Le GGRIL (Grand Groupe Régional d’Improvisation Libérée) is a Québécois, Rimouski-based experimental improvising ensemble that has collaborated since its 2007 formation by electric bass player Éric Normand with European innovative improvisers, including Evan Parker and Jean-Luc Guionnet. The DDK trio formed in 2014 and consists of leading figures of the European free improvising scene – Swiss pianist Jacques Demierre, German trumpeter Axel Dörner, and Swiss accordionist Jonas Kocher, who apply the principle of non-influence-in-each-other’s-
The musicians of DDK have developed musical connections with the musicians of Le GGRIL. In October 2023, at Salle Desjardins-Telus in Rimouski, the two ensembles enjoyed






