Pierre Michelot

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Pierre Michelot (born March 3, 1928 in Saint-Denis , Département Seine-Saint-Denis , † July 3, 2005 in Paris ) was a French jazz musician .

Life

The bassist, who could be seen playing music with Dexter Gordon in the film Round Midnight and alongside Herbie Hancock , John McLaughlin , Bobby Hutcherson , Wayne Shorter and Billy Higgins , was one of the father figures of European bass emancipation. Bud Powell and Miles Davis resorted to the sensitive yet powerful game of Michelots.

Rex Stewart and Coleman Hawkins , Chet Baker , Stéphane Grappelli , Don Byas , Thelonious Monk , Lester Young , Dexter Gordon , Zoot Sims , Dizzy Gillespie , Django Reinhardt , Jacques Loussier , Tchan Tchou Vidal and Baden Powell played on their European stays or tours Michelot's services. He worked with Reinhardt at the Blue Star Session in March 1953, the penultimate session before his death. From 1960 to 1978 he formed the Play Bach Trio with Jacques Loussier (piano), Pierre Michelot and Christian Garros (drums) . Michelot was also involved in Miles Davis ' film score Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , the soundtrack to Louis Male 's first film Elevator to the Scaffold .

Michelot was little represented by recordings under his own name: Round about a bass is one of his few albums.

In 1963 he received the Prix ​​Django Reinhardt .

Works

literature

  • André Clergeat, Barry Kernfeld: Art. Pierre Michelot . In: Grove Music Online . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2002.

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personal data
SURNAME Michelot, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Denis , Seine-Saint-Denis department
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 2005
Place of death Paris