Jean-Claude Naude

Jean-Claude Naude (March 7, 1933, Amiens -January 9, 2008) was a French jazz pianist and trumpeter.

Naude attended the Amiens conservatory and played early in his career as a trumpeter for Raymond Fonsèque's orchestra and with Georges Arvanitas.

In 1955, he began working with Maxim Saury, an association that would last a decade.

He also played piano with Raymond Fonsèque in a trio with trombonist Luis Fuentes.

He led his own big bands in the second half of the 1960s, and played with Gerard Badini, Jacky Samson, and Andre Paquinet.