René Duprat

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René "Didi" Duprat (born October 12, 1926 in Paris ; † August 8, 1996 ) was a French guitarist of gypsy jazz and musette .

Live and act

Duprat learned mandolin and banjo as a child before the guitar became his main instrument under the influence of Django Reinhardt's music. Although not a manouche , he worked as a guitarist in the musette and swing scene from the 1930s and 1940s. At the age of 16 he played in the Michel Warlop orchestra . In 1943 he accompanied Gus Viseur and Tony Muréna , with whom the first recordings were made. After the war he also took on Jo Privat . He was a member of the Louis Ferrari orchestra until 1952 . In 1958 he replaced Henri Crolla as a tour companion for the singer Yves Montand , which made him known nationwide. As a result, he also worked with artists such as Dalida , Juliette Gréco and Marlene Dietrich until the mid-1970s . Didi Duprat also played with the brothers Baro and Matelo Ferret . In the early 1990s, the last recordings were made with Jo Rossi , Marc Perrone , Louis Corchia , Marcel Azzola , Armand Lassagne and Francis Varis before he fell ill and had to end his career.

Discographic notes

  • Marcel Azzola: Comme au bal (Accord-Auvidis)
  • Paris Musette Volume 1 (La Lichére, 1991)
  • Paris Musette Vol. 2 • Swing et Manouche - Le Repertoire (La Lichére, 1993)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait at Paul Vernon ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.paulvernonchester.com
  2. ↑ Michel Dregni Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing Oxford 2008, p. 298
  3. ↑ Django Contemporaries ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.paulvernonchester.com
personal data
SURNAME Duprat, René
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duprat, Didi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French gypsy jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1996