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