René Gervat

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René Gervat (* 1934 or 1935; † November 2017 ) was a French jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophone , clarinet ).

Live and act

Gervat played u. a. from the early 1960s in Raymond Fonsèque's band Washboard Five ( Jazz pour Averty , 1961) and with Errol Parker . From the 1980s he was a member of the Ornicar Big Band under the direction of Philippe Laudet , to be heard on albums such as Mais où est donc Ornicar? (1984, with Joe Henderson ), Le retour d'Ornicar (1986), Jazz Cartoon (1989) and L'incroyable Huck! (1991). In his later years he still worked with the pianist Pierre Christophe and performed at the Club Caveau de la Huchette . The discographer Tom Lord lists Gervat in the field of jazz between 1961 and 1996 with six recording sessions, most recently with Jean-Michel Proust ( Harlem Nocturne ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tribute to René Gervaz at Jazz a Seize Heure
  2. ↑ Le clarinettiste et saxophoniste René Gervat est décédé at TSF Jazz ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on November 27, 2017) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tsfjazz.com
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 27, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Gervat, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1934 or 1935
DATE OF DEATH November 2017