Pierre Michelot Explained

Pierre Michelot
Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Date:3 March 1928
Birth Place:Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician, arranger
Instrument:Double bass
Label:Fontana
Past Member Of:The Jacques Loussier Trio

Pierre Michelot (3 March 1928 – 3 July 2005)[1] was a French jazz double bass player and arranger.

Early life

Michelot was born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris on 3 March 1928.[2] He studied piano from 1936 until 1938. He switched to playing bass at the age of sixteen.

Later life and career

He played and recorded with visiting American musicians in Paris. He "played with Rex Stewart (1948), performed at Frisco's in Paris with Kenny Clarke (summer 1949), and joined Clarke in a band accompanying Coleman Hawkins (winter 1949–50), with whom he recorded; in 1949 he also recorded with Clarke in an ad hoc band led by Sidney Bechet."

Through his career he played with Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli, Don Byas, Thelonious Monk, Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Bud Powell, Zoot Sims, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker.[3]

With Miles Davis he was responsible for the 1957 soundtrack of Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.[4] He was a member of the Jacques Loussier Trio, known for the Play Bach album series from 1959. For two decades beginning in the early 1960s, he concentrated on arranging and studio work. He also appeared in the 1986 film Round Midnight. In later life he suffered from Alzheimer's disease.[5] He died of Alzheimer's in Paris on 3 July 2005.[1]

Discography

As leader

With Daniel Humair & Rene Urtreger

With Jacques Loussier and Christian Garros

As sideman

With Claude Bolling

With Clifford Brown

With Sidney Bechet

With Don Byas

With Miles Davis

With France Gall

With Serge Gainsbourg

With Stan Getz

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Dexter Gordon

With Coleman Hawkins

With Andre Hodeir

With Jacques Loussier and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

With Claude Nougaro

With Bud Powell

With Sammy Price

With Stephane Grappelli

With Django Reinhardt

With Zoot Sims

With others

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pierre Michelot, Jazz Musician, Dies at 77. 6 July 2005. 28 September 2021. The New York Times.
  2. Book: Ian . Carr . Digby . Fairweather . Brian . Priestley . Jazz: The Rough Guide . 1995 . Rough Guides . 978-1-85828-137-7 . 437 . registration .
  3. Book: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Guinness Publishing. 1992. First. 0-85112-939-0. 1682.
  4. Kernfeld . Barry . Clergeat . André . Michelot, Pierre . Grove Music Online . 2003 . 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.j299700. 9781561592630 .
  5. Web site: Berg . Chuck . Bassist Pierre Michelot Dies . JazzTimes . 1 May 2020 . 25 April 2019.