Jacky Samson Explained

Jacky Samson
Birth Date:	April 11, 1943
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Death Date:	October 3, 2012
Death Place:	Précy-sous-Thil, Côte-d'Or, France
Nationality:	French
Occupation:	jazz double-bassist

Jacky Samson (April 11, 1943, in Paris – October 3, 2012) was a French jazz double-bassist.

Career

Samson studied bass in Versailles. He was the bassist in Georges Arvanitas's trio for nearly thirty years starting in 1965, playing with Dexter Gordon, Hank Mobley, and Albert Nicholas, among others.^[1] Outside of this association, he also performed or recorded in the 1960s and 1970s with François Biensan, Milt Buckner, Jimmy Dawkins, Maynard Ferguson, François Guin, Slide Hampton, Michel Hausser, Guy Lafitte, and Jean-Claude Naude.^{[2] [3]} Later in his career, he became a professor in Orly.^[4]

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. Barry Kernfeld.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jacky Samson. www.jazzhot.net. 2020-02-27.
2. Book: Heath. Jimmy. I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath. McLaren. Joseph. Temple University Press. 978-1-4399-0199-1. en.
3. Book: McGregor, Elizabeth Vihlen. Jazz and Postwar French Identity: Improvising the Nation. 2016-06-23. Lexington Books. 978-1-4985-2877-1. en.
4. Web site: Jacky Samson 1940-2012. organissimo forums. 9 October 2012 . en-US. 2020-02-27.