André Paquinet (October 1, 1926, Arcueil - July 5, 2014)[1] was a French jazz trombonist.
He then worked with Tony Proteau, Jacques Hélian, Claude Bolling, Michel Legrand, and Fred Gerard in the 1950s.
In 1957, he founded a trombone duo with Benny Vasseur; they recorded and worked together throughout the 1960s.
He also worked extensively as a sideman in the 1960s, for Dany Doriz, André Hodeir, and François Guin.
Around 1970 he played with Roy Eldridge, Slide Hampton, and Ivan Jullien; from 1973 to 1977 he was in Berlin, working with Paul Kuntz.