Guy Longnon

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Guy Longnon (born July 16, 1924 - † February 4, 2014 ) was a French jazz trumpeter , arranger and music teacher who was active in the jazz scene of Marseille .

Live and act

Longnon played from the early 1950s a. a. with Raymond Fol , Don Byas , Sidney Bechet , Mezz Mezzrow , "Big Chief" Russell Moore , Claude Luter , Jean Claude Fohrenbach , Guy Lafitte , André Persiany , Albert Nicholas , Gérard Pochonet and Mustache . In the field of jazz he was involved in sixty recording sessions between 1950 and 1958; he also played in the orchestras of Michel Attenoux and André Réwéliotty , in Paris with Boris Vian . During this time he also wrote film music for the short films Terreur en Oklahoma (1951) and Chicago Digest (1952).

Longnon created a first jazz class in 1963 on the initiative of Pierre Barbizet at the Conservatoire National à Rayonnement Regional (CNRR) in Marseille. His students included u. a. Pierre Christophe , André Jaume , Bruno Angelini, Gérald Bataille, Caparros Jose, Gérard Sumian and Jean-Marc Padovani . Philippe Renault, from 1992 successor to Guy Longnon at the CNRR in Marseille, founded the Jazz Groupe D6 , which recorded a tribute album in 2013 in honor of Lognon, Kind of Guy .

Guy Longnon is the uncle of jazz musician Jean-Loup Longnon (* 1953).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://c-pour-dire.com/guy-longnon-mort-marseille-jazz-conservatoire/
  2. ↑ a b Obituary at Nine Spirit (French)
  3. ↑ Obituary at TSF Jazz ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on February 5, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tsfjazz.com
  4. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 6, 2014)
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.festival-jazz-cinq-continents.com
  6. ^ Todd S. Jenkins: Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1 , 2004, p. 192
  7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.a-courtois.com
personal data
SURNAME Longnon, Guy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz trumpeter, arranger and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1924
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 2014