Michel de Villers
Michel de Villers , Michel de Villers de Montaugé, (born July 13, 1926 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot , † October 25, 1992 ) was a French jazz, baritone and alto saxophonist of swing , later of bebop .
Live and act
De Villers trained himself on the alto saxophone and from 1943 played the alto and tenor saxophone professionally. He worked with Django Reinhardt in 1946 (with André Jourdan , Eddy Bernard , Eugène Vées ) and in a recording session on April 14, 1947, in which the swing guitarist with his Orchestra du Boeuf sur le Toit the tracks "Peche a la Mouche" and "Minor Blues" recorded. He also accompanied him on a tour to Switzerland in 1946.
De Villers also played with American musicians who were in Paris such as Kenny Clarke , Jonah Jones and Lucky Thompson . With Don Byas (1958 at the Cannes Festival) and Bill Coleman he went on tour in Germany in 1947. Under his own name, a few 78s were created for the Swing label in the early 50s . In the late 1950s he switched to the baritone saxophone. He worked with Jack Diéval , André Persianny, Jean-Claude Fohrenbach, Guy Lafitte, and also as a disc jockey . He worked for the radio with his own band. In 1953 he played in the Buck Clayton Quintet, in 1954 together with Roger Guérin in the band of Bernard Zacharias .
He also wrote for Jazz Hot and La Gazette du Jazz. In the 1970s he produced for radio and wrote chansons. In the 1980s he resumed his musical career, opening a workshop with Christian Garros , playing with Roger Guérin and Pierre Michelot and recording in a duo with the guitarist Marc Fosset .
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Bielefeld Jazz Catalog, 2001.
- Carles, Clergeat, Comolli, Dictionnaire du Jazz, Lafont 1988
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Villers, Michel de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mopntaugé, Michel de Villers de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villeneuve-sur-Lot |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1992 |