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Jean-Michel Defaye
Jean-Michel Defaye is credited on 790 releases across 151 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
790
Pressings credited
151
Albums
8
Decades active
9
In collections
Biography
Jean-Michel Defaye (18 September 1932 – 1 January 2025) was a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his collaboration with French poet and singer-songwriter Léo Ferré.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
790 releases · 151 albums · active 1954–2025
- Performance · 1,488
- Other credits · 559
- Production · 22
Studios: Studios Barclay-Hoche Enregistrements · Studios Barclay · L'Olympia · Bobino
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Léo Ferré
- Maurice André
- Various
- Philippe Sarde
- Serge Reggiani
- Leo Ferre
- Baden Powell Quartet
- Gilbert Bécaud
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