Born: March 3, 1928; Saint-Denis, France
Died: July 3, 2005; Paris, France
For decades, Pierre Michelot has been the bassist of choice for Americans traveling through France. His supportive playing was always up to par with the American bassists of the 1950s and '60s. Michelot started on bass when he was 16 and through the years, has played with Rex Stewart (1948), Coleman Hawkins, Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Don Byas, Thelonious Monk, Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Bud Powell (in a trio with KennyRead more Clarke), Zoot Sims, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, and many others. He even appeared in the movie 'Round Midnight about American jazz musicians living in Paris. Read less
Label: Warner Classics
Catalog: 555050
Release Date: 04/22/2016
Number of Discs: 91
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Ludwig van Beethoven,
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny,
Arcangelo Corelli
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Performer:
Yehudi Menuhin,
Hubert Giesen,
Artur Balsam,
Marcel Gazelle
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Conductor:
Landon Ronald,
Pierre Monteux,
Jean Fournet,
Anatole Fistoulari
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra,
Paris Symphonic Orchestra,
Colonne Concerts Orchestra
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Label: Warner Classics
Catalog: 555052
Release Date: 04/22/2016
Number of Discs: 18
Composer:
Sir Edward Elgar,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Antonín Dvorák,
Niccolò Paganini
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Performer:
Yehudi Menuhin,
Gerald Moore,
George Enescu,
David Oistrakh
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Conductor:
Sir Edward Elgar,
George Enescu,
Pierre Monteux,
Sir John Barbirolli
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra,
Paris Symphonic Orchestra,
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
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Label: Warner Classics
Catalog: 554924
Release Date: 04/08/2016
Number of Discs: 3
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Antonio Vivaldi,
Giovanni Battista Viotti,
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Performer:
Yehudi Menuhin,
Paul Cocker,
Hephzibah Menuhin,
Louis Kentner
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Conductor:
Alberto Lysy,
Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Efrem Kurtz,
Sir Adrian Boult
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bath Festival Orchestra,
Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra,
Camerata Lysy
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Label: Emi Classics
Catalog: 98225
Release Date: 04/21/2009
Number of Discs: 6
Composer:
Stéphane Grappelli,
Vincent Youmans,
George Gershwin,
Jacob Gade
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Performer:
Stéphane Grappelli,
Yehudi Menuhin,
Jan Blok,
John Etheridge
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Conductor:
Max Harris,
Andrzej Panufnik,
Pierre Boulez,
Sir Adrian Boult
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
Menuhin Festival Orchestra,
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Label: Emi Classics
Catalog: 86230
Release Date: 02/15/2005
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
George Gershwin,
Jack Strachey,
David Raksin,
Vernon Duke
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Performer:
Denny Wright,
Ike Isaacs,
Lennie Bush,
Alan Clare
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Conductor:
Max Harris,
Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Instrumental Ensemble,
Alan Clare Trio