Jacques Gauthé
Jacques Gauthé (born June 12, 1939 , † June 10, 2007 ) was a French clarinetist and soprano saxophonist of old-time jazz .
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Gauthé comes from Gascony , had piano lessons as a child and studied solfeggio . Towards the end of the Second World War he listened to jazz on the radio and decided to play the clarinet at the age of 14 when he heard the saxophonist and clarinetist Sidney Bechet , who lives in France, at a concert in Paris and then decided to become a professional musician. Gauthe then came into contact with Bechet, who became his mentor, and other jazz and blues musicians of the post-war era such as Mezz Mezzrow , Albert Nicholas , Memphis Slim and Benny Waters . In 1953 Gauthé founded his first own formation and toured with his Old Time Jazz Band of Toulouse ; Nicholas, Lucky Thompson and Don Byas played in the band at times . Gauthé performed with his band at the San Sebastian Jazz Festival and for several years at the Paris' Jazz Band Ball . In later years Gauthé worked for a while in Bechet's native Louisiana , with his Creole Rice Yerba Buene Jazz Band in New Orleans and played in the style of Lu Watters and Monte Ballou ( Yerba Buena Style , 1994). On the 1997 album Bechet Summit , Gauthé played with veterans such as Claude Luter and Bob Wilber .
Gauthé also worked on albums by Claude Luter ( Red Hot Reeds , 1986), Steve Pistorius , Hal Smith and the revival formations Silver Leaf Jazz Band and Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble .
Discographic notes
- Someway, Sweetheart (GHB, 1989)
- Paris Blues (Stomp Off, 1990)
- Creole Jazz (Stomp Off, 1992)
- Yerba Buena Style (GHB, 1994)
- Bechet Summt (GHB, 1997)
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- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gauthé, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gascony |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 2007 |