Daniel Huck (born March 22, 1948, Paris) is a French

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

reedist and singer. Huck started on trombone but abandoned it in his teens, switching to alto saxophone when he was nineteen and working on the waitstaff at the Parisian club Jazzland. He played with the Famous Melody Boys (1968), Jean-Pierre Morel (1969-1973), the Jazzomaniacs (1970-1971), and Gilbert Leroux (1974). In the latter half of the 1970s he worked extensively with the Anachronic Jazz Band, Olivier Franc and Raymond Fonseque, touring with the latter as an accompanist for

Cat Anderson William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson (September 12, 1916 – April 29, 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter known for his long period as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra and for his wide range, especially his ability to play in the altissimo ...

and Bill Coleman in 1979. In the early 1980s Huck worked with Philippe Baudoin, Emmanuel Hussenot, and the Hot Antic Jazz Band. He also founded a group called Slapscat (1981-1987) in honor of

Slim Gaillard Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (January 9, 1911 – February 26, 1991), also known as McVouty, was an American jazz singer and songwriter who played piano, guitar, vibraphone, and tenor saxophone. Gaillard was noted for his comedic vocalese singing ...

, which went on to play with Gaillard himself when he toured France. Huck worked intermittently with

Eddy Louiss Eddy Louiss (2 May 1941 – 30 June 2015) was a French jazz musician. Eddy started playing in his father Pierre's orchestra in the 1950s. Pierre changed the family name from Louise to Louiss. As a vocalist, he was a member of Les Double Six of ...

from the late 1980s through the end of the 1990s. He has won both the Prix Sidney Bechet (1982) and the

Prix Django Reinhardt The Prix Django Reinhardt is an award granted by the French Académie du Jazz for the best French jazz musician of the year. It is named after Django Reinhardt. The prize is determined by a jury of jazz journalists, producers, and musicians. In 20 ...

(1997).

References

Sources

*Howard Rye, "Daniel Huck". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians. Education In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U ...

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Huck, Daniel French jazz saxophonists French male saxophonists French jazz clarinetists French jazz singers French male singers Musicians from Paris French male jazz musicians 1948 births Living people