Henri Texier

French jazz double bassist and composer, born 27 January 1945 in Paris. He began to play in the 60's with Jean-Luc Ponty, Jean-Louis Chautemps, Michel Portal and François Jeanneau, then, with Daniel Humair, he played with famous american jazzmen. Later, he formed bands with european jazzmen like Michel Portal, Aldo Romano, Louis Sclavis, Bernard Lubat, Glenn Ferris.