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Sep 23, 1928 Eu, Normandy, France Died on 29 May 2019 (aged 90)
French jazz musician
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About Michel Gaudry
- Michel Gaudry (September 23, 1928, Eu, France - May 29, 2019, Saint-Lô) is a French jazz double-bassist.Gaudry learned clarinet and piano as a child before switching to bass.
- Following studies at the Geneva Conservatory, he played with Michel Hausser, beginning his professional career in 1955.
- In the latter half of the 1950s he worked with Billie Holiday, Quentin Jackson, Carmen McRae, and Art Simmons.
- He was very active in the early 1960s, playing with Elek Bacsik, Kenny Clarke, Sonny Criss, Stephane Grappelli, Bud Powell, Stuff Smith, and Billy Strayhorn, as well as continuing a longtime slot as a member of Jack Diéval's group.
- In the 1970s, he played with Gérard Badini's group, Swing Machine, and was a regular performer at the Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice.
- In the 1980s he played with Jimmy Owens and Irvin Stokes. In his later life, he dedicated himself to the history of World War II occupation of Normandy.
