Roger Chaput
Roger Chaput (born May 1909 in Montluçon ; † 1995 ) was a French jazz guitarist and visual artist who became known in the first Quintette du Hot Club de France .
Life
Chaput, who grew up in the Paris suburb of Ménilmontant , learned the guitar and mandolin . As Banjoist he first played musette music with Michel Peguri and Albert Carrara, take then your own recordings. In 1931, like Django Reinhardt , with whom he had been friends since 1925, he belonged to Louis Vola's orchestra , with which records were also recorded. Since 1934 he was a rhythm guitarist in the original line-up of the Quintette du Hot Club de France . After the England tour in 1938 he left the group because he felt that he was unfairly involved in the proceeds. Then he was a member of the Hot Club Swing Stars until 1943 . He has also recorded with Eddie South , Bill Coleman , Dicky Wells , Gus Viseur , Richard Blareau, Alix Combelle , André Ekyan and Buck Clayton . He also worked as a studio musician for Christian Bellest , Michel de Villeurs and Jack Duvall.
In addition, he increasingly worked as a cartoonist and draftsman; his drawings have appeared in Jazz Hot, among others, since 1939 . Later he made oil paintings. In 1965 he recorded an album under his own name, Tonton Guitar .
literature
- Michael Dregni Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend. Oxford University Press; Oxford, New York 2004; ISBN 0-19-516752-X
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chaput, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz guitarist and visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montluçon |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1995 |