Guy Pedersen

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Raymond Guiot , Daniel Humair , Guy Pedersen and George Gruntz (1967)

Guy Eugène Hilarion Pedersen (* 10. June 1930 in Grand-Fort-Philippe ( Nord ); † 4. January 2005 in Rueil-Malmaison ) was a French double bassist of the Modern Jazz and composer. With Pierre Michelot and Michel Gaudry , he was one of the sought-after French jazz bassists of his generation.

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Pedersen, who comes from a musical family, first learned the clarinet and guitar ; In the mid-1940s he took lessons at the Roubaix Conservatory . He got to know jazz in Hugues Panassié's radio broadcasts . In the early 1950s he went to Paris, where he soon worked with Jacques Hélian and Claude Bolling as well as with Bobby Jaspar , and from 1955 to 1966 he played with Daniel Humair in the Martial Solal trio . With Humair he also formed the rhythm section of the Swingle Singers , with whom he made numerous records and toured internationally. He also performed in Parisian clubs with Lionel Hampton , Earl Hines , Cootie Williams and Chet Baker . In 1969 he presented with Indian Pop Bass his own album with psychedelic traits, which was created in collaboration with Raymond Guyot and received greater attention; he was followed by the album Contrebasses and film scores . From 1972 he was a member of the groups of Eddy Louiss , Jean-Christian Michel and Noah Howard . In the 1960s and 1970s, he toured with Dexter Gordon , Rahsaan Roland Kirk , Philly Joe Jones , Stéphane Grappelli and Baden Powell . He can also be heard on recordings by Michel Legrand , Elek Bacsik , Jean-Luc Ponty , Georges Arvanitas , Jean-Pierre Rampal , Maurice André and Christiane Legrand .

Due to health problems, Pedersen had to stop playing the bass in the late 1970s.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on Guy Pedersen in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
  2. ↑ a b See interview with Guy Pedersen in Jazz Hot 558, March 1999
personal data
SURNAME Pedersen, Guy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pedersen, Guy Eugène Hilarion (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Grand Fort Philippe
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 2005
Place of death Rueil-Malmaison