Jean-Charles Capon

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Jean-Charles Capon (* 29. July 1936 in Vichy , † 22. August 2011 ) was a French jazz - cellist . He is the first European to turn to the cello in jazz and has long been considered "the best trained representative of his profession."

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Capon is the son of a double bass professor and studied cello from the age of 16, among others with Paul Tortelier . He also accompanied musicians such as Bill Coleman and Albert Nicholas in jazz clubs, initially on the double bass . In 1962 he founded his first jazz band and in 1969 the Baroque Jazz Trio with the harpsichordist Georges Rabol and the drummer Philippe Combelle . He later directed the L'Original Quartet (with Régis Huby, among others ). Since 1968 he has worked with the musician Jef Gilson and also performed in his Orchester Europamerica at the Moers Festival . As a studio musician, he contributed to Georges Moustaki's album Déclaration . In 1978 he played in a duo with saxophonist David S. Ware ( From Silence to Music ). He also worked with the guitarist Christian Escoudé , for example in a duo at the Donaueschinger Musiktage in 1978. With Didier Lockwood and Henri Texier he worked in the Trio a Cordes (album A cordes et à cris 1979). In 1984 he performed with Richard Galliano at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal . In the 1990s he worked as a musician on film scores, such as Daddy Nostalgie (1990, directed by Bertrand Tavernier ) and Le mariage forcé (1990).

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  1. ↑ Winfried Pape, Wolfgang Boettcher Das Violoncello Mainz 1996, p. 279
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SURNAME Capon, Jean-Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz cellist
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Vichy
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 2011