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Pierre Cullaz
Pierre Cullaz is credited on 175 releases across 56 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2016 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
175
Pressings credited
56
Albums
7
Decades active
7
In collections
Biography
Pierre Cullaz (21 July 1935 – 1 January 2014) was a French jazz guitarist and cellist. Pierre Cullaz was the son of Maurice Cullaz, a jazz writer, and the older brother of Alby Cullaz. After he learned piano and cello in 1949, he moved to guitar as his main instrument. In 1955, he started his professional career with Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, and Hal Singer. Two years later he worked with Michel Hausser, then Sarah Vaughan, Claude Bolling and Stéphane Grappelli. After military service, he became a studio musician. He worked with Martial Solal and Eddy Louiss and beginning in 1965 was a member of the band Guitars Unlimited. He formed Guitars Unlimited with Victor Apicella, Raymond Gimenez, Francis Lemaguer, and Tony Rallo. The band recorded for Barclay. Other collaborators included Elvin Jones, Andre Hodeir, Ivan Jullien, Guy Lafitte. Cullaz also taught guitar and wrote a method book. He accompanied singer Claude Nougaro and was an arranger for Michel Legrand. Besides being a musician, he taught at the CIM in Paris and wrote the textbook Methode de Guitare.
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Credited work
175 releases · 56 albums · active 1958–2016
- Performance · 192
- Other credits · 20
Studios: Studios Barclay-Hoche Enregistrements · Studios Barclay · Studio Des Abbesses · Studio Davout
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Claude Nougaro
- The Golden Gate Quartet
- Various
- Jean-Roger Caussimon
- Guy Lafitte
- Sarah Vaughan
- Eddy Louiss
- Jef Gilson
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