About Pierre Merlin
Lived 1918 – 2000. Pierre Merlin was a trumpeter and artist.
Pierre Merlin (1918 – 2000) was a French artist and jazz musician known for designing the cover art of over 150 albums.
Life and career Merlin was born in Bordeaux in 1918. He studied at the École Municipale des Beaux-Arts before receiving a scholarship to study fine art in Paris in 1942. It was there that Merlin began performing New Orleans style jazz eventually playing with Claude Luter and Sidney Bechet.
In the 1940s, Merlin did graphic design work for Hot Club de France.
With Claude Luter:
Claude Luter et ses Lorientals (1946) Claude Luter et ses Lorientals (Blue Star, 1948) Claude Luter et son Orchestre (Duc Thomson, 1949)
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French artist and musician
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Pierre Merlin was born in 1918.
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Pierre Merlin died in 2000.
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Pierre Merlin was a trumpeter and artist.
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