Alain Romans

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Alain Romans (* 13. January 1905 in Częstochowa ; † 19th December 1988 in Paris ) was a from Poland originating, French jazz - pianist , composer , arranger and bandleader.

Alain Romans first learned the violin and studied in Leipzig , Berlin and Paris ; his teachers included u. a. Vincent d'Indy . After his studies, he turned to jazz, helped found the Hot Club de France in Paris in the early 1930s and worked with Josephine Baker and Django Reinhardt .

In 1930 he began his career as a ragtime pianist at Cabaret Oceanic ; In 1931/32 he worked with André Ekyan , Stéphane Grappelli , Django Reinhardt and Alix Combelle in the Croix du Sud . In 1935 recordings were made under his own name for Pathé with Arthur Briggs , Reinhardt and Michel Warlop . In the 1930s he also played with Frank "Big Boy" Goudie ; from 1935 he worked with his own orchestra. In 1938 he performed with Django Reinhardt, the violinist Bela Rex and the drummer Bert Marshall at the Princes . In the 1940s and 1950s he continued to work with his own ensembles, including engagements in the Bœuf sur le toit . In 1954 he presented his band Alain Romans et ses Rythmes , which existed until the early 1960s.

In addition to his work as a band leader, Romans wrote music for twelve films; best known is his film music for Jacques Tatis The Holidays of Monsieur Hulot from 1953 with the song "Quel Temps Fait-Il A Paris?" , as well as for the Tati film My Uncle (1958). He wrote his first contribution to a film in 1934 for the film Zouzou by Marc Allégret . In 1959 he worked as a film composer on the film Y'en a marre by Ivan Govar ; In 1960 he wrote the music for Un couple by Jean-Pierre Mocky .

Discographic notes

  • Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (excerpts), on: Extraits of the volume Originales of the film de Jacques Tati . Philips / Polygram n.d., sound carrier no. 836 983-2

Filmography (selection)

  • 1934: Zouzou
  • 1948: The Renegate (La renégate)
  • 1952: Everything was sin (Les amants maudits)
  • 1953: Monsieur Hulot's holidays (Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot)
  • 1957: The Little Robinsons (Robinson)
  • 1958: My uncle (Mon oncle)
  • 1959: Murderers ask to dance (Y'en a marre)
  • 1960: French marriage (Un couple)

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personal data
SURNAME Romans, Alain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Częstochowa , Poland
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1988
Place of death Paris