Raymond Fol

Raymond Fol * April 9 1928 In Paris † May 1 1979 Was A French Jazz - Pianist And Composer Of The Swing . Raymond Fol Grew Up In A Musical Family And Was A Student Of Henri Challan Marthe Morhange And Nadia Boulanger . He First Played In 1945 In A Traditional Jazz Formation With His Brother Hubert Fol And Trumpeter Boris Vian And Later With Django Reinhardt 1949-1951 . He Also Worked With Chet Baker Claude Abadie Claude Leon Pierre Michelot Stéphane Grappelli Kenny Clarke James Moody Roy Eldridge Guy Lafitte And Belonged To The Orchestras Of Aimé Barelli Sidney Bechet And Claude Luter On. Folic Created 1965 - By Vivaldi Designs - The Work Of Vivaldi's Four Seasons In Jazz And Led A Big Band With 27 Musicians Including Johnny Griffin Fats Sadi And Art Taylor . He Remained Life The Music Of Duke Ellington Connected In His 1969 And 1974 He Was Active As A Guest Soloist In France Tours And Played With The Ellington Musicians Paul Gonsalves And Cat Anderson . In The Style Of Pianist Folic Dive Influences Of Fats Waller Erroll Garner And Duke Ellington On As An Arranger He Is Ellington Students And Has Composed Numerous Swing Tracks. Duke Ellington Wrote In His Autobiography "Every Time I'm There In Paris I'll Compose Something By Raymond Fol". In 1970 Was Able Folic The Diseased Ellington And A Performance By The Orchestra At New York's Rainbow Grill Represented At A European Tour. In The 1970s Folic Toured Often In Germany Most Recently 1979 Played With René Franc Et Les Bootleggers As A Solo Pianist And With A Formation Gerard Badini And Michel Gaudry . Festival Swinging Paris Was The Name Of A Show With The Consequences 1978 As A Solo Pianist And As A Member Of Sam Wood Yards Toured Europe Europe Jazz Five. In Honor Of Raymond Fol Place Since 1989 The Jazz Festival At The Residence Matagot Raymond Fol Municipality Chaudeyrolles / Haute-Loire Near The Mont Mézenc Instead. read less