Claude Luter (23 July 1923 – 6 October 2006) was a jazz clarinetist who doubled on soprano saxophone. Luter was born and died in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

. He began on trumpet, but switched to clarinet. He might be best known for being an accompanist to

Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. His erratic tempe ...

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, but he also worked with Barney Bigard and French writer and musician

Boris Vian Boris Vian (; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sull ...

Discography

*''En Concert'' (06/16/2003) *''Puisque Vous Partez En Voyage'' (01/06/2003) *''Jazz Spirituals'' Disques Vogue SLVLX 426 *''Parade'' Disques Vogue CLVLX 221 *''a Bobino'' Disques Vogue SLVLX 414 *''And His Orchestra'' Disques Vogue LVLX 156

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