Django’s pianist has died
mainLe Figaro reports the death of Maurice Vander, French jazz pianist and composer. He was 87.
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He was above all the singer Claude Nougaro’s pianist.
Of course it’s “Nougaro’s pianist”. Their duet tour in 1991 resulted in a piano-voice album “Une voix, dix doigts”, the absolute quintessence of french Chanson… and an unavailable CD nowadays.