Roger Guérin (9 January 1926,

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– 6 February 2010,

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) was a French

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trumpeter and singer. Initially a violinist, Guérin studied trumpet and

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at the

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and won a first prize there as a teenager. He began working professionally in 1947, playing with Aimé Barelli,

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, Hubert Fol, James Moody,

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Fats Sadi "Fats" Sadi Pol Lallemand (23 October 1927, Andenne, Belgium – 20 February 2009, Huy) was a Belgian jazz musician, vocalist, and composer who played vibraphone and percussion. He chose the name "Sadi" because he disliked his last name, which mea ...

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, Martial Solal, Michel Legrand and

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. Guérin played at the 1958

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with a youth ensemble, and played in

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in 1959, later returning to this group. He replaced Clark Terry in

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's Big Band in 1960. He worked on the soundtrack to the film ''Paris Blues'' in 1961 with Duke Ellington. He worked extensively as a vocalist for Michel Legrand. Guérin has over 150 album credits to his name. He won the Prix Django Reinhardt in 1959.

Discography

As sideman

With the

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* ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1962) * '' Handle with Care'' (Atlantic, 1963) * ''

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* ''Jimmy Raney Visits Paris'' (Dawn, 1958) * ''Guitaristic'' (Swing, 1974) * ''The Complete Paris Sessions'' (Vogue, 1984) With others *

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, ''Mickey Baker Plays Mickey Baker'' (Versailles, 1962) *

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, ''Pierre Barouh'' (Disc'Az 1966) *

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, ''French Jazz'' (Bally, 1956) * Claude Bolling, ''Les Succes de La Nouvelle Orleans'' (Club Francais, 1958) *

, ''Plays Andre Hodeir'' (Philips, 1956) * Michel De Villers, ''Line for Lions'' (RDC, 1993) * Jack Dieval, ''Jack Dieval & Paris Jazz Quartet'' (Concert Hall, 1968) *

, ''Benny Golson and the Philadelphians'' (United Artists, 1959) * Michel Hausser, ''Up in Hamburg'' (Columbia, 1960) *

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 ...

, ''Revisited'' (Inner City, 1980) *

, ''Lausanne 1960'' (TCB, 1994) * Eddy Louiss, ''Flomela'' (Dreyfus, 1996) *

Pierre Michelot Pierre Michelot (3 March 1928 – 3 July 2005) was a French jazz double bass 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 playin ...

, ''Round About a Bass'' (Mercury, 1963) * Claude Nougaro, ''Claude Nougaro'' (Philips, 1966) *

, ''Django Reinhardt et Son Quintette'' (Decca, 1966) * Martial Solal, ''Martial Solal Big Band'' (Gaumont, 1981) *

, ''Lucky Sessions'' (Vogue, 1992)

References

* Roger Guérinat

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guerin, Roger 1926 births 2010 deaths French jazz trumpeters Male trumpeters 20th-century French musicians 20th-century trumpeters 20th-century French male musicians French male jazz musicians Les Double Six members