Bernard "Beb" Guérin (December 22, 1941 in
La Rochelle
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– November 14, 1980 in
Paris
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) was a French
jazz
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double-bassist.
Beb Guérin first began playing bass at age 23, working in the 1960s with
Sonny Criss
William "Sonny" Criss (23 October 1927 – 19 November 1977) was an American jazz musician.
An alto saxophonist of prominence during the bebop era of jazz, he was one of many players influenced by Charlie Parker.
Biography
William Criss wa ...
,
Jacques Coursil
Jacques Coursil (March 31, 1938 – June 26, 2020) was a composer, jazz trumpeter, scholar, and professor of literature, linguistics, and philosophy.
Early life
Coursil was born in Paris, France, of Martinique, Martinican parents. At age nine, he ...
,
François Tusques
François Tusques (born January 27, 1938 in Paris, France) is a French jazz pianist. Tusques played a significant role in the emergence of a community of free jazz musicians in France.
Discography
* ''Free Jazz'', with Bernard Vitet, Beb Guér ...
,
Alan Silva
Alan Silva (born Alan Lee da Silva; January 22, 1939 in Bermuda) is an American free jazz double bassist and keyboard player.
Biography
Silva was born a British subject to an Azorean/Portuguese mother, Irene da Silva, and a black Bermudian fat ...
, and
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later in the decade, as well as with
free jazz
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groups in Paris clubs. In the early 1970s he worked with
Ambrose Jackson,
Steve Lacy,
Sunny Murray
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 7, 2017) was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.
Biography
Murray was born in Idabel, Oklahoma, where he was raised by an ...
,
Sonny Sharrock
Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock (August 27, 1940 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. He was married to singer Linda Sharrock, with whom he recorded and performed.
One of only a few prominent guitarists who participated in the firs ...
,
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
Biography Early life
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...
,
Alan Shorter
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Biography
Shorter was born in the Ironbound District in Newark, New Jersey. He st ...
, and
Clifford Thornton
Clifford Edward Thornton III (September 6, 1936 – November 25, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, trombonist, activist, and educator. He played free jazz and avant-garde jazz in the 1960s and '70s.
Career
Clifford was born in Philadelphia. ...
, and worked frequently with
Michel Portal
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz".
Early life
Portal was born in Bayonne on ...
for most of the 1970s.
Discography
As co-leader
* ''Chateauvallon 76'' (L'Escargot, 1979) with
Léon Francioli,
Bernard Lubat
Bernard Lubat (born July 12, 1945, Uzeste) is a French jazz drummer, pianist, singer, percussionist, vibraphonist, and accordionist.
Lubat grew up in a musical family (his father played trumpet) and he received formal training at the Bordeaux C ...
, and
Michel Portal
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz".
Early life
Portal was born in Bayonne on ...
* ''Conversations'' (Nato, 1981) with François Méchali
As sideman
With
Jacques Coursil
Jacques Coursil (March 31, 1938 – June 26, 2020) was a composer, jazz trumpeter, scholar, and professor of literature, linguistics, and philosophy.
Early life
Coursil was born in Paris, France, of Martinique, Martinican parents. At age nine, he ...
* ''
Way Ahead
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'' (BYG, 1969)
* ''
Black Suite
''Black Suite'' is an album by trumpeter and composer Jacques Coursil. It was recorded in Paris in June 1969, and was released in 1971 by BYG Records as part of their Actuel series. On the album, Coursil is joined by saxophonist Arthur Jones, cont ...
'' (BYG, 1969
971
Year 971 ( CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Battle of Dorostolon: A Byzantine expeditionary army (possibly 30–40,000 men) ...
With
Colette Magny
Colette Magny (31 October 1926 – 12 June 1997) was a French singer and songwriter. A charismatic performer who did not record until her thirties, her work encompassed blues, jazz, protest songs, experimental music and spoken word recordin ...
* ''Feu et Rythme'' (Le Chant du Monde, 1971)
* ''Répression'' (Le Chant du Monde, 1972)
With
William Parker
* ''Testimony'' (Zero In, 1995)
* ''Crumbling in the Shadows is Fraulien Miller's Stale Cake'' (Centering, 2011)
With
Alan Silva
Alan Silva (born Alan Lee da Silva; January 22, 1939 in Bermuda) is an American free jazz double bassist and keyboard player.
Biography
Silva was born a British subject to an Azorean/Portuguese mother, Irene da Silva, and a black Bermudian fat ...
* ''
Luna Surface
''Luna Surface'' is an album by multi-instrumentalist Alan Silva, recorded on August 17, 1969 and released later that year on the BYG label as part of their Actuel series. His first recording as leader, it features Silva on violin along with a la ...
'' (BYG, 1969)
* ''
Seasons
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'' (BYG, 1970
971
Year 971 ( CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Battle of Dorostolon: A Byzantine expeditionary army (possibly 30–40,000 men) ...
* ''My Country'' (Leo, 1971
989
With
Clifford Thornton
Clifford Edward Thornton III (September 6, 1936 – November 25, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, trombonist, activist, and educator. He played free jazz and avant-garde jazz in the 1960s and '70s.
Career
Clifford was born in Philadelphia. ...
* ''
Ketchaoua'' (BYG, 1969)
* ''
The Panther and the Lash
''The Panther and the Lash'' is an album by American free jazz trumpeter and trombonist Clifford Thornton, which was recorded live in 1970 in Paris, originally released on the French America label and reissued on CD in 2004 by Universal France.
...
'' (America, 1970
971
Year 971 ( CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Battle of Dorostolon: A Byzantine expeditionary army (possibly 30–40,000 men) ...
With
François Tusques
François Tusques (born January 27, 1938 in Paris, France) is a French jazz pianist. Tusques played a significant role in the emergence of a community of free jazz musicians in France.
Discography
* ''Free Jazz'', with Bernard Vitet, Beb Guér ...
* ''Free Jazz'' (Disques Mouloudji, 1965)
* ''La maison fille du soleil'' (Studio Scriptone Nantes, 1965)
* ''Le nouveau jazz'' (Disques Mouloudji, 1967)
* ''La reine des vampires 1967'' (Cacophonic, 1967
014
* ''La chasse au Snark'' (Cacophonic, 1967–1971
020
* ''Alors Nosferatu combina un plan ingénieux'' (Cacophonic, 1969
019
Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
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Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
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Music ...
* ''Intercommunal Music'' (Shandar, 1971)
With others
* ''Transfiguration'' (SABA, 1967) with
Rolf Kühn
Rolf Kühn (29 September 1929 – 18 August 2022) was a German jazz clarinetist and saxophonist. He was the older brother of the pianist Joachim Kühn.
He lived in the United States from 1956 to 1959. John Hammond favourably compared him with ...
and
Joachim Kühn
Joachim Kurt Kühn (born 15 March 1944) is a German jazz pianist.
Biography
He was born in Leipzig, Germany. Kühn was a musical prodigy and made his debut as a concert pianist, having studied classical piano and composition, with Arthur Schmid ...
* ''Auto Jazz: Tragic Destiny of Lorenzo Bandini'' (MPS, 1968) with
Barney Wilen
Bernard "Barney" Jean Wilen (4 March 1937 – 25 May 1996) was a French tenor and soprano saxophonist and jazz composer.
Life
Wilen was born in Nice, France; his father was an American dentist turned inventor, and his mother was French. He began ...
* ''Aquariana'' (BYG, 1969) with
Burton Greene
Burton Greene (June 14, 1937 – June 28, 2021) was an American free jazz pianist born in Chicago, Illinois, though most known for his work in New York City. He explored multiple genres, including avant-garde jazz and the Klezmer medium.
Biogra ...
* ''
Big Chief
"Big Chief" is a song composed by Earl King in the early 1960s. It became a hit in New Orleans for Professor Longhair in 1964,Berry/Foose/Jones, ''Up from the Cradle of Jazz''. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2009, p. 148. featuring a ...
'' (Pathé, 1969) with
Sunny Murray
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 7, 2017) was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.
Biography
Murray was born in Idabel, Oklahoma, where he was raised by an ...
* ''Love Rejoice (BYG, 1969) with Kenneth Terroade
* ''Aco dei de madrugada (One Morning I Waked Up Very Early)'' (BYG, 1969) with
Grachan Moncur III
Grachan Moncur III (June 3, 1937 – June 3, 2022) was an American jazz trombonist. He was the son of jazz bassist Grachan Moncur II and the nephew of jazz saxophonist Al Cooper.
Biography
Born in New York City, United States, (his paternal gran ...
* ''
La Vie de Bohème
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'' (BYG, 1969) with
Dave Burrell
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Biography
Born in Middletown, Ohio, United Sta ...
* ''
Scorpio'' (BYG, 1969
971
Year 971 ( CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Battle of Dorostolon: A Byzantine expeditionary army (possibly 30–40,000 men) ...
with
Arthur Jones
* ''
Live in Antibes'' (BYG, 1970
971
Year 971 ( CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Battle of Dorostolon: A Byzantine expeditionary army (possibly 30–40,000 men) ...
with
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
Biography Early life
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...
and the Full Moon Ensemble
* ''
Monkey-Pockie-Boo
''Monkey-Pockie-Boo'' is the second album by American jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock which was recorded in 1970 in Paris and released on the BYG Actuel label.Sonny Sharrock
Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock (August 27, 1940 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. He was married to singer Linda Sharrock, with whom he recorded and performed.
One of only a few prominent guitarists who participated in the firs ...
* ''Jeanne d'Arc'' (Mercury, 1972) with
Graeme Allwright
Graeme Allwright (7 November 1926 – 16 February 2020) was a New Zealand-born French singer and songwriter. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s as a French language interpreter of the songs of American and Canadian songwriters such as Leon ...
* ''La guêpe'' (Futura, 1972) with
Bernard Vitet Bernard Vitet (26 May 1934 – 3 July 2013) was a French trumpeter, multi-instrumentist and composer, co-founder of the first free jazz band in France (1964) together with François Tusques, Michel Portal Unit (1972) and Un Drame Musical Inst ...
* ''À Chateauvallon - No, No But It May Be'' (Le Chant Du Monde, 1973) with
Michel Portal
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz".
Early life
Portal was born in Bayonne on ...
* ''Résurgence'' (Musica, 1977) with Jacques Thollot
* ''Chante Haïti'' (Arion, 1977) with
Toto Bissainthe
Source:
References
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1941 births
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