Eddie Bernard

"Eddie" or "Eddy" Bernard (actually Edouard Bernard, born February 18, 1927, † February 15, 1984) was a French jazz pianist of swing, later modern jazz. "Eddie" Bernard started playing the piano at the age of five and had classical piano lessons at the age of nine. Early influences were Fats Waller, Earl Hines and Erroll Garner. After the liberation of Paris in 1944, he played with the saxophonist Michel de Villers i…