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André Paquinet
André Paquinet
French jazz trombonist
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Bernard Vitet
Bernard Vitet
French trumpeter
2
Bernard Lubat
Bernard Lubat
French jazz musician
3
Benny Vasseur
Benny Vasseur
French jazz trombonist (1926-2015)
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Jack Diéval
Jack Diéval
French jazz musician
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Manny Klein
Manny Klein
American musician
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Michel Graillier
Michel Graillier
Jazz pianist
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La Bottine Souriante
La Bottine Souriante
band
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Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Jack Sels
Jack Sels
Belgian musician
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Éric Legnini
Éric Legnini
Belgian musician
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Nguyen Le
Nguyen Le
French jazz guitarist
14
Richard Galliano
Richard Galliano
French musician
15
Bill Dixon
Bill Dixon
American musician
16
Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott
British musician
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Jacky Samson
Jacky Samson
French bassist
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Gérard Badini
Gérard Badini
French jazz musician
19
Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
20
André Ceccarelli
André Ceccarelli
French musician
21
The Skatalites
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
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Chet Baker
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Kenny Ball
Kenny Ball
English trumpeter, band leader, arranger
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff
American musician
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Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
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François Jeanneau
François Jeanneau
French saxophonist
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Alan Silva
Alan Silva
American musician
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Murray McEachern
Murray McEachern
Canadian musician
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Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
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Jimmy Knepper
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
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Claude François
Claude François
French pop singer, songwriter and dancer
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Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
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Jack Butler
Jack Butler
American musician
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Jean-Sébastien Simonoviez
Jean-Sébastien Simonoviez
French jazz musician
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François de Roubaix
François de Roubaix
French composer
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Cy Touff
Cy Touff
American jazz musician
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Michel Massot
Michel Massot
Belgian musician
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Spike Heatley
Spike Heatley
British musician
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Rob McConnell
Rob McConnell
Canadian jazz musician
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Daniel Herskedal
Daniel Herskedal
Norwegian musician
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Eddie Harris
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
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Ivan Jullien
Ivan Jullien
French music arranger and jazz musician
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Dick Nash
Dick Nash
American musician
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Mickey Baker
Mickey Baker
American jazz and rock guitarist
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John Dankworth
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
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Jack Purvis
Jack Purvis
American musician
François Guin
French conductor and trumpeter

François Guin

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French conductor and trumpeter
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Prix Django Reinhardt
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
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François Guin (born May 18, 1938, in Contres) is a French jazz musician and bandleader.

Guin is a musical polymath, having learned violin, piano, voice, trombone, trumpet, and flute. As a trumpeter, he worked with Marc Laferrière in 1957, then switched to trombone to work with Raymond Fonsèque from 1959 to 1962. During this time he also played with Christian Chevallier, Jacques Denjean, Jacques Hélian, and Daniel Janin. Later in the 1960s he worked with Duke Ellington, Luis Fuentes, Michel Legrand, and Gerry Mulligan. In the 1970s, he played with Bill Coleman and Claude Bolling, and led his own ensemble, Four Bones, which was formed in 1967 and continued into the 1990s. Late in the 1970s he played in Les Petits Français with Moustache and Georges Brassens. In 1985 he took a position as a pedagogue at the Châteauroux conservatory, remaining there until 1997.