Claude Luter (23 July 1923 – 6 October 2006) was a jazz clarinetist who doubled on
soprano saxophone
The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...
.
Luter was born and died in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
. He began on trumpet, but switched to clarinet. He might be best known for being an accompanist to
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. His erratic temp ...
when he was in
Paris
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, but he also worked with
Barney Bigard
Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard (March 3, 1906 – June 27, 1980) was an American jazz clarinetist known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington. He also played tenor saxophone.
Biography
Bigard was born in New Orleans to Creole parents, Ale ...
and French writer and musician
Boris Vian
Boris Vian (; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sulliva ...
.
Discography
*''En Concert'' (06/16/2003)
*''Puisque Vous Partez En Voyage'' (01/06/2003)
*''Jazz Spirituals'' Disques Vogue SLVLX 426
*''Parade'' Disques Vogue CLVLX 221
*''a Bobino'' Disques Vogue SLVLX 414
*''And His Orchestra'' Disques Vogue LVLX 156
External links
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All Music
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
Dixieland clarinetists
Dixieland saxophonists
French jazz clarinetists
French jazz saxophonists
Male saxophonists
Musicians from Paris
1923 births
2006 deaths
20th-century French musicians
20th-century saxophonists
20th-century French male musicians
French male jazz musicians
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