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Guy Patrick Paquinet was born in Tours, France on August 13, 1903, Tours, France. He played in an army band in the early 1920s, then worked with Paul Gason, Lud Gluskin, Fred Mélé, and Don Parker.
Guy led his own ensemble from 1934 to 1936, then worked as a sideman for Alix Combelle, Django Reinhardt, and Ray Ventura. In the 1940s he returned to bandleading, leading his own ensembles through the 1950s and working with, among others, Sidney Bechet, Dizzy Gillespie, and Tony Proteau.
Trombonist Guy Paquinet, whose son André became a noteworthy trombonist, transitioned on January 5, 1981 in Selle-sur-le-Bied.
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