Jean-Claude Naude

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Jean-Claude Naude (born March 7, 1933 in Amiens , † January 9, 2008 in Saint-Hilaire (Essonne) ) was a French jazz trumpeter and composer of light music .

Live and act

Naude learned classical trumpet at the conservatory in his hometown. During his military service in 1952 he performed with Georges Arvanitas in Paris jazz clubs such as the Tabou ; first recordings in the field of hot jazz were made in 1954. After an Italian tour, he joined Maxim Saury's band , with whom he stayed until 1965. He also played with Memphis Slim , Guy Lafitte and Albert Nicholas , but still had to earn his main income in the show orchestras of Parisian nightclubs. In 1965 he founded his Grand Orchester de Jazz , which existed until 1970 , with which he gave numerous concerts in the style of the Count Basie Orchestra and performed at the Antibes Festival in 1967 . In 1968 he worked with Roger Guérin , Sonny Gray and Ivan Jullien in a trumpet workshop for the ORTF ; In 1972 he recorded with Benny Waters ; In the mid-1970s he was employed by Claude Bolling and Bob Quibel. In 1980 he toured Germany.

Since the 1970s he was mainly active for public and then private television, for which he provided musical accompaniment to shows, but was also responsible for programs such as TV Music-Hall and later for Dimanche Matin ; in addition, he wrote arrangements, film music (partly together with Alain Le Meur), chansons and compositions in other genres.

Discographic notes

  • Standards de Chicago (1960-61)
  • Enfin (1967)
  • A New Kind of Band (1975)
  • New Orleans For Ever (1975)
  • Percussion System (1975)

Lexigraphic entries

  • Michel Laplace in: New Grove Dictionary of Jazz MacMillan 2001

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personal data
SURNAME Naude, Jean-Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Amiens
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2008
Place of death Saint-Hilaire (Essonne)