Roger Guérin

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Roger Guérin (* 9. January 1926 in Saarbrücken , † 6. February 2010 in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer , Bouches-du-Rhône ) was a French jazz - trumpet player and singer .

Live and act

Guérin studied trumpet and cornet at the Paris Conservatory and became a professional musician in 1947, first working with Aimé Barelli , later with Django Reinhardt , Don Byas , Hubert Fol , James Moody , Benny Golson , Bernard Peiffer , Fats Sadi , Lucky Thompson , Kenny Clarke , Blossom Dearie , Martial Solal , Michel Legrand and André Hodeir's Jazz Group de Paris together.

In 1958 Guérin was the French representative of the International Youth Band at the Newport Jazz Festival and in Brussels. In 1959 he was part of Mimi Perrin's vocal group Les Double Six with Eddy Louiss and Ward Swingle . In 1960 he broke shortly Clark Terry in the Big Band of Quincy Jones from. With Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong he developed the soundtrack for the film Paris Blues 1961. Since then Guerin has worked more as a studio musician with a wide range of styles, but occasionally appeared at festivals, such as in 1962 with the Dizzy Gillespie- Big Band in Antibes and there with his own formations in 1961 and 1967, in Recklinghausen in 1961, 1963 and 1965. During this time he also led two NDR workshops and recorded several records with the Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band . In 1968 he performed with Jean-Claude Naude , Sonny Gray and Ivan Jullien in a trumpet workshop for the ORTF .

Since the late 1960s, Guérin has mainly worked as a teacher, but participated in two big band projects of his colleague Martial Solal in the 1980s and 1990s .

Guérin played both traditional and modern jazz and was thus an adaptable partner for many American guest soloists. He showed a certain preference for humorous quotes and a metallic tone.

In 1959 he received the Prix ​​Django Reinhardt .

Selection discography

As a leader
As a sideman
  • Eddie Barclay & Quincy Jones : Et Voila! ( Barclay Records , 1958)
  • Christian Chevallier : 6 + 6 (1957), Formidable (1955); both Jazz Stars series ( Columbia Records )
  • Kenny Clarke's sextet: Plays Andrè Hodeir , 1956, ( Philips Records ); re-released in 2000 in the Jazz in Paris series (Gitanes / Universal )
  • Les Double Six: Les Double Six , 1959, ( RCA Victor , 1999)
  • Benny Golson: Benny Golson and the Philadelphians ( United Artists Records , 1958) - recording with Roger Guerin, Pierre Michelot, Christian Garros only on the Blue Note Records - CD same name -Publishing 1998
  • Bobby Jaspar : Bobby Jaspar & His Modern Jazz , 1954/55, original vogue masters series ( Bertelsmann Music Group / BMG , 1998)
  • Pierre Michelot : Round About a Bass ( Mercury Records , 1963); re-released in 2000 in the Jazz in Paris series (Gitanes / Universal )
  • James Moody, Frank Foster : James Moody and Frank Foster in Paris , 1951, ( Disques Vogue , 1995)
  • Bernard Peiffer : And His St Germain Des Pres Orchestra Featuring Bobby Jaspar ( Blue Star , 1954); re-released in 2000 in the Jazz in Paris series under the title Modern jazz at St.Germain-des-Prés (Gitanes / Universal, 2007) together with the Bernard Zacharias - LP Gershwin Parade (Club français du disque, 1954)
  • Quincy Jones: 1960 Lausanne , Swiss Radio Days Jazz series ( TCB , 1005)
  • Martial Solal: The Complete Vogue Recordings, Vol. 3 , 1956, original vogue masters series (BMG, 2003)
  • Lucky Thompson: Modern Jazz Group , 1956, Jazz in Paris series (Gitanes / Universal, 2000)
  • Jimmy Raney : Jimmy Raney Visits Paris, Vol. 2 , original vogue masters series (BMG, 1998)
  • Django Reinhardt: Nuits de Saint-Germain des-Prés , 1951–53, in the Jazz In Paris series (Gitanes / Universal, 2002)

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Remarks

  1. ↑ cit. according to Kunzler, p. 446
personal data
SURNAME Guerin, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz trumpeter and singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2010
Place of death Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer