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Records in order of (known or likely) recording date
* Misha Mengelberg
The Root Of The Problem
hatArt/Helikon (Switzerland) hatArt CD 504 [CD].
1.IC Root No.1 (6'29) 2.IC Root No.2 (3'13)  3.IC Root No.3 (3'50)  4.IC Root No.4 (8'56)  5.IC Root No.5 (7'46)  6.IC Root No.6 (9'11)  7.IC Root No.7 (5'18)  8.IC Root No.8 (3'56)  9.IC Root No.9 (18'12)
Misha Mengelberg - piano; Thomas Heberer - trumpet (2,5,9); Michel Godard - tuba, serpent (1,5,6,9); Steve Potts - soprano and alto saxophone (4,6,7); Achim Kremer - percussion (3,7,8)
recorded at the Loft Cologne during Rheinisches Musikfest May 17-19, 1996

Jean-Louis Mechali
Ciné Club
Quoi De Neuf Docteur [2xCD]1996
CD1: 1. Le billard de milos et les quatre saisons 2. Amnios 3. Caribean Lullabye 4. Takawira 5. Le coq et l'ane 6. Le tango du gardien de phare 7. Le marché aux épices 8. Zapping 9. Morceau Choisi 10. Foggy night à la transat 11. La démarche du canard 12. Le chasseur de lunes 13. Le départ de Gulliver
CD 2: 1. La main chaude 2. Okavongo 3. Elzévira 4. El suspiro del moro 5. Allégorie always Albert 6. La baleine mimétique 7. Le bar de l'entracte 8. Mezzanine pour un suspense 9. White Spirit 10. Gena et John 11. "L'Emile" 12. Berceuse pour deux jumelles 13. Clepsydre 14. Wim 15. Happy End
Jean-Louis Mechali - drums; Paul Rogers - double bass; Elton Dean - saxello (on 4 tracks); Sophia Domancich - piano; Jean-Marc Larché - sax; Philippe Sellam - sax; Jef Sicard - sax; Jacques Di Donato - clarinet; Jean-François Canape - trumpet; Michel Godard - tuba; Jean-François Ott - cello; Denis Tuvéri - accordeon; Malo Vallois - guitar; Jacques Labarrière - keyboards; Jean-Jacques Avenel - bass
unknown recording date (1996?)

NEW ENTRY (July 2004)
*Michel Pascal
Puzzle
INA (France) INA-GRM 275 742 [CD] (2000) 
[1-8.] Puzzle 96    1. Répété (7'22)  2. Portrait du Trio à Cordes de Paris (1'30)  3. Diffractions (5'59)  4. Portrait de Raymond Boni (Pascal/Boni) (1'26)   5. Portrait de Bernard Vitet (Pascal/Vitet) (1'07)   6. Portrait de Michel Godard (Pascal/Godard) (1'07)   7. Vents (5'22)  8. Portrait de Brigitte Sylvestre (1'52)
9. Portrait de Daniel Kientzy (Pascal/Kientzy) (2'04)  10. Ram (11'28)   11. Portrait de Pierre Yves Artaud aux Six Flutes (Pascal/Artaud) (1'39)  12. Centuring Solo (10'47)  13. Portrait de Michel Lethiec (1'24)
[14-17.] Puzzle 99    14. Rondes (11'11)   15. Portrait d'Alexandre Ouzounoff (Pascal/Ouzounoff) (1'21)   16. Trois Temps (6'58)   17. Portrait de Gérard Frémy (Pascal/Frémy) (1'11)
Composed by Pascal except as noted
Michel Pascal - sampler. The musicians of the imaginary orchestra: Bernard Vitet - trumpet; Vinko Globokar - trombone; Patrice Petitdidier - horn; Michel Godard - tuba; Pierre Yves Artaud - flutes; Jean Querlier - oboe; Alexandre Ouzounoff - bassoon; Michel Lethiec - clarinet; Daniel Kientzy - saxophones; Charles Frey - violin; Michel Michalakakos - viola; Jean Grout - cello; Raymond Boni - guitar; Brigitte Sylvestre - harp; Elisabeth Chojnacka - harpsichord; Gérard Frémy - piano; Barre Phillips - bass; Pablo Cueco - zarb.
Primary recordings with Michel Godard at Studio Steve Shehan. Other recording dates not specified (first version of Puzzle was realized in 1996, the second one in 1999)Note: The orchestra and its actions were created by Pascal on base of sound samples of the musicians.

NEW ENTRY (May 2004)
Various Artists
Buenaventura Durruti
nato 777 733 [2xCD] 1996
1. Héritage 2. Canto para un pajaro 3. Ya basta ! 4. Basta ya ! 5. Vivan las utopias ! 6. El paso del Ebro 7. Durruti no ha muerto 8. Despedida 9. Hijos del pueblo 10. A las barricadas 11. Los nosotros 12. Los solidarios 13. Mientras yo hablo con vos 14. Walk [They shall not pass] 15. Ascaso 16. Buenaventura Durruti 17. Lau sasu * Abiatze 18. Lettre du Front Farlete, le 30 octobre 1936 19. La vida de la columna 20. Durruti-Zapata 21. Los cuatro generales * Muleros 22. Toujours 23. Cancion de Montjuich 24. Les barricades mysterieuses 25. Vivan las utopias 26. Rappel: Congrès de la CNT, mai 1936 27. Buenaventura 28. Memorias del olvido 29. Eric Blair, october 1937 30. La traicion de los segadores y la Arenna francesa 31. Angels [from Guernica] 32. Free 33. Donde estan ustedes [Los hombres de la Columna Durruti en el Campo de Vernet] 34. Gorets 35. Testamento de Durruti 36. Post sciptum
Performers: Evan Parker, Noel Akchote, Steve Arguelles, Abel Paz, Benat Achiary, Elsa Birge, Nathalie Richard, Tony Coe, Lol Coxhill, Benoit Delbecq, Marc Ducret, Bernard Vitet, Francois Corneloup, Herve Legeay, Xavier Desandre Navarre, Tony Hymas, Helene Labarriere, Didier Petit, Un Drame Musical Instantane, Michel Godard, Jean-Jacques Birge, Joe Carioca, Henry Lowther, Ladybones Trombone Quartet, Tracy Holloway, Abigail Newman, Sarah Williams, Paul Clarvis, Carmen Alvarez, El Roto, Paco Narvaez, Violeta Ferrer, Carol Robinson, Lucie Recio, La Marmite Infernale, Jean-Paul Autin, Jean Bolcato, Michel Boiton, Phil Minton, Jean-Francois Pauvros, Raymond Boni, Philippe Carles, Sylvain Kassap and others.
track line-ups and recording dates (1996?) not known.

* Sylvie Courvoisier
Ocre
Enja Records Matthias Winckelmann (Germany) ENJ-9323 2 [CD] 1997
1. Gugging (Courvoisier) (3‘51) 2. Anecdote 1 (Charial) (0‘31) 3. La Goualante de l'Idiot (Courvoisier) (6‘56) 4. Anecdote 2 (Charial) (0‘45) 5. Machines-à-sons (Charial) (8‘32) 6. Ensorcelirradiant (Courvoisier) (1‘38) 7. Triton et Demi (Courvoisier) (6‘24) 8. Anecdote 3 (Charial)(0‘55) 9. Curio in Trivia (In memory of Hugo Pratt) (Courvoisier)(6‘40) 10. Anecdote 4 (Charial) (1‘08) 11. Terre d'Agala (Courvoisier) (6‘01) 12. Viable (Godard/Courvoisier) (1‘45) 13. Paradiso Perduto (Courvoisier) (3‘16) 14. Tabular (Charial) (7‘56) 15. Gnou-Gnou Valse (Charial) (0‘45)
Sylvie Courvoisier - piano, prepared piano; Pierre Charial - barrelorgan; Michel Godard - tuba (1, 3, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14), serpent (3);Tony Overwater - double bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 14); Mark Nauseef -percussion (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14)
recorded August 1996 at CMP Studio Zerkall, Germany

NEW ENTRY (February 2004)
* Various Artists
Les Allumés Du Jazz: Le Collector
Les Allumés Du Jazz (France) ADJ 002 [CD] 1997
9. Mothers (Marais/Godard/Canape) (3'32)
Gérard Marais - guitar; Michel Godard - tuba; Jean-François Canape - flugelhorn
recorded september 25, 1996 at studio Gil Evans, Amiens (France)
Note: This CD was not sold, but given away to buyers of two records of the French selection "Les allumes du jazz" in 1997.
18 further tracks of the CD with Jacki McLean, Martial Solal, Tony Hymas, Judy Niemack, Henri Texier, François Jeanneau, Didier Levallet, Enrico Pieranunzi and many others, but without Michel Godard.

* Various Artists
La Banda
Enja Records Matthias Winckelmann (Germany) ENJ 9326 [2 CDs] 1997
CD 2:
1. Una Serenata (Galeazzi)(3‘18) 2. Tra La Folla, Mora, Mormora (Godard-Matinier)(20‘57) 3. Time Is an Empty Bottle of Wine (Breuker)(30‘02) 4. Sacra Romana Rota (N. Rota, arr. by Tommaso) (21’37)
CD 1: Traditional Italian Banda. Banda Città Ruvo Di Puglia, directed by Michele di PuppoCD 2: Banda & Jazz. Banda Città Ruvo Di Puglia, conducted by Bruno Tommaso (on 1,2, 4) and Willem Breuker (on 3) featuring the following soloists:Lucilla Galeazzi (vocal) (on 1, 2 of CD 2); Pino Minafra (trumpet) (on 3, 4 of CD 2); Michel Godard (tuba) (on all pieces of CD 2);Jean-Louis Matinier (acc (on all pieces of CD 2); Gianluigi Trovesi clarinet, alto saxophone (on 4 of CD 2), bassclarinet (on 3 of CD 2); Willem Breuker soprano saxophone (on 3 of CD 2)
recorded live at the Donaueschinger Musiktage SWF Jazz Session, October 19, 1996, Donaueschingen (Germany)
Note: CD 1 documents instrumental versions of popular Italian opera ouvertures and arias in arrangements of traditional Italian Banda music and is without Godard and the other Jazz musicians resp. Ms. Galeazzi.

* Michel Godard
Sous Les Voutes, Le Serpent...
MA Recordings (USA) M 048 A [CD] 1998
1. Victimae Paschali Laudes (trad./Godard) 8‘34 2. Lise (Bsiri/Godard) 8‘43 3. Serpentus (Godard) 10‘54 4. Conversation pour l'éternité (Bsiri/Nauseef)(4‘11) 5. Serpent Chant (Godard/Nauseef)(4‘24) 6. A Black Dust Cloud, and Stars Embedded In Caseous Nebulosities (For Carl Sagan) (Nauseef)(5‘31) 7. Introduction to "Qui Vult Venire Post Me" (Nauseef)(1‘35) 8. Qui Vult Venire Post Me (trad./Godard)(8‘12) 9. Tuba Chant (Godard/Nauseef)(4‘36)
Michel Godard - serpent, tuba (9); Linda Bsiri - voice (2, 4 8); trumpet marine (1, 3, 8); Mark Nauseef - percussion; Pedro Estevan - percussion (1, 3, 8)
Recorded at Monasterio de la Santa Espine, Valladolid, Spain, March 1997

* Rabih Abou-Khalil
Odd Times
Enja Records Matthias Winckelmann (Germany) ENJ-9330 2 [CD]
1. The Sphinx And I (6‘35) 2. Dr. Gieler's Prescription (5‘15) 3. Elephant Hips (10‘15) 4. Q-Tips (4‘34) 5. Son Of Ben Hur (11‘29) 6. The Happy Sheik (9‘32) 7. One Of Those Days (10‘31) 8. Rabou- Abou- Kabou (6‘52)
All compositions by Abou-Khalil
Rabih Abou-Khalil - oud; Howard Levy - harmonica; Michel Godard - tuba, serpent; Mark Nauseef - drums; Nabil Khaiat - frame drums
recorded live May 11-13, 1997 at the Stadtgarten Cologne
(1) is included in the CD compilation "T+A präsentiert 65 Minuten audiophile Tophits" which was enclosed to the German journal "Audio" at the occasion of its 20 years' jubilee.

* Pierre Favre Singing Drums
Souffles
Intakt Records (Switzerland) Intakt CD 049 [CD]
1. Cabezas y Calabazas (6‘08) 2. Erba Luce (14‘14) 3. Ritual To a Funeral (8‘14) 4. Felix Dancing In Own Space (5‘58) 5. Que Bebe El Pez Del Marques (4‘13) 6. Michelangelo (5‘08) 7. Red Socks Dance (7‘12) 8. Lost Ghost (3‘39)
All compositions by Favre
Pierre Favre - percussion; Lucas Niggli - percussion; Roberto Ottaviano - saxophones; Michel Godard - tuba, serpent (3)
recorded June 1997 at St. Gerold (Switzrland)

* Francesco Branciamore
Trade d'union
Improvisation Of The Four Seasons
Caligola Records (Italy) c2033 [CD] (2000)
1. Winter (9’04) 2. Spring (13’27) 3. Summer (8’05) 4. Autumn (23’21)
All compositions by Branciamore
Francesco Branciamore - drums; Guido Mazzon - trumpet; Paul Rutherford - trombone; Michel Godard - tuba, serpent
Recorded live at the Sienna Jazz Festival, Italy, in July 1997

* Dolmen Orchestra
Sequenze Armoniche
Leo Records (UK) CD LR 291 [CD] 2000
1. Sequenza (Marco Sannini) (11‘38) 2. Wodoyotha (Claudio Lugo) (8‘21) 3. Contemplation For A Sacral Sequence (Nico Marziliano) (16‘02) 4. Ferma L'Ali (Michel Godard) (16‘46) 5. Sequenza Armonica (Nicola Pisani) (23‘27)
Marco Sannini - trumpet; Alfredo Sette - trumpet; Pino Melfi (1, 3, 4, 5) - trumpet; Vito Mitoli (2) - trumpet; Franco Angiulo - trombone; Michele Marrano - french horn; Nino Bisceglie (1, 3, 4, 5) - tuba; Paola Cicolella - flute; Nicola Puntillo - clarinet, bass clarinet; Vittorio Gallo -- saxophones; Felice Mezzina - saxophones; Gaetano Partipilo - saxophones; Pasquale Gadaleta - doublebass;Antonio Dambrosio - drums; Aldo Bagnoni - percussion; Armanda Desiderj (1, 3, 4, 5) - percussion; Enrico Del Gaudio (2) - percussion; Giovannangelo De Gennaro (5) - voice, tampoura; Linda Bsiri - voice, sea trumpet (4); Michel Godard - tuba (1-4), serpent (5); John Surman - baritone (1,5) and soprano (2-4) saxophones; Nicola Pisani - conductor
recorded live July 20, 1997, Molfetta; July 20, 1998, Bari; July 21, 1998, Barletta (recording dates according to Dan Kurdilla's John Surman discography)

* Cristina Zavalloni
Come valersi non servilmente di B.Brecht
Centro Musica Creativa Records (Italy) CMC9981-2 [CD](1998)
1. Presentatore (0’38) 2. Canzone blanca (2’28) 3. Elogio della dimenticanza (Brecht-Zavalloni) (0’53)4. La beffa (4’45)5. Monologo Stefano (1’30)6. Boulette (6’09) 7. Nightmare (2’55)8. Dialogo Michel-Stefano (0’26)9. Lu tradimiento (Gaetano Donizetti) (3’55) 10. Terzo salmo (Brecht-Zavalloni) (7’20)11. La convivenza umana (0’44)12. La vita e dura (5’11)13. 50 anni fa (Paolo Zavallone) (2’50) 14. Dialogo tuba-batteria (free talk)( 2’32)15. Barbara song (Brecht-Weill) (7’36)
all compositions and texts by Cristina Zavalloni except as indicated; (1), (5), (8) and (14) are “free talks”.
Cristina Zavalloni - voice; Stefano De Bonis - piano, voice; Glauco Zuppiroli - double bass, voice; Francesco Cusa - drums, percussion, voice; Michel Godard - tuba, serpent on #6,7,8,10,12,13,14; Kaos Ensemble - on 10, 11
recorded and mixed July and November 1997 at Antoniano Studios, Bologna (Italy)

* Pasquale Innarella
Pirotecnic Sonore. Concerto grosso for wind popular orchestra and improvisors.
Splasc(h) Records (Italy) H 661.2 [CD] 1998
Evan Parker, tenor & soprano sax; Michel Godard, tuba, sea conch; Guido Mazzon, trumpet; Pasquale Innarella, French horn; Renato Geremia, violin, flute, clarinet, alto sax; Elio Martusciello, concrete & electronic sounds; Mauro Orselli, selected drums, Ufip cymbals; Orsara, Panitii, Lacedonia and Montaguto instrumental groups.
Recorded live in Orsara, Italy, August 3, 1997.
Note: Pirotecnie Sonore is a concerto for winds, popular orchestra and improvisers in which Innarella combines composed sections for a popular wind orchestra with the work of seven improvisers. Having recorded their concert, Innarella reworked the tapes to construct a further variation for CD.

* Gérard Marais Sextet
Sous Le Vent
Harmonia Mundi (F) HOP 20018 [CD] 1998
1. Crepuscule 2. Embarquement Pour Cyber 3. Encore 4. Federico Ciao 5. Kind Of Spain 6. La Ballade De Frenchie 7. Lill' Voy' 8. Lost Bar Blues 9. M'oderne 10. Navire Urbain 11. Poor Lonesome Guitarist Solitaire 12. Seriel Killer 13. Sous Le Vent
Gérard Marais - guitar; Yves Robert - trombone; Henry Texier - double bass; Michel Godard - tuba; Jean-François Canape - trumpet, flugelhorn; Jacques Mahieux drums
recorded September, 1997

* Linda Sharrock, Michel Godard,Wolfgang Puschnig
Dream Weavers
Label Hopi (France) HOP 200017 (France) [CD] 1997
1. Breath of Life (Sharrock-Godard-Puschnig) (4‘01) 2. Far Horizon (Sharrock) (9‘35) 3. Deep Memories (Godard/Sharrock) (5‘53) 4. Motherless Child (Billie Holiday) (5‘53) 5. Samai For Nabil (Godard) (7‘12) 6. I Believe (Puschnig) (8‘07) 7.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Pharoah Sanders) (5‘59) 8. Sweet Mystery (Godard/Sharrock) (4‘43) 9. Far Away (Sharrock) (6‘02)
Linda Sharrock, voice; Wolfgang Puschnig, alto saxophones, flutes; Michel Godard, tuba, serpent, shells
recorded September 19 - 22, 1997 at Studio Val d’Orgè (France)

* Guido Mazzon
If
Splasc(h) Records (Italy) CDH 629.2 [CD]
1. The Solitary Bird (8’47) 2. Theme de .... (3’58) 3. And Now The Sun (4’29) 4. Carpe Diem (4’31) 5. Variazioni sul tema (4’16) 6. If (4’31) 7. Et Voilà (4’50) 8. Squirrel Song (4’48)
Music and lyrics by Mazzon
Guido Mazzon - trumpet; Michel Godard - tuba; Umberto Petrin - piano; Maria Elena Moro (1, 3, 4, 6, 8) - voice
Recorded November 20-21 1997 at Obelix Studio, Legnano (Italy)

IMPROVED ENTRY (April 2005)
* The Multiphonics Tuba Trio (Renato Geremia, Michel Godard, Tiziano Tononi)
Tre cose
Splasc(h) Records (Italy) CDH 635.2 [CD]
1. Suite for Silvia (10'26) 2. Four Times (9'15) 3. Rockin' & Rollin' (8'28) 4. Ritratto di U.B. (Godard) (7'36) 5. Tre Cose (reprise) (1'31) 6. Lulu Suite (Tononi) (22'28) 7. Ballata (8'27)
All compositions by R. Geremia except as indicated.
Renato Geremia - piano, violin, flute, clarinet, (alto , tenor, soprano)saxophone; Michel Godard - tuba, serpent on # 5; Tiziano Tononi - drums, percussion, gongs, Udu drum
Recorded at Luppi's Studio, Milano, on December 2 and 3, 1997, January 9, 1998.

Joseph-Marie Amiot
Messe des Jésuites de Pékin
Auvidis (France) Astrée E 8642 [CD] (1998)
1. Actiones nostras 2. Acte d'humilité 3. Kyrie 4. Prélude 'Pin bambou, prunus Asperion de l'eau' 5. Gloria 6. Sanctus 7. Elévation de l'hostie, Elévation du calice 8. Salve regina 9. Per la Nativita della beata vergine 10. L'oie qui se pose Sanctissima 11. Per la Nativita della beata vergine 12. Pater 13. Agnus 14. Communion 15. Prière à Jésus-Christ 16. Prière au Saint Sacrement 17. Prière après l'office 18. Le chant des oies sur leur passage 19. Ave Maria
Ensemble Meihua Fleur de Prunus
Choeur du Centre Catholique Chinois de Paris, directed by François Picard
XVIII - 21, Musique des Lumières, directed by Jean-Christophe Frisch
recorded January 1998

Arban Concert Brass Ensemble
Music of Scott Joplin & Claude Bolling
Arion (France) Arion 64022 [CD] 1988
1. The Ragtime Dance (Joplin) (2’45) 2. The Junk Man Rag (Roberts) (2’34) 3. Bethena Concert Waltz (Joplin) (5’34) 4. Mississippi Rag (Krell) (3’14) 5.Golliwog's Cakewalk (Debussy) (2’32) 6.The Easy Winners (Joplin) (2’41) 7.The Harlem Rag (Turpin) (2’19) 8.The Cascades (Joplin) (2’25) 9. Pleasant Moments (Joplin) (3’02) 10. Lassus Trombone (Fillmore) (2’21) 11. Ragtime du Paquebot (Satie) (1’38) 12. The Chevy Chase (Blake) (3’30) 13. Chantecler Rag (Bolling) (3’55)
Michel Godard - tuba, arranger; John Iveson - arranger; Thierry Caens - trumpet, arranger, piccolo, flugelhorn;Yves Favre - trombone; Eric Vernier - Cor;Arthur Frackenpohl - Arranger

* Kudsi Erkuner
Ottomania. Sufi-Jazz-Project
Act (Germany) Act 9006-2 [CD] 1999
1. Semai (Cemil Bey)(5‘48) 2. Sufimaj (Erguner)(4‘37) 3. Dua (Erguner)(12‘55) 4. Free Space (Erguner)(7‘47) 5. Nefes (Erguner)(9‘06) 6. Hi-Jazz (Erguner)(9‘18)
Kudsi Erguner - ney (flute); Christof Lauer - saxophones; Derya Turkan - kemençe; Michel Godard - tuba, serpent; Mehmet Emin Bitmez - ud; Yves Rousseau - doublebass; Hakan Gungor - kanun; Bruno Caillat - bendir, zarb, tabla, daf, traditional percussions; Necib Gulses - tanbur; Mark Nauseef - drums
recorded 1-5 may 1998 at Imaj Studios, Istanbul

* Michel Godard
Castel Del Monte
Enja Records Matthias Winckelmann (Germany) ENJ-9362 2 [CD]2000
1. Ciaconna (Godard)(4‘58) 2. La muntagnella (trad., arr. Godard) (3‘18) 3. Serpent d'or (Bsiri-Godard)(5‘24) 4. C'era una strega, c'era una fata (Trovesi) (5‘18) 5. Canto della Sibilla (trad., arr. Godard)(8‘12) 6. Huit (Matinier)(3‘00) 7. Preghiera (Bsiri-Minafra)(5‘49) 8. Un (Godard-Favre)(2‘45) 9. Ah! Vita bella (Galeazzi)(3‘54) 10. Crisbell (Trovesi)(6‘07) 11. Le vent respire (Godard-Minafra)(4‘11) 12. Magnificat (trad., arr. Godard)(6‘58) 13. Una serenata (Galeazzi)(3‘52) 14. Cathedrale sans nom (Bsiri)(0‘50) 15. Murmures (Bsiri-Godard)(6‘12) 16. Voi che amate (trad.)(2‘32)
Michel Godard - tuba, serpent (except 6, 14, 16); Pino Minafra - trumpet, flugelhorn (on 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15); Gianluigi Trovesi - alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet (on 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15); Jean-Louis Matinier - accordion (on 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15); Renaud Garcia-Fons - double bass (on 1); Pierre Favre - drums, percussion (on 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12); Lucilla Galeazzi - voice (on 9, 13, 14, 16); Linda Bsiri - voice, trumpet marin (on 2, 3, 5, 7, 14, 15)
recorded September 15-17, 1998 at Castel del Monte, Ruovo di Puglia (Italy)

* Christof Lauer
Fragile Network
Act (Germany) Act 9266-2 [CD] 1999?
1. Flying Carpets (Lauer)(7‘26) 2. Human Voice (Lauer)(9‘14) 3. Vernasio (Godard)(4‘41) 4. Ferma l’ali (Godard)(5‘19) 5. Facing Interviews (Lauer)(6‘09) 6. Fais attention p’tit garçon(Godard)(5‘21) 7. Ursus major (Lauer)(7‘09) 8. Open Noisy (Ducret)(6‘25) 9. Werther (Lauer)(5‘36)
Christof Lauer - tenor & soprano saxophone; Marc Ducret - guitar; Michel Godard - tuba, serpent; Anthony Cox - doublebass;Gene Jackson - drums
recorded September 23-28 1998 at CMP studio Zerkall, Germany

* Sylvie Courvoisier Ocre
Y2K
Enja Records Matthias Winckelmann (Germany) ENJ-9383 2 [CD] 2000
1. Y2K (Courvoisier)(4‘40) 2. Too Suite (Courvoisier)(8‘44) 3. Abra (Courvoisier) (5‘15) 4. La valse des fromages blancs (Charial) (2‘56) 5. La cigale ivre s'envoie en l'air (Courvoisier)(4‘26) 6. Mutant (Courvoisier)(8‘16) 7. Sarajevo (Charial) (3‘25) 9. Crasse-Tignasse (Courvoisier)(5‘46) 10. Machines-a-sons (Charial)(6‘33) 11. Fluxus (Courvoisier)(8‘55)
Sylvie Courvoisier piano, prepared piano; Pierre Charial barrel organ;Michel Godard tuba, serpent
recorded March 26, 27 & 28, 1999 at The Loft, Cologne, Germany

IMPROVED ENTRY (May 2005)
Various Artists
Musicians On A Mission: Moondive 3'99
VPRO Broadcasting Hilversum/ Eigenwijs (Netherlands) EW 9956 [2xCD] 1999
CD 1
1, Murmure (Godard) (6'28) 2. The Welcome (11'25) 3.Gulf Stream Dream (10'08) 4. Kosume (Sylla) (10'51) 5. SV2(Reijseger) (4'54) 6. Double Duty (Reijseger) (10'22)
CD 2
1. Triplet Down (Joseph/Veldman) (8'16) 2. Disguise Is TheLimit (6'04) 3. Mbaar (van Roon/Sylla) (4'02) 4. Three plusOne (7'15) 5. Groovy (Joseph) (8'25) 6. Music for Drums and DJ(van Roon/Veldman) (6'48) 7. Raykwela (Reijseger) (13'38) 8. The Welcome (13'00)
all compositions by Ray Anderson except as noted.
Ray Anderson - trombone; Ernst Reijseger - cello; Michel Godard - tuba, serpent; Eddy Veldman - drums; Ruben van Roon - electronics, percussion; Mola Sylla - voice; Lesley Joseph - bass guitar.
recorded live at the Paradiso, Amsterdam on Juni, 18, 1999.
Note: CD was distributedby the Dutch radio station VPRO, but is no longer available.

* Vincent Courtois
Translucide
Enja Records Matthias Winckelmann (Germany) ENJ-9380 2 [CD] 2000
1. Ligne droite (2’34) 2. Translucide (5’17) 3. Lettre à Louis (3’20) 4. Que reste-t-il de nos Yorks? (4’16) 5. Cadence du milieu (10’07) 6. La fille et l'affiche (3’30) 7. Vol d'éléphant (Part 1) (1’16) 8. Vol d'éléphant (Part 2) (3’21) 9. Soft Distortions (0‘54) 10. L'ombre sout le lit (1’43) 11. Le petit cheval (2’54) 12. Blanc sur blanc (2’31)
All compositions by Courtois except (11) by G. Brassens & P. Fort
Vincent Courtois - violoncello, Noël Akchoté (2, 9, 12) - guitar, Michel Godard (8) - tuba , serpent, Yves Robert (4, 6) - trombone
Recorded at “La Chaudière”, Les Lilas (France), in July 1999

* Various Artists
Magic Moments. The Ultimate ACT World Jazz Anthology Vol. IV
Act (Germany) ACT 9280-2 [CD] 2000
15. Ferma l'ali (Godard) 5‘47
Christof Lauer - tenor saxophone; Marc Ducret - guitar; Michel Godard -tuba;Gene Jackson - drums
recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival July, 15, 1999.
Note: This sampler contains also “Sufimaj” from Kudsi Erguner’s “Ottomania” (ACT 9006-2). All other pieces are without Godard.

* Double Jeu Trio featuring Michel Godard
Altri Souni (Switzerland) AS 052 [CD] 2000?
1. Trouble Jeu, dio! (François Chevrolet) 2. Refunk (François Chevrolet) 3. Evaporation (Bernard Trontin) 4. Dream time (Double Jeu Quartet) 5. Hollyland (François Chevrolet) 6. Alea (François Chevrolet) 7. Zeitgeist (Double Jeu Quartet) 8. Lefteria (François Chevrolet) 9. Lunapark (François Chevrolet) 10. Vigor (Double Jeu Quartet) 11. Ostinato (François Chevrolet)
François Chevrolet - saxophone; Christian Graf - guitar, looping devices; Bernard Trontin - drums, samples; Michel Godard - tuba
recorded July 1999 at Studio Artefax, Lausanne

* Pierre Favre
European Chamber Ensemble
Intakt (Switzerland) Intakt CD 062 [CD]
1. Amarcord d’un ross (10‘23) 2. Edelreh an der Bar (4‘43) 3. In caso di nebbia (1‘56) 4. Music 4 + 7 (2‘14) 5. Sito (7‘32) 6. Rosa’s Pink Hat (3‘37) 7. La valse (4’10) 8. Passage (2‘20) 9. Le scorpion (2‘15) 10. Mort d’Euridice (4‘45) 11. L’homme qui rit (4‘34) 12. A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud (4‘52) 13. Colonel Sorbet (1‘58)
All compositions by Favre
Pierre Favre - percussion; Lucas Niggli - percussion; Markus Lauterburg - percussion (on 2, 9 only); Benjamin Brodbeck - percussion (on 2, 9 only); Roberto Ottaviano - saxophones; Michel Godard - tuba, serpent; Philipp Schaufelberger - guitar; Karel Boeschoten - violine;Marius Ungureanu - viola;Pierre-François Massy - doublebass
recorded October, 1999 at Radio Studio Zurich (Switzerland).

IMPROVED ENTRY (May 2003)
* Tiziano Tononi & The Society Of Freely Sincopated Organic Pulses
We did it, we did it! The Music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk And More
Splasc(h) Records (Italy) WS CDH 811/812/813 [3xCD]
A 1. De-Tuning (Tononi) (0’59) A 2. Amazing Graze (Trad.) (4’09) A 3. Open Strings (Tononi) (3’06) A 4. We Free Kings (Kirk) (2’47) A 5. A Handfull Of Fives (Kirk) (3’08) A 6. Duality (Tononi) (2’37) A 7. A Laugh For Rory (Kirk) (4’24) A 8. Creole Love Call (Ellington) (9’47) A 9. The Mooche (Ellington - Mills) (12’07) A 10. Happy Sad, Like Everybody Else (Tononi) (3’47) A 11. The Black & Crazy Blues (Kirk) (9’27) A 12. Juxtaposition: Against/With (Tononi) (1’53) A 13. Geo(metrics) (Tononi) (3’03) A 14. The Inflated Tear (Kirk) (6’30) A 15. Theme For The Eulipions (Kirk) (10’10)
B 1. Isn’t It That Crazy (Tononi) (1’16) B 2. Variable Density (Tononi) (5’46) B 3. Pedal Up (Kirk) (3’50) B 4. Chamber Music .... (Tononi) (0’43) B 5. .... Getting Groovy (Tononi) (0’58) B 6. Clickety Clack (Kirk) (2’28) B 7. Serenade To A Cuckoo (Kirk) (6’24) B 8. The Jitterbug Waltz (Fats Waller) (4’35) B 9. Petite Fleur (Sidney Bechet) (4’44) B 10. The Sacred Metal Forest (Tononi) (5’20) B 11. Blacknuss (Kirk) (1’34) B 12. 15 Miles/Electric (Tononi) (4’15) B 13. The 3 Tenors (Tononi) (2’14) B 14. Spirits Up Above (Kirk) (4’16) B 15. Olù-Batà (Tononi) (1’57) B 16. Volunteered Slavery (Kirk) (7’25) B 17. Ecclusiastics (Mingus) (5’17) B 18. Goodbye, Pork-Pie Hat (Mingus) (7’19) B 19. Remember Rockefeller At Attica (Mingus) (3’30) B 20. Attica Blues (Mingus) (4’48)
C 1. Orchestral De-Tuning # 2 in Gb (Tononi) (0’39) C 2. Gongs, 5’s & 7’s (Tononi) (3’46) C 3. Rip, Rig and Panic (Kirk) (4’41) C 4. Mistical Movement (Tononi) (1’43) C 5. Slippery, Hippery, Flippery (Kirk) (2’45) C 6. White Noise, No Noise (Tononi) (2’53) C 7. Narrow Bolero (The Jungle Version) (Kirk) (3’11) C 8. No Tonic Press (Kirk) (5’09) C 9. Misterioso (Monk) (3’01) C 10. After The Rain (J. Coltrane) (6’02) C 11. Ebrauqs (Kirk) (10’37) C 12. The Multiphonics Tuba Trio (Tononi) (2’07) C 13. Slippery, Hippery, Flippery (Kirk) (7’33) C 14. Juarez (Kirk) (11’05) C 15. Master Blaster (St. Wonder) (4’12) C 16. Hear My Train ‘A Comin’ (J. Hendrix) (4’31) C 17. Redemption Song (B. Marley) (4’07)
All music arranged, mixed and edited by Tononi
Herb Robertson (A 7-15, B 10-17, 19-20, C 1-8, 11-15) - trumpet; Beppe Caruso (A 1-15, B 1-20, , C 1-3, 11-16) - trombone, euphonium, tuba, shells; Michel Godard (A 7-15, C 1-8, 11-14)- tuba; Daniele Cavallanti (A 1-15, B 1-20, C 1-9, 11-15)- tenor, baritone saxophone; Renato Geremia - violin, soprano and alto saxophone (A 1-7, 11, B 1-9, 18, 20, C 11), tenor saxophone B 13, flute and clarinet (C 1-3); Riccardo Luppi - flute, piccolo, soprano saxophone (A 10-15, B 1-9, 20, C 1-8, 10-15), tenor saxophone B 13; Achille Succi (A 1-15, B 1-7, C 1-8, 10, 14, 15) - bass clarinet, alto saxophone; Gianluigi Trovesi (B 17-19, C 3)- clarinets, alto saxophone; Alberto Tacchini (A 1- 7, A 10-15, B 1-17, 19-20, C 10-17) - piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, Hohner melodika; Roberto Cecchetto (A 1-9, B 1-16, 18, 20, C 1-9, 16)- electric and acoustic guitar; Tito Mangialajo (A 1-15, B 1-16, 20, C 1-8, 10-17) - doublebass; Pietro Leveratto (B 1-7, 17, 19) - doublebass; Victor Beard (A 15, B 20, C 17) - recitation; Roberta Parsi (A 15, B 18) - voice, recitation; Rahsaan Roland Kirk (B 6) - Rahsaantalk; Andrea Rainoldi (A 1-7, B 1-7, B 10-16, C 1-8)- sampler, electronic devices, turntables; Tiziano Tononi - drums, percussion, gongs, siren etc.
Recorded December 11-17, 1999 at Studio L’Isola, Milan (Italy)


Michel Godard is also playing on Enrico Rava's adaption of Bizet's "Carmen" (cf. Discography for 1900-1995)