Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Une histoire du be bop
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe — Self2006
- The Miles Davis Story — Self2001
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1934-07-06
hard bopjazzpost-bop
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 3,411
- Total plays
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jazzpianopiano jazzjazz pianofrancais
René Urtreger (born July 6, 1934) is a French bebop pianist. Urtreger was born in Paris and began his piano studies at the age of four. In his adolescence he furthered them in the Conservatory of Classical Music. He studied with an orientation toward jazz, playing in a small Parisian club, the "Sully d' Auteil." Conducted by Hubert Damisch, the Sully boasted an orchestra of talented students including Sacha Distel and Louis Viale. In 1953, he won first prize in a piano contest for amateurs <a h