Gugu Dupuis

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Gustave Raymond "Gugu" Dupuis (born April 3, 1917 in Montreux ; † February 26, 2013 in Zurich ) was a Swiss jazz trumpeter . Gugu Dupuis, who was heavily influenced by Louis Armstrong in the game , was considered one of the best swing trumpeters in Switzerland; According to Bruno Spoerri , his solo with “ Sweet Georgia Brown ” by the Lanigiro Orchestra achieved “cult status among young Swiss jazz trumpeters”.

Dupuis learned the violin from the age of seven and went to the conservatory at the age of 14, where he switched to the trumpet. In 1934 Louis Comte brought him into his orchestra. In 1935, Louis Armstrong gave him a mouthpiece as a gift. From September 1936 to May 1937 he played in the band of Morris Einhorn with Coleman Hawkins , then with Jo Grandjean and Benny Carter . After an Italian tour with Chico Rossi, he played with James Boucher, Bob Engel, and Lothar Löffler until he joined the Lanigiros in 1942 . From 1946 to 1947 he was part of Fred Böhler's band until René Bertschy brought him to his Continentals , where he worked until 1951. In 1952 he was with Art Peyer. In 1953 he became a regular member of the entertainment orchestra of the Swiss Radio DRS , which was directed first by Cedric Dumont and then by Hans Moeckel and Peter Jacques . He stayed there until mid-1982, when he retired from the music scene.

Discographic notes

  • Live recordings with Coleman Hawkins-Morris Unicorn (Elite 954400/1)
  • Lanigiros ("Sweet Georgia Brown" on LP EMI-Columbia C152-33894 / 5)
  • Philippe Brun (Elite Special / Continentals - Polydor)

literature

  • Bruno Spoerri (Hrsg.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz CD supplement to: Bruno Spoerri (Hrsg.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories . Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Announcement of death in Zürcher Tagblatt ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2013 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. (pdf; 127 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / epaper2.tagblattzuerich.ch
  2. ↑ The record was named the best jazz record by Weltwoche in 1944 . René Bertschy (Jazz Documentation Switzerland)
  3. ↑ Interview Dupuis 1966 (Jazz Documentation Switzerland)
personal data
SURNAME Dupuis, Gugu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dupuis, Gustave Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss jazz and entertainment musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreux
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 2013
Place of death Zurich