Beb Guérin
Bernard "Beb" Guérin (December 22, 1941 in La Rochelle – November 14, 1980 in Paris) was a French jazz double-bassist.
Beb Guérin first began playing bass at age 23, working in the 1960s with Sonny Criss, , François Tusques, Alan Silva, and later in the decade, as well as with free jazz groups in Paris clubs. In the early 1970s he worked with , Steve Lacy, Sunny Murray, Sonny Sharrock, Archie Shepp, Alan Shorter, and Clifford Thornton, and worked frequently with Michel Portal for most of the 1970s.[1]
References[]
- ^ Michel Laplace, "Beb Guerin". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
Categories:
- French jazz double-bassists
- Male double-bassists
- 1941 births
- 1980 deaths
- 20th-century double-bassists
- 20th-century French male musicians
- French male jazz musicians