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Bernard "Beb" Guérin (December 22, 1941 in
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– November 14, 1980 in
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) was a French
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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 saxophone, alto saxophonist of prominence during the bebop era of jazz, he was one of many players influenced by Charlie Parker. Biography ...
,
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 Martinican parents. At age nine, he began study ...
, François Tusques,
Alan Silva Alan Lee da Silva (born 22 January 1939, in Bermuda) is an American free jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known as a double bassist. He has recorded on keyboards, violin, cello and trumpet among other instruments. Biography Silva was born a ...
, and Claude Delcloo later in the decade, as well as with
free jazz Free jazz, or free form in the early to mid-1970s, is a style of avant-garde jazz or an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventi ...
groups in Paris clubs. In the early 1970s he worked with Ambrose Jackson,
Steve Lacy Steve Thomas Lacy-Moya (born May 23, 1998) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He gained recognition as the guitarist of the alternative R&B band the Internet, which he joined in 2015. His self-produced debut EP, '' ...
,
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. His first wife was singer Linda Sharrock, with whom he recorded and performed. One of only a few prominent guitarists who participated in the fir ...
,
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, and
Clifford Thornton Clifford Edward Thornton III (September 6, 1936 – November 25, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, trombonist, political activist, and educator. He played free jazz and avant-garde jazz in the 1960s and '70s. Career Clifford was born in Phil ...
, 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 27 ...
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, vibraphone, vibraphonist, and accordionist. Early life and career Lubat grew up in a musical family (his father played trumpet) and he receive ...
, 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 27 ...
* ''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 Martinican parents. At age nine, he began study ...
* '' Way Ahead'' (BYG, 1969) * '' Black Suite'' (BYG, 1969
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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 recording ...
* ''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 Lee da Silva (born 22 January 1939, in Bermuda) is an American free jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known as a double bassist. He has recorded on keyboards, violin, cello and trumpet among other instruments. Biography Silva was born a ...
* '' Luna Surface'' (BYG, 1969) * ''
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'' (BYG, 1970
971 Year 971 ( CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Battle of Dorostolon: A Byzantine expeditionary army (possibly 30–40,000 men) attacks the Bulgarian frontier, perso ...
* ''My Country'' (Leo, 1971
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With
Clifford Thornton Clifford Edward Thornton III (September 6, 1936 – November 25, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, trombonist, political activist, and educator. He played free jazz and avant-garde jazz in the 1960s and '70s. Career Clifford was born in Phil ...
* '' Ketchaoua'' (BYG, 1969) * '' The Panther and the Lash'' (America, 1970
971 Year 971 ( CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Battle of Dorostolon: A Byzantine expeditionary army (possibly 30–40,000 men) attacks the Bulgarian frontier, perso ...
With François Tusques * ''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
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* ''La chasse au Snark'' (Cacophonic, 1967–1971 020 * ''Alors Nosferatu combina un plan ingénieux'' (Cacophonic, 1969 019 * ''Intercommunal Music'' (Shandar, 1971) With others * ''Transfiguration'' (SABA, 1967) with Rolf Kühn and
Joachim Kühn Joachim Kurt Kühn (born 15 March 1944) is a German jazz pianist. Biography Kühn was born in Leipzig, Germany. He was a musical prodigy and made his debut as a concert pianist, having studied classical piano and composition, with Arthur Schmidt-E ...
* ''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 jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer. Biography Wilen was born in Nice, France; his father was an American dentist turned inventor, and his mother was French. His ...
* ''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 recorded by Professor Longhair.Berry/Foose/Jones, ''Up from the Cradle of Jazz''. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2009, p. 148. It was released as a single by Watch Records of New Orleans in February, 1965.
'' (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 gra ...
* ''
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'' (BYG, 1969) with
Dave Burrell Herman Davis "Dave" Burrell (born September 10, 1940) is an American jazz pianist. He has played with many jazz musicians including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown and David Murray. Biography Born in Middletown, Ohio, United Sta ...
* '' Scorpio'' (BYG, 1969
971 Year 971 ( CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Battle of Dorostolon: A Byzantine expeditionary army (possibly 30–40,000 men) attacks the Bulgarian frontier, perso ...
with Arthur Jones * '' Live in Antibes'' (BYG, 1970
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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'' (BYG, 1970) with
Sonny Sharrock Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock (August 27, 1940 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. His first wife was singer Linda Sharrock, with whom he recorded and performed. One of only a few prominent guitarists who participated in the fir ...
* ''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 Leona ...
* ''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 Instanta ...
* ''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 27 ...
* ''Résurgence'' (Musica, 1977) with Jacques Thollot * ''Chante Haïti'' (Arion, 1977) with Toto Bissainthe Source:


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guerin, Beb French jazz double-bassists French male double-bassists 1941 births 1980 deaths 20th-century double-bassists 20th-century French male musicians French male jazz musicians