Pierre Fernard Gossez

Pierre Fernand Gossez was born in Valenciennes on 6 August 1928. Gossez was active as a sideman in many contexts in the 1950s, working with Noël Chiboust, Tony Murena, Jacques Hélian, Michel Legrand, and Martial Solal. He also began playing with Claude Bolling in 1956, and would work with him into the 1970s. In the 1960s he played with Sonny Grey, Michel Hausser, André Hodeir, Ivan Jullien, Guy Lafitte, and the Paris Jazz All Stars. Associations in the 1970s included Jullien again, Maxim Saury, Dany Doriz, and Gunther Schuller.