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Alain Goraguer
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French composer, music arranger, orchestra leader (1931–2023)
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Rosny-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Alain Goraguer was a French jazz pianist, music arranger and music composer for film productions. He was known for his work alongside Boris Vian and Serge Gainsbourg.
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Alain Goraguer (August 20, 1931, Rosny sous Bois, France) was a French jazz pianist, sideman of Boris Vian and Serge Gainsbourg, arranger and composer. He reached his creative peak in the 1960s and 1970s. He also recorded and composed the soundtrack to the film Fantastic Planet. His family was from Nice, on the coast of the Mediterranean, where young Alain studied the piano. He abandoned the violin without remorse, and at the age of twenty had an influential encounter with pianist Jack Diéval <
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Rosny-sous-Bois
- Place of death
- 15th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Alain Goraguer, 1952.png
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- date of birth
- 1931-08-20
- name in native language
- Alain Goraguer
- Commons category
- Alain Goraguer
- birth name
- Alain Yves Réginald Goraguer
- date of death
- 2023-02-13
- place of burial
- Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
- pseudonym
- Al Graig
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