LA HAVANE à PARIS (1925-1955) by Alain Boulanger (Jazzedit 2018).
184 pages A4 format, color. 189 illustrations, many unpublished photos.
With this unique work Alain Boulanger, the great specialist of Cuban music in France makes available the memories of the Cuban musicians he knew. Also the story of Rue Fontaine, El Palermo/El Garron, etc. Page 184 has a list of 58 tunes available on the platforms.
Biographies of Cuban musicians: Les frères Barretto, les frères Castellanos, Juan Fernandez, Chiquita Serrano, Rita Montaner, German Araco, Jose Riestra, Filiberto Rico, Rafael Ruiz-Zorilla, Luis Fuentes, Oscar Calle, Rogelio Barba, Moisés Simons, Eliseo Grenet, Fermin Lorenzo Jova, Florentino Frontela, Abelardo Gonzales, Jose Bandera, Jose Alberto Socarras, Alvaro de la Torre, Don Azpiazu, Julio Cueva, Pedro Guida, Fernando Collazo, Chico Cristobal, Pedro Lugo and Antonio Machin, Anacaona, El Tri Cubano, Lecuona Cuban Boys, Lewis Varona, Granite de Sal, Nena Guerra, Fernandez el Guajiro, Antonio Picallo, Alberto Rivera, Lazaro Quintero-Morejon, Ruben Calzado, Jesus Pia, Cuban Pett Cuban Boys, Oscar Lopez y Millian, Juan Ortiz de Mendivil, Chano Pozo, Tito Puentes, Trio Matamoros, Myra…
The American, Cuban, Brasilian, musicians who appear in the work: Arthur Briggs, Big Boy Goudie, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Jones, Emile Chancy, Johnny Gratton, Farrell, Freddy Johnson, Billy Taylor, Sterling Conaway, Billy Burns, Peter Ducongé, Teddy Brock, Cab Calloway, Django Reinhardt, Mistinguett, Abel Beauregard, Jean Storne, Raymond Gottlieb, Robert Mavounzy, Edard Pajanlandy, Robert Monmarché, Henry Poisson Renaud, Florius Notte, Sylvio Siobud, Arthur Lanier, Roy Butler, C. Saddler, Herb Flemming, Crickett Smith, Leon Abbey, Cle Saddler, Paul Cordonnier, Oliver Tines, Jack Hamilton, Lionel Guimares, Joséphine Baker, Luis Gody, Jean Bardail…
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