Charles Delaunay
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Charles Delaunay was a French author, jazz
expert, co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot Club de France.
The son of painters Robert Delaunay
and Sonia Delaunay
, Charles Delaunay was one of the founders of the Hot Club de France. Together with Hugues Panassié
he initiated the Quintette du Hot Club de France
with Django Reinhardt
and Stephane Grappelli
. He also organised concerts, for example with Benny Carter
.
In 1935, together with Panassié he founded Le Jazz Hot, one of the oldest jazz magazines. During World War II Delaunay was a member of the Resistance
, but continued leading the Hot Club. In 1948 Delaunay founded the record label Disques Vogue
. He is author of the famous Hot Discography with 5 editions (the first jazz discography) and worked also as artist. Delaunay died of Parkinson's disease
in 1988.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
expert, co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot Club de France.
The son of painters Robert Delaunay
Robert Delaunay
Robert Delaunay was a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, cofounded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstract, reminiscent of Paul Klee...
and Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay was a Jewish-French artist who, with her husband Robert Delaunay and others, cofounded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. Her work extends to painting, textile design and stage set design...
, Charles Delaunay was one of the founders of the Hot Club de France. Together with Hugues Panassié
Hugues Panassié
Hugues Panassié was a French jazz critic and producer. His most famous works were Hot Jazz: The Guide to Swing Music and The Real Jazz, published in 1936 and 1942, respectively....
he initiated the Quintette du Hot Club de France
Quintette du Hot Club de France
Quintette du Hot Club de France was a jazz group founded in France in 1934 by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli, and active in one form or another until 1948....
with Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture...
and Stephane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands....
. He also organised concerts, for example with Benny Carter
Benny Carter
Bennett Lester Carter was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He was a major figure in jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s, and was recognized as such by other jazz musicians who called him King...
.
In 1935, together with Panassié he founded Le Jazz Hot, one of the oldest jazz magazines. During World War II Delaunay was a member of the Resistance
French Resistance
The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
, but continued leading the Hot Club. In 1948 Delaunay founded the record label Disques Vogue
Disques Vogue
Disques Vogue was founded in France in 1947, the same year that the USA Vogue closed shop. They originally specialized in jazz recordings, featuring such artists as Sidney Bechet, Django Reinhardt, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, and Errol Garner. In the late 1950s Vogue expanded into pop music,...
. He is author of the famous Hot Discography with 5 editions (the first jazz discography) and worked also as artist. Delaunay died of Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...
in 1988.
Works
- Django Reinhardt- Souvenirs, Paris 1954, Editions Jazz-Hot, English London 1961
- Hot Discography, 1936, latest as New Hot Discography 1982
- Hot Iconography (lithographies of jazz musicians)
- with Robert GoffinRobert GoffinRobert Goffin was a Belgian lawyer, author, and poet, credited with writing the first "serious" book on jazz, Aux Frontières du Jazz in 1932.-Life:...
Jazz 47 - Django mon frère, Paris 1968
- De la Vie et du Jazz
- Delaunay's Dilemma (Autobiography, also title of a John LewisJohn Lewis (pianist)John Aaron Lewis was an American jazz pianist and composer best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.- Early life:...
composition) 1983