Tony Rovira

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Antonio "Tony" Rovira (* around 1910; † unknown) was a French jazz musician ( double bass , songwriter).

Live and act

Tony Rovira, who was active in the Paris jazz scene from the early 1930s, replaced Louis Vola in 1935 when recording with Stéphane Grappelli for Decca ("I've Found a New Baby"). In 1938 he played with Fletcher Allen and Pierre Allier , in 1940 with Arthur Briggs and in December 1940 when recording for Swing in the Quintette du Hot Club de France , where he replaced Francis Luca ("Swing 41"). The recordings by the musicians around Grappelli and Django Reinhardt were then also made under the names of the participating Alix Combelle and Christian Wagnerreleased. In 1941/42 he also worked with Aimé Barelli , Alix Combelle, Hubert Rostaing , Charles Trenet , Michel Warlop , Guy Paquinet , Pierre Allier, Jacques Pills , Alex Renard and Dany Kane , and in 1943/44 with Rostaing, Noël Chiboust and Jerry Mengos Jazz de Paris . In the field of jazz he was involved in 44 recording sessions between 1935 and 1944. In later years he also worked as a songwriter; u. a. he wrote “Olé Chamaco” for Pépé Luiz y su Orquesta Hispana.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 1, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Rovira, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rovira, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1910
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century