Gérard Jouannest

Gérard Jouannest (2 May 1933 – 16 May 2018) was a French pianist and composer. He was best known for his collaborations with Jacques Brel, both as a performer and composer, and later with Juliette Gréco, whom he married in 1988.

Early life Jouannest was born on 2 May 1933 in Vanves near Paris. His father was a piano manufacturer. It was Brel who introduced Jouannest to his future wife, singer Juliette Gréco in 1968, and Jouannest played the piano for Greco during the rest of his career.

Jouannest composed more than 250 songs over the course of his life.

Jouannest died on 16 May 2018 in Ramatuelle, in the South of France. He was 85.