Claude Barthelemy
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Claude Barthélemy (born August 22, 1956 in St. Denis) is a French jazz guitarist.
Barthélemy started playing guitar when he was fourteen years old.He began playing with Michel Portal's ensemble, Unit, in 1978, and soon after worked with Aldo Romano, Stu Martin, and Gérard Marais.He assembled his own trio with Jacques Mahieux and Jean-Luc Ponthieux in the early 1980s, in addition to working with Jean-Marc Padovani and Nouvel Orchestra Philharmonique.From the mid-1980s he became increasingly devoted to composition, writing for mixed ensembles; some of his pieces incorporate video and dance elements.He co-founded the group Zhivaro in 1987 and from 1989 to 1991 was the director of Orchestre National de Jazz.In the 1990s he led the octet La Nouvelle-Orleans and the quartet Monsieur Claude, and accompanied Elise Caron and Sylvie Cobo among others.