Jacky Samson (April 11, 1943 – October 3, 2012) was a French

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double-bassist.

Career

Samson studied bass in

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. He was the bassist in

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's trio for nearly thirty years starting in 1965, playing with

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, among others. Outside of this association, he also performed or recorded in the 1960s and 1970s with

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, Michel Hausser,

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. Later in his career, he became a professor in

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Death

He died on October 3, 2012, in Précy-sous-Thil, Côte-d'Or, France.

References

*Michel Laplace, "Jacky Samson". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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