André Jourdan
André Jourdan (born August 18, 1920 in Valenciennes , † July 2, 1954 in Madrid ) was a French jazz drummer. He was temporarily a member of Django Reinhardt's Nouveau Quintette du Hot Club de France in the 1940s.
In the late 1930s he played in bars in northern France (Valenciennes, Lille) with the pianist Jack Diéval . In 1941 he was in Paris and accompanied the pianist Charlie Lewis on a medley of chansons by Charles Trénet . He also played in a trio with Lewis and bassist Sigismond Beck and accompanied the accordionist Émile Carrara . In 1942 he replaced Pierre Fouad as drummer in Django Reinhardt's quintet. In 1943 he recorded with Gus Viseur in Brussels (Viseur dedicated the composition Jourdan Stomp to him). From 1947 to 1949 he played in Aimé Barelli's orchestra . In early 1955 he played in Jacques Hélian's orchestra . He had psychological problems and threw himself out of the window of his hotel room on a tour with the orchestra of Bernard Hilda in Madrid.
After Tom Lord , he was involved in 61 recordings from 1941 to 1955.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Information on André Jourdan in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
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| SURNAME | Jourdan, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valenciennes |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 1954 |
| Place of death | Madrid |