André Persiani

André Persiani , also André Persiany (born November 19, 1927 in Paris as Paul Stephane Persiani ; † January 2, 2004 in Angers ) was a French jazz pianist , arranger , composer and band leader who “with his block chord technique as the stylistic successor to Milt Buckner “Was true.

Live and act

Persiany led his own formations from 1946, including with Joseph Reinhardt and Michel de Villers , played with the Be Bop Minstrels (1947/48) with Robert Mavounzy and Emmanuel Soudieux and in a duo with the pianist Eddie Bernard. He was best known for his collaboration with American musicians working there such as Sidney Bechet , Don Byas / Bobby Jaspar (1953), Buck Clayton ( Back to Buck , 1949), Lionel Hampton , Bill Coleman , Kenny Clarke / Michel de Villers (1948 ), Big Bill Broonzy , Albert Nicholas and Mezz Mezzrow , also under the pseudonym Jules Dupont in 1954 in the orchestras of Bernard Zacharias and Charlie Singleton, with the latter also as a celesta player. In January 1953 he accompanied Django Reinhardt on four numbers; he also wrote arrangements for Henri Salvador . In 1956 he moved to the United States for the first time, where he appeared in the Metropole with Zutty Singleton , Charlie Shavers and Roy Eldridge and in Birdland . In 1956 he had the opportunity to record a big band album for Columbia ( Impressions in New York ); he led the big band formation International Jazz Group , which included Seldon Powell , Taft Jordan , Lawrence Brown , Tyree Glenn and Eddie Barefield . In 1958 he accompanied Hildegard Knef (alias "Hildegarde Neff") with his orchestra on recordings of some songs by Boris Vian and Harry Warren / Al Dubin ( Das Mädchen von Hamburg ).

In the 1960s he worked in the quartet of trumpeter Jonah Jones ; In 1970 he returned to France. There he continued his collaboration with Americans such as Charlie Shavers , Milt Buckner , Cat Anderson , Arnett Cobb / Eddie Chamblee and Budd Johnson as well as the French Christian Garros , Guy Lafitte , Gérard Pochonet and Bernard Vitet , otherwise he was resident pianist at the Paris Club until 1988 Le Furstemberg . As an arranger he worked for Al Gray ( Trombone by five , 1977). His own name recordings include Swinging Here and There (1958 for Pathé ), The Real Me (1970, Black & Blue) and Every Night at Furstemburg (1977).

Discographic notes

• André Persiany et son Orchester : Columbia Jazz Stars Series , with Guy Lafitte, Benoît Quersin
• Guy Lafitte - Andre Persiany: Les Classiques Du Jazz (Columbia, around 1953, 10-inch LP)
• Impressions in New York (Columbia, 1956) with Lawrence Brown, John Burks, Henderson Chambers , Budd Johnson, Ernie Royal , Arvell Shaw , Dick Vance , Lamar Wright
• The Real Me (Black & Blue, 1970) with Roland Lobligeois, Oliver Jackson
• André Persiany featuring Major Holley et les moines de St-Bernardin (Black & Blue)
• Milt Buckner / Andre Persiani: Pianistically Yours (Black & Blue, 1975/76) with Roland Lobligeois, Roger Paraboschi, Sam Woodyard
• Skyliner (1975/76) with Major Holley, Oliver Jackson, Alf Masselier , Roland Lobligeois, André Barthélémy, Stéphane Persiani, Patrick Lemoal
• Every Night at Furstemburg (1977, Open) with Roland Lobligeois, Roger Paraboschi

Web links

• Biographical portrait at Universalis.fr
• obituary
• photography

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary in the jazz newspaper
2. ^ Musiciens a Paris
3. ↑ Jaspar Discography ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Django Montreal discography
5. ↑ Bielefeld Catalog 1988.
6. ↑ Knef discography
7. ↑ All About Jazz ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.