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Many American jazz artists have lived in France from Sidney Bechet to Archie Shepp. These Americans would have an influence on French jazz, but at the same time French jazz had its own inspirations as well. For example, Bal-musette had some influence on France's form of Gypsy jazz. Similarly, the violin, and to an extent the guitar, were ...
Officers and Soldiers of the French Army 1918: 1915 to Victory. Paris: Histoire & Collections, 2008. Lloyd, Craig. Eugene Bullard: Black Expatriate in Jazz Age Paris. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8203-2192-3; Mason, Herbert Molloy Jr. High Flew the Falcons: The French Aces of World War I. New York: J.B. Lippincott ...
One of the earliest and most significant continental jazz groups in Europe, the Quintette was described by critic Thom Jurek [1] as "one of the most original bands in the history of recorded jazz." Their most famous lineup featured Reinhardt, Grappelli, bassist Louis Vola , and rhythm guitarists Roger Chaput and Joseph Reinhardt (Django's ...
July 14 – Fred Fox, American French horn player and brass instrument teacher (d. 1949) July 24 – Riccardo Malipiero, Italian composer, pianist and music educator (d. 2003) July 26. Ralph Blane, American composer and singer (d. 1995) Erskine Hawkins, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1993) August 5 – Stjepan Šulek, Croatian ...
The Théâtre des Champs Élysées continued its American series in July 1926 with the first French performance of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra The other music halls, including the Casino de Paris, Moulin Rouge and les Ambassadeurs presented jazz reviews, while the main concert halls, Pleyel and Gaveau ...
The 369th was largely treated similarly to other French units at the time. The regiment was not segregated from other French units, and generally faced little racial discrimination. Prior to the 369th's integration, the French army had included many colonial units with non-white personnel, many from Morocco and Senegal. Having also faced severe ...
François Tusques (born January 27, 1938, in Paris, France) is a French jazz pianist. Tusques played a significant role in the emergence of a community of free jazz musicians in France. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
There are also many instrumental versions, for example for piano, violin, string ensemble, jazz band and numerous different types of orchestra. [18] After the Second World War, the American jazz artist Sidney Bechet, a long-time resident in France, popularised a Swing version, and it was also recorded by the French popular singer Yves Montand. [18]