Pierre Michelot (3 March 1928 – 3 July 2005) was a French jazz

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

player and arranger.

Early life

Michelot was born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris on 3 March 1928. He studied piano from 1936 until 1938. He switched to playing bass at the age of sixteen.

Later life and career

He played and recorded with visiting American musicians in Paris. He "played with

Rex Stewart Rex William Stewart Jr. (February 22, 1907 – September 7, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist who was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra. Career As a boy he studied piano and violin; most of his career was spent on cornet. Stewart drop ...

(1948), performed at Frisco's in Paris with

Kenny Clarke Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-ha ...

(summer 1949), and joined Clarke in a band accompanying

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(winter 1949–50), with whom he recorded; in 1949 he also recorded with Clarke in an ad hoc band led by

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." Through his career he played with

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Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and actor. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians, which included other greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gi ...

, Stan Getz, Bud Powell,

Zoot Sims John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman's big ...

, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker. With

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he was responsible for the 1957 soundtrack of ''

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''. He was a member of the

Jacques Loussier Jacques Loussier (26 October 1934 – 5 March 2019) was a French pianist and composer. He arranged jazz interpretations of many of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, such as the ''Goldberg Variations''. The Jacques Loussier Trio, founded in 195 ...

Trio, known for the ''Play Bach'' album series from 1959. For two decades beginning in the early 1960s, he concentrated on arranging and studio work. He also appeared in the 1986 film '' Round Midnight''. In later life he suffered from Alzheimer's disease. He died of Alzheimer's in Paris on 3 July 2005.

Discography

As leader

* ''Jazz at the Blue Note'' with Maurice Vander, Kenny Clarke, (Fontana, 1961) * ''Round About A Bass'' (Mercury, 1963) * ''Piano for Dance'' with Steve Anderson,

, (Musidisc, 1968) * ''Al in Paris'' with

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(Musica, 1979) * ''Live Au Dreher'' with Walter Davis, Kenny Clarke (Night and Day, 1981) * ''Vander Michelot Lubat'' (Owl, 1985) * ''Bass & Bosses'' (EmArcy, 1990) * ''Viaggio'' with Richard Galliano (Dreyfus, 1993) * ''Nougaro Sans Paroles'' with Maurice Vander, Bernard Lubat (Sergeant Major, 2000) With Daniel Humair & Rene Urtreger * ''Hum!'' (Vega 1960) * ''Urtreger Michelot Humair'' (Carlyne, Music 1979) * ''Hum!: Live at Club Saint-Germain-Des-Pres & Two Radio Broadcasts'' (Fresh Sound 2018) With

and Christian Garros * ''Play Bach No. 1'' (Decca, 1959) * ''Play Bach No. 2'' (Decca, 1960) * ''Play Bach No. 3'' (Decca, 1962) * ''Play Bach No. 4'' (Decca, 1963) * ''Concert in Jazz: Play Bach'' (Decca, 1965) * ''Play Bach Aux Champs Elysees'' (Decca, 1965) * ''Play Bach Aux Champs Elysees No. 2'' (Decca, 1965) * ''Play Bach No. 5'' (Decca, 1968) * ''Play Bach & Vol. 1 Portrait of Jacques Loussier'' (London, 1965) * ''Play Bach No. 2 Portrait of Jacques Loussier'' (London, 1965)

As sideman

With

Claude Bolling Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. Biography He was born in Cannes, France, and studied at the Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A child prodigy, by the ...

* ''French Jazz'' (Bally, 1956) * ''Les Succes de Duke Ellington'' (Le Club Francais Du Disque, 1956) * ''Les Succes de La Nouvelle Orleans'' (Le Club Francais Du Disque, 1958) With Clifford Brown * '' Clifford Brown Quartet'' (Vogue, 1954) * ''Blue and Brown & I Can Dream Can't I'' (Vogue, 1955) * ''The Clifford Brown Big Band in Paris'' (Prestige, 1970) * ''The Clifford Brown Quartet in Paris'' (Prestige, 1970) * ''The Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris'' (Prestige, 1970) * ''Clifford Brown in Paris'' (Prestige, 1972) With

* ''Sidney Bechet Martial Solal'' (Swing, 1957) * ''1949'' (Barclay, 1972) * ''Spirits of New Orleans'' (Vogue, 1993) * ''Sidney Bechet et Claude Luter'' (Gitanes Jazz/Universal/EmArcy, 2000) With

* ''Favorites'' (Seeco, 1952) * ''Memorial'' (Vogue, 1973) * ''Don Byas'' (Inner City, 1980) * ''Yesterdays'' (Moon 1989) * ''Lover Man'' (Vogue, 1993) With

* ''

'' (Fontana, 1958) * ''Jazz Sur L'ecran'' (Fontana, 1959) * ''Jazz Track'' (Columbia, 1959) * ''Jazz On the Screen'' (Fontana, 1965) * ''The Complete Amsterdam Concert'' (Celluloid, 1984) With

France Gall Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French ''yé-yé'' singer. In 1965, aged 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg. Between 1973 and 1992, ...

* ''N'Ecoute Pas Les Idoles'' (Philips, 1964) * ''Laisse Tomber Les Filles'' (Philips, 1964) * ''Poupee De Cire Poupee De Son'' (Philips, 1965) * ''L'Amerique'' (Philips, 1965) * ''Baby Pop'' (Philips, 1966) * ''Les Sucettes'' (Philips, 1966) With Serge Gainsbourg * ''Bande Originale Du Film L'eau A La Bouche'' (Philips, 1960) * ''Romantique 60'' (Philips, 1960) * ''Gainsbourg Percussions'' (Philips, 1964) * ''No. 2'' (Hallmark 2001) * ''Du Chant A La Une!...'' (Philips/Mercury/Universal, 2001) With Stan Getz * ''With European Friends'' (LRC, 1985) * ''In Paris 1958–1959'' (Royal, 1987) * ''Pennies from Heaven'' (Eclipse, 1990) * ''Sweetie Pie'' (Philology, 1992) * ''1959'' (Fremeaux, 2018) With Dizzy Gillespie * ''Dizzy Gillespie Play & Sing in Paris'' (Vogue, 1952) * ''Plays in Paris'' (Vogue, 1953) * ''Sweet Lorraine & Dizzy Does It'' (Jazz Selection, 1954) * ''Jazz from Paris: Dizzy and Django'' (Verve, 1957) * ''Dizzy'' (Vogue, 1960) * ''Dizzy Gillespie + The Double Six of Paris'' (Philips, 1963) * ''Havin' a Good Time in Paris Vol. 1'' (Jazz Legacy, 1979) * ''Europa Jazz'' (1981) With

* ''Our Man in Paris'' (Blue Note, 1963) * ''The Other Side of Round Midnight'' (Blue Note, 1986) * ''Ballads'' (Blue Note, 1991) With

* ''Bean and the Boys'' (Prestige, 1970) * ''Picasso (1929-1949)'' (Giants of Jazz, 1992) * ''Lausanne 1949'' (TCB, 1999) * ''Dear Old Southland'' (Membran, 2005) With Andre Hodeir * ''Jazz et Jazz'' (Fontana, 1960) * ''Saint-Tropez Blues'' (Fontana, 1960) * ''Anna Livia Plurabelle'' (Philips, 1966) With

and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra * ''Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 Etude Pour Trio'' (Decca, 1972) * ''Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5'' (Decca, 1969) * ''Play Bach Fur Den Kenner Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5'' (Decca, 1970) With

Claude Nougaro Claude Nougaro (, oc, Claudi Nogaròu; 9 September 1929 – 4 March 2004) was a French songwriter and singer. Life and career Claude Nougaro was born in Toulouse to a respected French opera singer, Pierre Nougaro, and a piano teacher, Liette ...

* ''No. 2'' (Philips, 1963) * ''Bleu Blanc Blues'' (Barclay, 1985) * ''Sur Scene Olympia 85'' (Barclay, 1986) * ''Nougayork'' (WEA, 1987) * ''Octobre 1985 Concert Integral'' (Mercury, 2016) With Bud Powell * ''Memorial Oscar Pettiford'' (Vogue, 1960) * ''A Portrait of Thelonious'' (Columbia, 1965) * ''Blue Note Cafe Paris 1961'' (ESP Disk, 1968) * ''Bud in Paris'' (EPM Musique/Xanadu, 1979) * ''A Tribute to Cannonball'' (Columbia, 1979) * ''Bud Powell Vol. 2'' (Jazz Reactivation, 1983) With

Sammy Price Samuel Blythe Price (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. Price's playing is dark, mellow, and relaxed rather than percussive, and he was a specialist at creating the ...

* ''U.S.I.S Blues & Hot Club Boogie'' (Ducretet Thomson, 1956) * ''Sammy Price Avec Lucky Thompson'' (Polydor, 1957) * ''1956 Boogie-Woogie A La Parisienne'' (Pathe Marconi, 2002) With

Stephane Grappelli Stephane may refer to: * Stéphane, a French given name * Stephane (Ancient Greece), a vestment in ancient Greece * Stephane (Paphlagonia) Stephane ( grc, Στεφάνη) was a small port town on the coast of ancient Paphlagonia, according to Arr ...

* ''Stephane Grappelly et Son Quartette'' (Barclay, 1957) * ''Tea for Two'' (EMI, 1978) * ''Menuhin & Grappelli Play Jealousy & Other Great Standards'' (EMI, 1988) * ''Stephane Grappelli'' (Gitanes Jazz/Verve, 1991) * ''Puttin' On the Ritz'' (HMV, 1999) * ''Improvisations'' (EmArcy, 2000) With

* ''The Great Artistry of Django Reinhardt'' (Clef, 1953) * ''Jazz from Paris'' (Clef, 1954) * ''Django Reinhardt'' (Decca, 1961) * ''Memorial'' (Vogue, 1966) * ''Django Reinhardt et Son Quintette'' (Decca, 1966) * ''Bruxelles 21 Mai 1947 Paris 11 Mai 1951 Vol. 6'' (Decca, 1973) * ''Django Reinhardt Au Club St-Germain-Des-Pres'' (Nec Plus Ultra, 1983) * ''Inedits Vol. 2'' (Nec Plus Ultra, 1984) * ''Nuages'' (Gitanes Jazz, 2002) * ''Djangology'' (Cleopatra, 2013) With

* ''Night and Day & Slingin' Hasch'' (Vogue, 1950) * ''Zoot Sims Quartet'' (Discovery, 1951) * ''Zoot Sims Goes to Town'' (Vogue, 1973) * ''Brother in Swing'' (Inner City, 1979) * ''Zoot Sims & Frank Rosolino'' (Vogue, 1986) * ''Zoot Sims in Paris'' (Vogue, 1995) With others * Cat Anderson, ''Old Folks'' (All Life, 1980) *

Marcel Azzola Marcel Azzola (10 July 1927 – 21 January 2019) was a French accordionist. He performed with Stan Getz and Jacques Brel, among others. The famous line "" ("Heat up, Marcel") in Brel's song "Vésoul" refers to Azzola, who played the accordion d ...

, ''L'Accordeoniste: Hommage a Edith Piaf'' (Verve, 1994) * Elek Bacsik, ''The Electric Guitar of The Eclectic Elek Bacsik'' (Fontana, 1962) * Chet Baker, ''Europa Jazz'' (Europa Jazz 1981) * Chet Baker, ''Chet Baker, Rene Urtreger, Aldo Romano, Pierre Michelot'' (Carlyne, 1989) *

Mickey Baker MacHouston "Mickey" Baker (October 15, 1925 – November 27, 2012) was an American guitarist, best known for his work as a studio musician and as part of the recording duo Mickey & Sylvia. Early life Baker was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His ...

, ''Bossa Nova En Direct Du Bresil'' (Versailles, 1962) * Art Blakey & Miles Davis, ''Back to Back'' (Fontana, 1966) *

Jeri Brown Jeri Brown (born 1952 in Missouri) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and professor. Life and work Jeri Brown grew up in St. Louis, where she first appeared in public at age six. In Iowa, she studied classical singing, and later appeare ...

, ''April in Paris'' (Justin Time, 1996) *

Gary Burton Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be he ...

, ''Live in Cannes'' (Jazz World 1995) *

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, ''Swingtime!'' (RCA Victor, 1995) *

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

, ''Take the A Train'' (Fresh Sound 1997) * Christian Chevallier, ''Formidable'' (Columbia, 1956) *

, ''Plays Andre Hodeir'' (Philips, 1956) *

Buck Clayton Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton (November 12, 1911 – December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter who was a member of Count Basie's orchestra. His principal influence was Louis Armstrong, first hearing the record "Confessin' That I Love You" ...

, ''Singing Trumpets'' (Jazztone, 1957) *

Sonny Criss William "Sonny" Criss (23 October 1927 – 19 November 1977) was an American jazz musician. An alto saxophonist of prominence during the bebop era of jazz, he was one of many players influenced by Charlie Parker. Biography William Criss wa ...

, ''Mr Blues Pour Flirter'' (Brunswick, 1963) *

Sacha Distel Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts, " Scoubidou" ...

, ''Jazz D'aujourd'hui'' (Versailles, 1956) * Double Six, ''Meet Quincy Jones'' (Columbia, 1960) * Double Six, ''Les Double Six'' (Columbia, 1962) * Christian Escoude, ''Plays Django Reinhardt'' (Gitanes Jazz, 1991) * Samson Francois, ''L' Edition Integrale'' (EMI, 2010) *

Bud Freeman Lawrence "Bud" Freeman (April 13, 1906 – March 15, 1991) was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer, known mainly for playing tenor saxophone, but also the clarinet. Biography In 1922, Freeman and some friends from high sc ...

, ''Satin Doll'' (All Life, 1980) * Richard Galliano, ''New Musette'' (Label Bleu, 1991) * Richard Galliano, ''Viaggio'' (Dreyfus, 1993) * Benny Golson, ''Blues March'' (Columbia, 1960) * Benny Golson, ''Benny Golson & the Philadelphians'' (Blue Note, 1998) *

, '' Our Man in Paris'' (Blue Note, 1963) *

Johnny Griffin John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of ...

, ''Johnny Griffin & Steve Grossman Quintet'' (Dreyfus, 2001) *

Gigi Gryce Gigi Gryce (born George General Grice Jr.; November 28, 1925 – March 14, 1983), later Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator. While his performing career was relatively short, ...

, ''Jazztime Paris Vol. 1'' (Blue Note, 1954) * Gigi Gryce, ''Jazz Time Paris Vol. 2'' (Vogue, 1954) * Roger Guerin, ''Roger Guerin Benny Golson'' (Columbia, 1959) *

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

, ''Round Midnight'' (Columbia, 1986) *

Hampton Hawes Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. (November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) was an American jazz pianist. He was the author of the memoir ''Raise Up Off Me'', which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975. Early life Hampton Hawes was born on ...

Martial Solal Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927) is a French jazz pianist and composer. Biography Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an oper ...

, ''Key for Two'' (BYG, 1979) *

Bobby Jaspar Bobby Jaspar (20 February 1926 – 28 February 1963) was a Belgian cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer. Early life Born in Liège, Belgium, Jaspar learned to play piano and clarinet at a young age. Later, he took up ...

, ''New Jazz Vol. 1'' (Swing, 1954) * Bobby Jaspar, ''New Jazz Vol. 2'' (Swing, 1955) *

Guy Lafitte Guy Lafitte (12 January 1927 – 10 June 1998) was a French jazz saxophonist. Career A native of Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France, he worked with Mezz Mezzrow from 1951 to 1952 and Big Bill Broonzy in 1951. In 1954 he made Paris his home and ...

, ''Nice Jazz 1978'' (Black and Blue, 2017) *

Bernard Lavilliers Bernard Oulion (; born 7 October 1946 in Saint-Étienne), known professionally as Bernard Lavilliers (), is a French singer-songwriter and actor. Discography Albums Studio albums * ''Premiers pas...'' (1968) * ''Les poètes'' (1972) * ''Le St� ...

, ''Voleur de Feu'' (Barclay, 1986) * Lou Levy, ''Ya Know'' (Gitanes Jazz, 1993) *

Mezz Mezzrow Milton Mesirow (November 9, 1899 – August 5, 1972), better known as Mezz Mezzrow, was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois. He is remembered for organizing and financing recording sessions with Tommy Ladnier ...

, ''Swingin' with Mezz'' (Vogue, 1962) *

Georges Moustaki Georges Moustaki (born Giuseppe Mustacchi; 3 May 1934 – 23 May 2013) was an Egyptian-French singer-songwriter of Jewish Italo-Greek origin. He wrote about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in France, including Édith Piaf, Dalida, ...

, ''Moustaki'' (Blue Silver, 1986) *

John Lewis John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...

, ''

Afternoon in Paris Afternoon is the time after solar noon Noon (or midday) is 12 o'clock in the daytime. It is written as 12 noon, 12:00 m. (for meridiem, literally 12:00 noon), 12 p.m. (for post meridiem, literally "after noon"), 12 pm, or 12:00 (using a 2 ...

'' (Versailles, 1957) * John Lewis, ''Midnight in Paris'' (EmArcy, 1988) *

Colette Magny Colette Magny (31 October 1926 – 12 June 1997) was a French singer and songwriter. A charismatic performer who did not record until her thirties, her work encompassed blues, jazz, protest songs, experimental music and spoken word recordin ...

, ''Melocoton'' (CBS, 1963) * Eddy Mitchell, ''Paris'' (RCA 1986) * James Moody, ''James Moody with Strings'' (Blue Note, 1952) *

Bernard Peiffer Bernard Peiffer (''pie-fer'') (23 October 1922 – 7 September 1976) was a French jazz pianist, composer, and teacher. His nickname was "Le Most", for his piano skills. Life Born in Épinal, France, Peiffer was raised in a musical family, wit ...

, ''Jazz'' (Blue Star 1954) * Bernard Peiffer, ''La Vie en Rose'' (Gitanes Jazz, 2001) *

Jimmy Raney James Elbert Raney (August 20, 1927 – May 10, 1995) was an American jazz guitarist, born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, known for his work from 1951 to 1952 and then from 1953 to 1954 with the Red Norvo trio (replacing Tal Farlow) and ...

, '' Here's That Raney Day'' (Ahead, 1980) *

, ''1910-1953'' (Vogue, 1969) *

Henri Renaud Henri Renaud (20 April 1925, in Villedieu-sur-Indre, France – 17 October 2002, in Paris) was a French jazz pianist, record producer and record company executive. His styles reflected the decades when he was musically active: he played in the sw ...

, ''Henri Renaud et Son Trio'' (Vogue, 1997) *

Henri Salvador Henri Salvador (18 July 1917 – 13 February 2008) was a French Caribbean comedian, singer and cabaret artist. Biography Salvador was born in Cayenne, French Guiana. His father, Clovis, and his mother, Antonine Paterne, daughter of a native C ...

, ''Salvador Plays the Blues'' (Fontana, 1956) * Henri Salvador, ''Zorro Est Arrive & Avec La Bouche'' (Rigolo, 1964) *

Philippe Sarde Philippe Sarde (born 21 June 1948) is a French film composer. Considered among the most versatile and talented French film composers of his generation, Sarde has scored over two hundred films, film shorts, and television mini-series. He received a ...

, ''Beau Pere'' (General Music France, 1981) * Lalo Schifrin, ''Film Classics'' (Aleph, 1998) * Lalo Schifrin, ''The Bossa Nova & Latin Albums'' (Malanga Music, 2015) *

Brother John Sellers Brother John Sellers (May 27, 1924, Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States – March 27, 1999, Manhattan) was an American gospel and folk singer. Sellers played in gospel tent shows while young. He was discovered by Mahalia Jackson, who broug ...

, ''Blues and Spirituals'' (Columbia, 1957) *

, ''Modern Sounds: France'' (Contemporary, 1954) * Swingle Singers, ''Jazz Sebastien Bach No. 1'' (Philips, 1963) *

Toots Thielemans Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for his chromatic harmonica playing, as well as his guitar and whistl ...

, ''Toots Thielemans'' (Verve, 1991) *

Lucky Thompson Eli "Lucky" Thompson (June 16, 1924 – July 30, 2005) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist whose playing combined elements of swing and bebop. Although John Coltrane usually receives the most credit for bringing the soprano sa ...

, ''Lucky Thompson'' (Dawn, 1957) * John Williams, ''Negro Spirituals'' (Polydor, 1964) *

Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (Arabic: غبريال يارد; born 7 October 1949) is a Lebanese-French composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Yared scored the French films ''Betty Blue'' and ''Camille Claud ...

, ''La Scarlatine'' (Cine Music, 1983) *

, ''Prez in Europe'' (HighNote, 2002)

References

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