo
André Jaume/Hainer Thym.
1980: Création of GRIM En pleine gestation...;
GRIM Quartet; Oligophone; Saxophones Trio;
Gaam of Nimes; Musique En Chantier; Solo Franois
Mechali; Dubble duo ARFI/GRIM;
Creation of LEstampida Trio with Gérard Siracusa,
Florence Carriere, Franck Royon Le Mee.
1981: Toucher Percussions Quatuor -Solo percussions
and voice Jean Pierre Drouay;
Pierre Cheriza Femelus: Traditional percussions of Hati; Le
Cercle percussions Trio;
Solo André Jaume; Trio Joe Mac Phee, Franois
Mechali, André Jaume;
The NEVIGMEM (New vocal and Instrumental Ensemble
of the Group of Experimental Music of Marseille);
GRIM Quartet; 4 exhibitions of Jazz movies - Duo
André Jaume/Fred Ramamonjiarisoa.
1982: Trio Nu Creative Methods; Creation André
Jaume Octet; Exhibition of Klaus Baumgartner
(Painter) -Module Quartet - Creation : Around the
Percussion of Gérard Siracusa - Exhibition of
Serge Plagnol (Painter) - Duo Jean Marc Montera/Henri
Florens; Nommo with Jean Bolcato;
Trio Jean Marc Montera/Yves Robert/Gérard
Siracusa; duo Djamchid Chemirani/Gérard Siracusa;
Concert Poems of Frederico Garcia-Lorca with Violetta
Ferrer, André Jaume, Raymond Boni.
1983: Phil Minton Solo - Duo Raymond Boni/ Jean Marc
Montera; Barre Philips Solo;
Creation: Due fois Cinq Tentet French-Italian of Jean Marc
Montera;
Le Tour de France Octet - GRIM Sextet and Christiane
Parodi, Serge Plagnol, Danièle Chatenet (Painters);
Siegfried Kessler Solo; Daunik Lazro Solo. 1984: Maarten
Altena Solo; Steve Lacy Solo;
Pierre Favre Solo; Derek Bailey Solo; GRIM Quartet - Mike
Westbrook Sextet;
Creation: André Jaume Sextet; Yonin No Kai:
Traditional and contemporary music from
Japan; Creation: Gérard Siracusa Quartet; Artza
Anaiak Txalaparta from Basque/Spanish Country;
Creation: Jean Marc Montera Quintet; Dave Holland Quintet;
Recitations of Georges Aperghis; Photographic exhibitions
of Jean Paul Brun, Bruno Chevillon, Marie Paule Negre, Guy
Le Querrec,
Louis Paul - Videotheque and Phonotheque Exibithions -
Errance 3 et 8 André Jaume Octet -
1985: Duo André Jaume/Daniel Humair; Thierry
Maucci Quartet; Creation Yves Robert Quartet;
Trio André Jaume/Franois Mechali/Gérard
Siracusa; Duo Benat Achiary/Gérard Siracusa;
GRIM Concert Surprise, Surprise... - Trio Don Friedman;
Honor to Bill Evans René Bottlang.
1986: Duo Thierry Maucci/Louis Sclavis; Duo Raymond
Boni/Yves Robert; The Marvelous Band Sextet;
Duo Helen Merill/Gordon Beck; Honor to Billie Holiday.
Cinema: Trio Nierika Les ouies et les yeux.
Cinema and Music: Unlimited powers to Jean Marc
Montera; GRIM Concert.
1987: Performance Danse, Music, Voice with Isabelle
Dubouloz, Thierry Maucci, Jean Jacques Viton;
Creation Solibrius Gérard Siracusa Solo
Performance Solide Fluides with Yves Robert, Laurent
Galland (sculptor); Performance Je nen ferai rien with
Jean Marc Montera, Piotr Klemensiewicz (sculptor);
GRIM Concert Musiques salées et
sucrées... - Duo Archie Shepp, Horace Parlan
1988: Duo Hervé Bourde, Siegfried Kessler; Duo
Enrico Pieranunzi/Riccardo Del Fra;
The Pat Brothers; Louis Sclavis Quartet; Tete Montoliu;
Creation GRIM Band (Students and Musicians);
Evan Parker; Creation Mar of Jean Marc Montera; A
Little Westbrook Music; Trio Paul Motian;
Trio Yves Robert. 1989: Impossible Trio; Trio Bravo; Rollet
Palace.
1990: Quintet André Jaume and Jean Marc Montera;
Quartet Yves Robert;
Enumérations of Georges Aperghis; Creation
Sophismes et petites Sophies of Christian Tarting and Guy
André Lagesse; Duo André Jaume and
Jimmy Giuffre; French Music Feast: Concert Jean Marc
Montéras project
with Sharp Wood Band (Holland), Marianne Pousseur
Singer (Belgium) and Jean Marc Montéra.
Production of Grims first CD (label Evidence): Des
Satellites avec des Traces de Plumes; Yves Robert Trio.
1991: Fred Frith solo; Carl/Johanson/Von Schlippenbach
Trio; Nozati/Léandre Duo;
Achiary/Holmes/Gumpert Trio; Clusone Trio;
Altena/Lovens/Montéra/Pranger Quartet; Rova
Saxophone Quartet.
1992: Schismatics Quintet; Lagesse/Gobin Duo;
Frith/Montéra Duo; Reichel/Bauer Duo;
Miterrer/Reisinger Duo;
Cooke/Léandre/Montéra Trio;
Mosse/Schulte/Otto Trio. 1993:
Floridis/Lovens/Montéra/Wodraska Quartet;
Actis Dato/Fazio/Mazzone/Minafra/Occhipinti Quintet;
Arcado String Trio; Sainkho Solo and Izmailov/Ocal Duo.
RELEVANT PRODUCTIONS
1988: Marwith the National Theater La Criée.
1990: Sophismes et Petites
Sophies with the Theater Compagny of Le Biscuit qui
Craque. 1991: Want Matches? with the Theater of
Bernardines; creation of Jean Marc Montéra with
Sharp Wood Quartet and Marianne Pousseur.
1992: a performance with Yves Robert and Jean-Paul
Curnier about the project of Book/K7 LExtreme
Ordinaire.
DISCOGRAPHY/PRODUCTIONS
Anna S. et autres histories: J.M.Montéra, Y.Robert,
G.Siracusa (Grim Musiques 1);
Jardins de Paille: G.Siracusa Solo (Grim Musique 2);
Patiences: R.Boni, H.Bourde, A.Jaume, F.Méchali,
J.M.Montéra, F.Ramamonjiarisoa, G.Siracusa (Grim
Musique 3); Elogio dellombra: B.Chevillon, T.Maucci,
J.M.Montéra, G.Siracusa (Grim Musique 4); Des
satellites avec des traces de plumes: B.Chevillon, Y.Robert,
A.Scott (Evidence EVC 08); LExtreme ordinaire:
J.P.Curnier, Y.Robert; A.Lévy, M.Musseau - Book/K7
(LEmpreinte digitale ED 13018); Jeu dEnfants:
C.Tchamitchian Bass Solo (Pan Music PMC 1114).
RADIO/TV/PRESS
National television: FR3; Local television: FR3 Provence;
National Radios: France Culture; Local Radios: Radio
Grenouille; Radio Sprint; Radio Utopie.
National Press: Jazz Magazine, Jazz Hot; Jazz ensuite; Le
Jazzophone; Le Monde de la Musique;
Revolution; Telerama (Radio, TV, Music, News); Viva Local
Press; Le Provenal; Le Méridional;
La Marseillaise; Le Soir; LOfficiel des Loisirs Marseille;
Poche Taktik; La Cote des Arts
NATURE OF THE ORGANISATION
Association law 1901 (forbid benefits). The GRIM receive
subventions from:
French Minister of Culture (Music Directory); Marseille City
Council of the Provence Alpes
Côte dAzur region; Council of the Bouches du
Rhône Department.
The GRIM occasionally benefits from exceptional subsidies
by structures helping musicians on projects.