Edmond Cohanier (born February 28, 1905,

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. Around 1937, he returned to Switzerland, where he played with Philippe Brun, then left jazz to become a pedagogue at the Zurich Conservatory.

References

*Michel Laplace, "Edmond Cohanier". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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