Ray Ventura

Person · Open Library

Born

1908

Died

1979

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

France

Active from

1908-04-16

Active to

1979-03-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

13,886

Total plays

63,041

Raymond Ventura (Paris, France, 16 April 1908 - 30 March 1979, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was a French jazz bandleader. He played a significant role in popularizing jazz in France in the 1930s. Ventura played piano in a group called The Collegiate Five from 1924, which recorded under the name Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens for Columbia Records beginning in 1928. He led the group from 1929 and recorded for Decca Records and other labels through the 1930s, becoming a popular dance ensemble in Franc

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. LAMMPS - a flexible simulation tool for particle-based materials modeling at the atomic, meso, and continuum scales

   · 2022 · cited 11,700x

2. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,998x

3. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 10,802x

4. Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up to several hundred kilobases

   · 2009 · cited 10,019x

5. Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications

   · 2002 · cited 9,339x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Raymond

Gender

male

Citizenship

France

Place of birth

9th arrondissement of Paris

Place of death

Palma

Occupation

singer

Educated at

Lycée Janson-de-Sailly

Languages spoken

French

Genre

jazz

Image

Ray Ventura.jpg

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