Gaston Lapeyronnie

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Gaston Lapeyronnie (* 1903 ; † unknown) was a French jazz trumpeter , arranger and band leader who was active as an entertainment musician in the later years .

Lapeyronnie was a member of Ray Ventura's orchestra in Paris in 1929 ; In 1930/31 he played with Grégor et ses Grégoriens , with whom he also appeared in Latin America . From 1934 he worked in the orchestras of Leon Kartun and Fred Adison , in 1934/35 alongside Alex Renard (or Alphonse Cox ) and Noël Chiboust with Patrick et son Orchester , which was directed by Guy Paquinet (“ You and the Night and the Music “, with Maurice Chaillou , vocals). In early 1934 he accompanied the singer Jean Sablon ("Pas sur la bouche") in the André Ekyan orchestra (in which Django Reinhardt also played ).

In the late 1930s he led the orchestra in the Paris Revue des Folies Bergère , with which he also made recordings with the singer Damia ( L'angélus de la mer , Columbia DF2412). In 1946 he was a member of Hubert Rostaing's orchestra . In the field of jazz he was involved in 18 recording sessions between 1929 and 1946.

From 1945 Lapeyronnie worked with its own studio orchestra; he accompanied u. a. Johnny Hess ("Je suis Jitterbug"), Luis Mariano ("Oublie-moi", 1945), Jean Deny ("Seul sur le chemin"), Henry Legay ("Plus je te vois et plus je t'aime"), Rina Ketty (“Te revoir mon amour”), Bourvil (“Comme moi”), Marcel Amont ( A L'Olympia , Polydor 1958), Léo Ferré and Jacques Pills (“À t 'regarder”). With his orchestra also played in February 1954 at the reopening of the Olympia concert hall . Lapeyronnie also worked as musical director in the production of several film music , for example with L'extravagante mission (1945, directed by Henri Calef ), Le roi Pandore (1950, directed by André Berthomieu ) and with Mörder und Diebe (1957, directed by Sacha Guitry ).

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  1. ↑ GND
  2. ↑ a b Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 31, 2017)
  3. ↑ Francesco Rapazzini: Damia: une diva française . Perrin, 2010, p. 402
  4. ^ Jacques Vassal: Léo Ferré, la voix sans maître . 2013
  5. ^ Pierre Philippe: Le roman de l'Olympia ., Paris: TF-1, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Lapeyronnie, Gaston
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1903
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century