Jean-Louis Viale

Jean-Louis Viale (born January 22, 1933 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , † May 10, 1984 ibid) was a French modern jazz drummer . He was one of the pioneers of cool jazz in France and played with Clifford Brown , Zoot Sims and Lester Young .

Viale is self-taught as a drummer and had his own band when he was eighteen. He led in 1951 with Bobby Jaspar , Henri Renaud , Martial Solal and Barney Wilen to cool jazz in Paris one. In the 1950s and 1960s he led various bands, played with American musicians such as Clifford Brown , Stan Getz , Dexter Gordon , Sonny Stitt , Lester Young and Zoot Sims , and was on tour with Sacha Distel in Brazil and Canada. In addition to the above, he recorded records with René Thomas , Cy Touff / Bill Perkins , Frank Foster , Jimmy Raney and George Wallington .

His drumming is originally influenced by Max Roach and Kenny Clarke .

Discographic notes

• Clifford Brown: Clifford brown Sextet in Paris (OJC, 1953)
• Stéphane Grappelli : Meets barney Kessel (Black Lion, 1969)
• Bobby Jaspar: Modern Jazz Au Club St-Germain (Emarcy, 1955), Bobby Jaspar With Friends (Fresh Sound Rec., 1958–62)
• Jimmy Raney : Visits Paris (Fresh Sound Rec., 1954)
• Zoot Sims: Zoot Sims & Henri Renaud (Emarcy, 1952–56)
• Martial Solal: The Complete Vogue Recordings, Vol.1 & 2 (Vogue)
• René Thomas: The Real Cat (Emarcy, 1954–56)
• Bernard Peiffer / Jean-Louis Viale: The New Sound At The Boeuf Sur Le Toit (Fresh Sound, 1952)

Lexigraphic entries

• Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 5th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-15-010464-5 .
• Philippe Carles , André Clergeat , Jean-Louis Comolli : Le nouveau dictionnaire du jazz . R. Laffont: Paris 2011; ISBN 978-2-221-11592-3
• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
• Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . DirectMedia, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89853-018-3 (1 CD).