François Laudet

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François Laudet (born November 11, 1958 in Paris ) is a French jazz musician ( drums ).

Live and act

Laudet began to play the drums by himself. From 1979 he worked with Lou Bennett and Philippe Baudoin . In 1982 he performed with Guy Lafitte at the Traditional Jazz Festival Breda. From the 1980s he worked mainly in big bands such as Claude Tissendier's Saxomania , Ellingtonmania , in the Ornicar Big Band of his brother Philippe Laudet , with Gérard Badini's Super Swing Machine and with his own big band, with which he wrote his first live album in 1992 ( The Drummer Is Rich ) (originated in the Petit Journal Montparnasse ), followed by the Glenn Miller tribute In the Miller Mood (1994), the recording Let's Take Off (1996) from the jazz club Duc des Lombards and the album Live in Paris (Black & Blue, 2001).

In 1997, Laudet replaced Butch Miles on a tour of the Count Basie Orchestra ( Ghost Band ). In 1994 he received the Prix ​​Sidney Bechet , in 1998 his band was nominated for the Django d'Or of the French Académie du Jazz . In the 2000s and 2010s he played with Tullia Morand , Michel Pastre , Marc Richard and Olivier Franc . In the field of jazz he was involved in 54 recording sessions from 1979 to 2011, including a. also with Turk Mauro , François Biensan , Jean-Loup Longnon and Stan Laferriere .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 , edited by Andy Gregory. Europa Publications Taylor & Francis, 2002
  2. ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online), accessed January 30, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Laudet, François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (drums)
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris