Daniel Huck

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Daniel Huck (born March 22, 1948 in Paris ) is a French jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and singer.

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Huck tried his hand at the trombone at the age of 14, but then began to learn alto saxophone autodidactically in 1967 (nobody in his family played an instrument), with his role model, the Jazz O´Maniacs orchestra ; before his eyes (to which he also briefly belonged in the early 1970s). After excursions into rhythm and blues and free jazz , he joined the Famous Melody Boys and then Sharkey & Co. , with whom he stayed until 1974 ("Jimtown Blues" 1973). He accompanied Cat Anderson on tour and played with Olivier Franc . In 1976 he recorded a record of the same name with the Anachronic Jazz Band ; Volume 2 of this formation followed two years later and received the 1978 Prix ​​Sidney Bechet of the Académie du Jazz . Dominique Cravic also brought him to the Primitifs du futur . He played in the early 1980s with the Happy Feet Quintet by Philippe Baudoin and the Cajun music group Chicot à bois sec . In 1981 he founded the Slapscat quartet , which played vocal interludes based on the model of Slim Gaillard (albeit in French), whom they also accompanied in France; with them he recorded "Le Secret d´Huck" in 1982. At the same time he was a member of Orphéon Célesta by Emmanuel Hussenot . In 1987 he founded his own quartet and took part in the vocal group TSF ("Petite pelle a colle" 1987). In 1988 he accompanied Slim Gaillard on his tour of Japan. In 1997 his album "Esquisse for a Walk" was released with Dave Burrell and in 1998 "Easy" with Gilles Naturel and Alain Mayeras. In 2008 he worked with China Moses .

While Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins are his role models on the saxophone, it is Cab Calloway for scat singing and humorous improvised word creations à la Slim & Slam .

Huck was honored with the Prix ​​Sidney Bechet in 1982 ; In 1997 he received the Prix ​​Django Reinhardt .

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SURNAME Huck, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris