Ray Ventura

Person · Open Library

Born

1908

Died

1979

Works

1

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Film & TV

Paris, France

Raymond Ventura (16 April 1908, Paris, France – 29 March 1979, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was a French jazz pianist and bandleader. He helped popularize jazz in France in the 1930s. His nephew was singer Sacha Distel. Ventura was born to a Jewish family. In 1925 he was the pianist for the Collegiate Five, which recorded as the Collegians for Columbia beginning in 1928 and for Decca in the 1930s.…

Known for

• It's All Brazil — Self1997
• La Chance aux chansons — Self (archive footage)1984
• Numéro un — Self1975
• Samedi soir — Self1971
• L'assassin connaît la musique — Self (uncredited)1963
• Cinépanorama — Self1956
• One Hundred Francs Per Second — Self1953
• Femmes de Paris — Self1953
• Monte Carlo Baby — Ray Ventura1951
• We Will All Go to Paris — Self1950

via TMDB

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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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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