Born near Belfort (France) in 1960, Michel Godard soon established himself as an extraordinarily versatile exponent of the tuba, pursuing a career in jazz and classical music.Today he is one of the most virtous tuba and serpent players in Jazz as well as in improvised music. This site informs about his activities in its diversity.
The tuba, alas, has a reputation of being the least cool and most cumbersome of the family of brass instruments - until the album Tuba Tuba, that is. A quartet of two tubas, accordion, and drums, Tuba is the vehicle for American Dave Bargeron (Blood Sweat & Tears, many big bands) and Michel Godard (French National Orchestra, Ray Anderson). Each fellow endows his tuba with exhilarating swing, grace, and (of course) humor on classics by Charlie Parker and John Coltrane.