Léo Poll
Léo Poll (actually Leib Polnareff , * 1899 in Odessa , † 1988 in Créteil ), was a French composer and jazz pianist . He is the father of Michel Polnareff .
Léo Poll came from Odessa, was Jewish and escaped to France during the Russian Revolution on a cruise ship on which he was engaged . In the 1930s he led a jazz band ("Léo Poll et son orchester") with which he had live performances and also made recordings. He survived the period of the Vichy regime in World War II in the Lot-et-Garonne department because a 16-year-old city employee, Odile Perella, later married Dubergey, systematically removed references to Jewish origins in the papers. According to his son Michel Polnareff , his father was active in the Resistance at the time .
Poll accompanied Édith Piaf , Charles Trenet , Jean Sablon and Jacques Tati on the piano . As a composer he wrote the chansons La Java en mineur, Un jeune homme chantait, Partance for Édith Piaf , A force d'aimer for Georges Guétary , for the Compagnons de la Chanson and for Danielle Darrieux Au ciel de Juillet . He also arranged numerous chansons, such as Le Galérien , the adaptation of a popular Russian melody for Yves Montand .
His second marriage was to Simone Lane, a much younger Breton girl who was a dancer. With her he had their son Michel Polnareff, born in 1944 .
Web links
- Léo Poll in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Burial place on the Père-Lachaise
literature
- Michel Polnareff: Polnareff par Polnareff , Paris 2004 (Editions Grasset & Fasquelle)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poll, Léo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Polnareff, Leib (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Odessa |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1988 |
| Place of death | Créteil |