Studio Davout was a recording studio located in Paris, France. It was created in 1965 by Yves Chamberland later joined by Claude Ermelin. [1] It was built in the 1,200 m2 of an old cinema, "Le Davout", which opened prior to 1946.
It was torn down in 2017, along with a few adjacent buildings to build a brand new elementary school and daycare center, which opened its doors in September 2024.
Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. He has been called "the grandfather of jazz violinists" and continued playing concerts around the world well into his eighties.
Brigitte Fontaine is a French singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry, and world. She has collaborated with Stereolab, Michel Colombier, Jean-Claude Vannier, Areski Belkacem, Gotan Project, Sonic Youth, Antoine Duhamel, Grace Jones, Noir Désir, Archie Shepp, Arno, and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. She is also a novelist, playwright, poet, and actress.
Round Midnight is a 1986 American musical drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and written by Tavernier and David Rayfiel. It stars Dexter Gordon, with a soundtrack by Herbie Hancock. The title comes from Thelonious Monk's 1943 composition "'Round Midnight", which is featured in this film in a Hancock arrangement.
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith, better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist. He is well known for the song "If You're a Viper".
Pierre Michelot was a French jazz double bass player and arranger.
Claude Moine, known professionally as Eddy Mitchell, is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires. He took the name Eddy from the American expatriate tough-guy actor Eddie Constantine, and chose Mitchell as his last name simply because it sounds American. The band performed at the Parisian nightclub Golf-Drouot before signing to Barclay Records and finding almost instant success; in 1961 it sold two million records.
Allan Anthony Ganley was an English jazz drummer and arranger.
Vladimir Cosma is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist, who has made his career in France and the United States.
René Urtreger is a French bebop pianist.
Jean-Claude Vannier is a French musician, composer and arranger. Vannier has composed music, written lyrics, and produced albums for many singers.
Georges Arvanitas was a French jazz pianist and organist.
Anything Goes: Stephane Grappelli & Yo-Yo Ma Play (Mostly) Cole Porter is an album by Stéphane Grappelli and Yo-Yo Ma, released in 1989. It was produced by Ettore Stratta. The songs were arranged by Roger Kellaway.
Daniel Humair is a Swiss drummer, composer, and painter.
Stéphane Belmondo is a French jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and drummer. Including recordings made with his brother Lionel Belmondo and Yusef Lateef, he won the best French album category (L'Album français de l'année) in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and the best artist award (L'Artiste ou la Formation instrumentale française de l'année) in 2003 and 2004. in the French Victoires du Jazz awards. Along with his brother, he is noted for tribute albums that involve the musicians being honored.
Pierre Barouh was a French writer-composer-singer best known for his work on Claude Lelouch's film A Man and a Woman as an actor and the lyricist/singer for Francis Lai's music score.
Marc Fosset was a French jazz guitarist. In the 1980s and 1990s, he recorded and toured with Stephane Grappelli.
André "Dédé" Ceccarelli is a French jazz drummer.
Albert Vidalie was a French writer, screenwriter, and songwriter.