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André Paquinet
French jazz trombonist
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Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot
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Jean-Claude-René Naudé
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Gérard Badini
Gérard Badini
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Jean-Louis Chautemps
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Raymond Fol
Raymond Fol
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Claude Bolling
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Nat Peck
Nat Peck
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Bernard Lubat
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Mezz Mezzrow
Mezz Mezzrow
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Vic Dickenson
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Georges Arvanitas
Georges Arvanitas
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René Urtreger
René Urtreger
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François Jeanneau
François Jeanneau
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Claude Jones
Claude Jones
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Yves Robert
Yves Robert
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André Ceccarelli
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Jimmy Gourley
Jimmy Gourley
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
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François Guin
François Guin
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Murray McEachern
Murray McEachern
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Vernon Brown
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Keg Johnson
Keg Johnson
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Daniel Humair
Daniel Humair
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
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Moustache
Moustache
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Michel Portal
Michel Portal
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
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Guy Lafitte
Guy Lafitte
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
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Mike Zwerin
Mike Zwerin
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Jonah Jones
Jonah Jones
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Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
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Louis Mitchell
Louis Mitchell
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
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Guy Paquinet
Guy Paquinet
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Jimmy Knepper
Jimmy Knepper
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Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli
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George Avakian
George Avakian
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
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George Washington
George Washington
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Buzzy Drootin
Buzzy Drootin
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Don Byas
Don Byas
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Jean-Marc Padovani
Jean-Marc Padovani
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
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Wycliffe Gordon
Wycliffe Gordon
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Barney Wilen
Barney Wilen
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Sandy Williams
Sandy Williams
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
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Johnny Windhurst
Johnny Windhurst
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Tony Parenti
Tony Parenti
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Anthony Ortega
Anthony Ortega
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
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Benny Morton
Benny Morton
American musician
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Fletcher Allen
Fletcher Allen
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
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Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
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Milt Bernhart
Milt Bernhart
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Pops Foster
Pops Foster
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Claude Hopkins
Claude Hopkins
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Russell Procope
Russell Procope
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Alix Combelle
Alix Combelle
French musician
Benny Vasseur
French jazz trombonist (1926-2015)

Benny Vasseur

Intro
French jazz trombonist (1926-2015)
Genres
Music

Bernard "Benny" Vasseur (March 7, 1926, Neuville-Saint-Rémy – February 6, 2015, Paris) was a French jazz trombonist.

Vasseur studied music at the Cambrai conservatory and the Paris Conservatory, playing trombone and piano in addition to singing. He played informally with the Hot Club de Versailles shortly after the end of World War II, then began working with Claude Bolling and Rex Stewart. In 1948 he began playing at the Club Saint-Germain in Paris and other jazz venues in the city, playing as a sideman for Sidney Bechet, Benny Carter, Buck Clayton, Bill Coleman, Roy Eldridge, Big Chief Russell Moore, Albert Nicholas, Hot Lips Page, and Django Reinhardt.

In the 1950s he worked in the bands of Aimé Barelli, Michel Attenoux, and Claude Luter, also working with Bechet again toward the end of the decade. In 1957 he formed a duo with fellow trombonist André Paquinet, and worked with Annie Cordy in 1960. In the 1960s he did work as a session musician in studio orchestras, playing on records by Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr., Liza Minnelli, and Frank Sinatra, and in 1965 he played in François Guin's group alongside François Biensan. Late in the 1960s he returned to playing with Claude Bolling, an association which would last several decades.