![]() ![]() Bassist Hugh Hopper enjoyed their show and offered to play in the band. ![]() ![]() In 1985, they played cabarets in and around Paris, and shared the bill with In Cahoots at a festival. Later that year, they added ex-Art Zoyd violinist Franck Cardon for a performance at the Lille festival. In 1984, Anaïd played at the Scandinavy Express festival in Lillers and met Elton Dean, Mimi Lorenzini and Didier Malherbe. They toured around France, playing mainly in Brittany and Yonne. Meyer in turn introduced his pianist Patrick Morgenthaler, and for the next three years, Anaïd was a quartet. At that point, they met guitarist Patrice Meyer, who was added to the duo following a memorable jam. In 1982, they toured Belgium and performed at the Vannes jazz festival, and the Festival des Tombées de la Nuit in Rennes. Anaïd started by playing numerous gigs in small clubs around Brittany, augmented by pianist Claude Delvallé. Delva had previously played in rock and jazz-rock bands, as well as an electro-acoustic duo with Belgian musician Axel Libeert, while Lionet had sung in a choir and played cabarets with a pianist. The name Anaïd (a Russian surname) was primarily chosen for its sound and has no particular meaning. Their original aim was to mix a great variety of musical idioms (from jazz to funk to world music to free rock etc.) into a unique fusion. Anaïd was a band from the North of France, formed in 1981 by percussionist Jean-Max Delva and vocalist Emmanuelle Lionet. ![]()
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