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Michel Gaudry
Michel Gaudry
French jazz musician
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Jean-Claude-René Naudé
Jean-Claude-René Naudé
French composer and songwriter
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André Paquinet
André Paquinet
French jazz trombonist
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Raymond Fol
Raymond Fol
French composer
4
Roger Guérin
Roger Guérin
French jazz trumpeter and singer
5
Dany Doriz
Dany Doriz
French musician
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Sylvain Beuf
Sylvain Beuf
French clarinetist
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Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling
French musician
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François Guin
François Guin
French conductor and trumpeter
9
Benny Vasseur
Benny Vasseur
French jazz trombonist (1926-2015)
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Jean-Louis Chautemps
Jean-Louis Chautemps
French jazz musician, saxophonist
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Claude Barthélémy
Claude Barthélémy
French conductor, composer and bandleader
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Kansas Fields
Kansas Fields
American musician
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Claude Jones
Claude Jones
trombonist
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Henri Chaix
Henri Chaix
Swiss pianist (1925-1999)
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Michel Warlop
Michel Warlop
French classical and jazz violinist
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Organ trio
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
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Jimmy Maxwell
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
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Bill Crow
Bill Crow
American bassist
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Jess Stacy
Jess Stacy
American musician
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Henri Renaud
Henri Renaud
French musician
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Shelly Manne
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
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Mike Zwerin
Mike Zwerin
American jazz musician
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Ziggy Elman
Ziggy Elman
American musician
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Gunther Schuller
Gunther Schuller
American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician
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Paul Motian
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
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René Urtreger
René Urtreger
French musician
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André Ceccarelli
André Ceccarelli
French musician
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Lem Johnson
Lem Johnson
American musician
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Guy Longnon
Guy Longnon
French trumpeter and music educator
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Gil Evans
Gil Evans
American pianist
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George Shearing
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Jean-Marc Padovani
Jean-Marc Padovani
French saxophonist
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Ivan Jullien
Ivan Jullien
French music arranger and jazz musician
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Michel Portal
Michel Portal
French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Darnell Howard
Darnell Howard
American musician
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Peter Appleyard
Peter Appleyard
Canadian vibraphonist
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Sandy Williams
Sandy Williams
American musician
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Roger Chaput
Roger Chaput
French musician, painter and banjoist (1909-1994)
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Gene Roland
Gene Roland
American composer
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Keg Johnson
Keg Johnson
American jazz trombonists
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Chris Griffin
Chris Griffin
American jazz trumpeter of the swing era
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Herman Autrey
Herman Autrey
American jazz musician
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Adam Taubitz
Adam Taubitz
German musician
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Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Jack Diéval
Jack Diéval
French jazz musician
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Al Killian
Al Killian
American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
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Pierre Cullaz
Pierre Cullaz
French cellist and music educator
Gérard Badini
French jazz musician

Gérard Badini

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French jazz musician
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Gérard Badini (born April 16, 1931, Paris), known as Mr. Swing, is a French jazz bandleader, composer, reedist, and pianist.

Badini's father was an opera singer. Badini began playing professionally in the early 1950s, playing clarinet in New Orleans jazz-style ensembles with Michel Attenoux, Jimmy Archey, Lil Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bill Coleman, and Peanuts Holland. In 1955, he joined Claude Bolling's ensemble and then joined Bolling on a worldwide tour as members of Jack Diéval's orchestra. He switched principally to tenor sax beginning in 1958, continuing to work with Bolland as well as Roger Guérin and Geo Daly in the late 1950s. In the 1960s he worked with Alice Babs, Duke Ellington, Jean-Claude Naude, Cat Anderson, Paul Gonsalves, Jef Gilson, and François Guin.

He founded his own group, Swing Machine, in 1973, working in this group with Bobby Durham, Raymond Fol, Michel Gaudry, Helen Humes, Sonny Payne, and Sam Woodyard. From 1977 to 1979, Badini lived in New York City, performing there with Roy Eldridge, Major Holley, Oliver Jackson, Dick Katz, Clark Terry, Gerald Wiggins, and Reggie Workman. In 1984, he formed a new big-band ensemble, Super Swing Machine, which he led and played piano in through the late 1990s.