Armand Conrad

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Armand Conrad (born December 18, 1922 in Mulhouse ; † August 5, 2010 ) was a French jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , clarinet ).

Live and act

In 1943 Conrad studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Jazz with R. Bergman. In 1946 he made the tenor saxophone his main instrument and played with Fred Adison ; tours with André Persiani and Teddy Hameline followed . In the mid-1940s he played in Paris in the band of pianist Gaby Wagenheim , with whom the first recordings were made. In 1948 he led his own band, which included Fred Gérard (trumpet), Maurice Vander (piano) and Roger Paraboschi (drums). With his band (which by then belonged to Roger Guérin (trumpet), Jean-Pierre Mongeon (piano), Guy de Fatto (bass) and M. Wechler) he accompanied Rex Stewart at the Grande Nuit du Jazz de 1949 . During this time he also played with Claude Bolling , in whose session with Rex Stewart he was involved. Around 1950 he appeared in the Tabou jazz club with Christian Chevallier , in the Rose Rouge nightclub with the singer Anita Love and with Maurice Meunier . He also took part in recordings by André Persiani, Buck Clayton and Bernard Zacharias in the 1950s .

Around 1970 Conrad played in Claude Abadie's orchestra . In his later years he lived in southeastern France. His clarinet playing was influenced by Mezz Mezzrow ; his role models on the tenor saxophone were Lester Young , Herschel Evans and Coleman Hawkins . He also wrote articles for the Revue du Jazz . The last recordings were made around the 1990s with The Dumoustier Stompers . In the field of jazz he was involved in twelve recording sessions from 1945. He died in 2010 of heart failure as a result of dialysis treatment.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in Jazz Hot
  2. ↑ a b Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 25, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Conrad, Armand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Mulhouse
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 2010