Eddy Gaumont, born Édouard Jean-Marie Émile Gaumont on August 14, 1946 in

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, died on November 22, 1971 in

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, was a drummer of jazz and free-jazz.

Biography

Eddy Gaumont is the sixth of nine siblings. He is the son of the politician Édouard Gaumont and of Josèphe Madeleine Polycarpe. The family left native Guyana to settle permanently in the Paris region at the beginning of the 1950s. Eddy grew up in a family where music held an important place, his younger sister Joëlle Gaumont is a classical concert pianist and his younger brother Dominique Gaumont was a guitarist. Eddy enrolled at the Versailles Conservatory in 1958 where he chose the violin. It is there in music theory class that he will meet Jacques Thollot and with whom will collaborate on several experiments and albums. Eddy Gaumont studies the drums in parallel, which will become his favorite instrument. Eddy Gaumont left the conservatory at the age of nineteen. He learns the drums with drummer Kenny Clark. In 1966 Eddy Gaumont joined the French free-jazz scene, and collaborated and recorded with the main musicians of this movement, including:

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, Jacques Thollot, François Tusque,

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... In 1969 he founded his own group, the "Synchro Rythmic Eclectic Language" with Joe Maka, Louis Xavier, the same one who took over the group after the death of its founder. After a career of barely six years Eddy Gaumont tragically passed away on November 22, 1971. Gone too soon "Eddy Gaumont would surely have been the musician of the century" as Jacques Thollot said during an interview.

TV and Radio Shows

Eddy Gaumont participated several times in the program "Pop Club" of José Arthur, there is no testimony left. He participated in the French program

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on November 12, 1967, there is a video available on Youtube which is the only testimony of a live performance by Eddy Gaumont.

Discography, Movies Soundtracks

Participations modifier le code

* 1967 - collaboration with Michel Portal at the Music of the film Le Viol (

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. * 1967 - François Tusques – La Reine Des Vampires - Eddy Gaumont plays violin. * 1968 - Barney Wilen – Auto Jazz - Tragic Destiny Of Lorenzo Bandini. * The B-Music Of Jean Rollin - Various Artists 1968-1979. * Compilation 1975 – Jazz Meets The World. * Jacques Thollot – Intramusique - Eddy Gaumont plays "prepared" piano.

References

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