Christian Bellest

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Christian Bellest (born April 8, 1922 in Paris ; † December 6, 2001 ) was a French jazz musician ( trumpet , arrangement ) and author who was also active as an entertainment musician .

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Bellest played in Paris during the occupation by the German Wehrmacht in the band of Fred Adison , with whom the first recordings were made around 1939/40, also with Alix Combelle , Hubert Rostaing , Django Reinhardt ("Stockholm", 1940), Charles Trenet ( "Verlaine", 1941), Aimé Barelli , Maceo Jefferson , Jerry Mengo , Alex Renard and Claude Laurence . He had a small role in the feature film Chèque au porteur (1941, directed by Jean Boyer ).

After the liberation of Paris and in the post-war period, he recorded several swing tracks such as "Elle et lui", "Lilo" and "67 Rue Couperin" for Decca Records for the first time under his own name in 1944/45 ; he also played with Noël Chiboust , André Ekyan , Eddie Barclay , Géo Daly , Raymond Fol , Sidney Bechet , Dave Pochonet , Jack Dieval , Pierre Michelot , William Boucaya , from 1955 with Christian Chevallier , Lucky Thompson , Armand Migiani , Claude Bolling , Jacques Hélian and Martial Solal . In the late 1950s he was a member of André Hodeir's Le Jazz Groupe de Paris , with whom he stayed until 1966. The discographer Tom Lord lists Noel at 66 recording sessions between 1940 and 1966.

Bellest also worked with his own studio formations ( Christian Bellest et son Orchester ), with whom he released several records, such as the single Rockin 'the Blues / Two O'clock Jump for Blue Star , the 1960 pop EP Rue de Siam (Vega) , the jazz track “Tout Doux Tout Doucement” (1959), also “Quand une fille me plait” (a French version of Bob Haggart's “Big Noise from Winnetka”), “Les Enfants du Piree” (an easy-listening version of the Schlagers Ta pedia tou Pirea by Manos Hadjidakis 1960) and a single with Paul Anka ( Waiting for You / Faibles Femmes ), which was released on ABC Paramount . He also arranged for Edith Piaf and Charles Aznavour .

With Lucien Malson , Bellest wrote the book Le Jazz (Collection Que sais-je?, PUF, 1988) in later years .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c biography
  2. ↑ Christian Bellest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ↑ With M. Donnay (tp), Robert Merchez (as), Chico Cristobal (as, ts), Yvonne Blanc (p), Roger Chaput (git) Lucien Simoëns (kb) and Jerry Mengo (dr)
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 28, 2017)
  5. ↑ a b Appeared on the EP Collection D'hiver
personal data
SURNAME Bellest, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (trumpet, arrangement)
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 2001