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Jean-François Jenny-Clark

Jean-François "J.F." Jenny-Clark (12 July 1944 in Toulouse, France – 6 October 1998 in Paris) was a French double bass player. He was estimated as one of the most important bass players of European jazz. Together with drummer Aldo Romano he provided the rhythm section for Don Cherry's European quintet of 1965, recorded with Steve Lacy and performed concerts with Keith Jarrett (around 1970) and for Jasper van 't Hof's group Pork Pie (with Charlie Mariano) (around 1975).

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Jean-François Jenny-Clark

Full name
Jean-François Xavier Jenny-Clark.
Born
1944.
Died
1998.

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Jean-François "J.F." Jenny-Clark (12 July 1944 in Toulouse, France – 6 October 1998 in Paris) was a French double bass player. He was estimated as one of the most important bass players of European jazz. Together with drummer Aldo Romano he provided the rhythm section for Don Cherry's European quintet of 1965, recorded with Steve Lacy and performed concerts with Keith Jarrett (around 1970) and for Jasper van 't Hof's group Pork Pie (with Charlie Mariano) (around 1975).

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Jean-François Jenny-Clark (1944–1998) was a French double-bassist, jazz musician and musician, among other activities. Born Jean-François Xavier Jenny-Clark in Toulouse, the double-bassist died in 17th arrondissement of Paris. Jean-François Jenny-Clark was a member of Martial Solal Trio.

Genres include jazz and tango. Languages used include French.

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  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Recordings and discography
  3. 03Archives and collections
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