Portrait of Claude Luter

Claude Luter

Sound

Biography

Claude Luter (23 July 1923 – 6 October 2006) was a jazz clarinetist who doubled on soprano saxophone. Luter was born and died in Paris. He began on trumpet, but switched to clarinet. He might be best known for being an accompanist to Sidney Bechet when he was in Paris, but he also worked with Barney Bigard and French writer and musician Boris Vian. Source: Article "Claude Luter" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born: July 23, 1923

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Filmography

1982
1975
Numéro un

as Self (archive footage)

1956
L'inspecteur connaît la musique

as Harry Louis / Bandleader

1949
Rendezvous in July

as Jazz orchestra conductor