Pierre Allier

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Pierre Allier (born January 25, 1908 , † December 14, 1968 ) was a French jazz trumpeter , arranger and band leader , who is remembered primarily for his collaboration with the guitarist Django Reinhardt .

Live and act

Allier worked from 1929 at Grégor et ses Grégoriens , with whom the first recordings were made, and in the following years in the jazz bands of André Ekyan , Fletcher Allen , Michel Warlop ("Blue Interlude", 1934) and Wal-Berg et son Jazz Français. In 1935 he played with the Quintette du Hot Club de France ; 1938 with the Hot Club Swing Stars , to which u. a. Philippe Brun , Maurice Mouflard , Danny Polo , Alix Combelle , Noël Chiboust , Roger Chaput , Louis Vola and Pierre Fouad included. In the studio orchestra under the direction of Philippe Brun he was involved in a record session by Django Reinhardt on March 22, 1940 ("Daphne").

In the late 1930s, Allier led his own orchestra in Paris; Under his name he recorded several 78s for the Swing record label from 1938 ; "Jam Men" / "Peter's Stomp" (SW-25), on December 18, 1940 the five tracks " Begin the Beguine " / "Swingin 'the Blues" (SW-89), "Dark Eyes" / "Ninouche" ( SW-108) and the two sides of his composition “Petite Lili” (SW-126), with Django Reinhardt, Hubert Rostaing and Guy Paquinet . With Django Reinhardt, the title "Stockholm" was created on December 26, 1940.

In 1941 Allier played with Raymond Wraskoff et son Orchester, Noël Chiboust , Hubert Rostaing and in September 1941 with Guy Paquinet ; soon afterwards he emigrated to South America, where he worked in Buenos Aires as a musician and arranger with Booker Pittman , the French and Argentine Jazz Aces and his own band Pierre Allier's Swing Bakers . In the field of jazz , Allier was involved in 57 recording sessions between 1929 and 1943. a. also with Aimé Simon-Girard (“Cocktails for Two”), Germaine Sablon (“Je voudrais vivre”, 1934), Coleman Hawkins (“ Blue Moon ”, 1935), Serge Glykson and Charles Trenet .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on Pierre Allier in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
  2. ↑ a b c Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 1, 2016)
  3. ↑ Alexander Schmitz / Peter Maier: Django Reinhardt . P. 170 f.
  4. ↑ Cast: Alix Combelle , cl, ts / Charles Lisee , as / Ray Stokes , p / Marcel Bianchi , git / Tony Rovira , kb / Pierre Fouad (dr). March 15, 1938.
  5. ↑ Pierre Allier et son Orchester at Discogs (English)
  6. ^ Aimé Simon-Girard (1889–1950), operetta singer and actor.
personal data
SURNAME Allier, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz trumpeter, arranger and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1908
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1968