Eddy Bernard

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"Eddie" or "Eddy" Bernard (actually Edouard Bernard, born February 18, 1927 , † February 15, 1984 ) was a French jazz pianist of swing , later modern jazz .

"Eddie" Bernard started playing the piano at the age of five and had classical piano lessons at the age of nine. Early influences were Fats Waller , Earl Hines and Erroll Garner . After the liberation of Paris in 1944 he played with the saxophonist Michel de Villers in the Badinage jazz club ; In 1945 he worked with Villers, Hubert Fol and Boris Vian . Then in 1946 Django Reinhardt brought him into his band; At his Blue Star Session on April 16, 1947, when the two tracks " Minor Blues " and " Peche à la Mouche " were recorded, Reinhardt added the piano to his sextet. Bernard then played with Alix Combelle , in 1949 with Sidney Bechet . In 1959 he performed with Claude Luter in Hamburg, in 1965 in Paris with Stuff Smith .

Selection discography

  • Jazz In Paris: Saint-Germain-Des-Prs V.3 1946-1956 (EmArCy)
  • Django Reinhardt: Bad luck à la Mouche . ( Verve , 1947-1953)

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