André Pezin (25 October 1945 – 18 January 2024), also known as Slim Pezin, was a French guitarist, music arranger, musical producer and conductor who worked for many important people in French orchestra, from
Claude François
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-- for whom he directed the orchestra -- to people like
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Silvie Vartan,
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Mylène Farmer
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Biography
André Pezin started playing the guitar at 17, and started a group with some friends before accompanying, after 1963, the singer
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Habituated to playing with the Perez Prado's Cuban musicians in Paris, Slim Pezin began working at the beginning of 1965 with some African musicians like
Manu Dibango
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. From 1967 to 1971, he was
Nino Ferrer's guitarist. He was
Claude Francois's director of orchestra beginning in 1971. After that, he and two friends and colleagues founded the
Voyage
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group (active between 1977 and 1982), whose first two albums would be
gold records.
In 1984, Slim Pezin participated in the recording of
Mylène Farmer's first single, and he has appeared since on most of her albums and during her concerts. He accompanied numerous French artists, as well as international ones like
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Also a film composer (
Nos jours heureux by
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,
Viva Cuba), he participated in numerous studio recordings. He was also the producer of groups like
La Souris délinguée or
Chagrin d'amour.
It was Slim Pezin, former administrator of the
Spedidam (a French society for the intellectual rights of recording artists), who suggested to the
Claudettes to reclaim their image rights, which they obtained, with much difficulty.
Slim Pezin was also a big collector of guitars,
[.] cars, and African dolls. He had ten children.
Pezin died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 78.
[.]
Albums
* 1975: ''Africa Oumba''
* 2003: ''Africadelic''
* 2004: ''Agents secrets''
* 2004: ''Vidocq''
References
External links
Interviews Musiciens : Slim Pezin, Autour de la guitareDiscogsMusicBrainzMuziekwebIMDb
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1945 births
2024 deaths
French producers
French music arrangers
French guitarists