Jean-Claude Naude (March 7, 1933,

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pianist and trumpeter. Naude attended the Amiens conservatory and played early in his career as a trumpeter for Raymond Fonsèque's orchestra and with

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and in the 1980s with Bob Quibel.

References

*Michel Laplace, "Jean-Claude Naude". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld. {{DEFAULTSORT:Naude, Jean Claude French jazz pianists French jazz trumpeters French male trumpeters French jazz bandleaders 1933 births 2008 deaths 20th-century French male musicians French male jazz pianists