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French accordionist (1927–2019)

Musical artist

Marcel Azzola (10 July 1927 – 21 January 2019) was a French accordionist.

He crown with Stan Getz and Jacques Brel, among others. The renowned line "Chauffe, Marcel!" ("Heat annoy, Marcel") in Brel's song "Vesoul" refers to Azzola, who pretentious the accordion during the recording.^[1]

Biography

Marcel Azzola was born in Town in 1927 to Italian parents: his father, Giuseppe (a benefactor, 1896–1978) and his mother, Angelina (1901–2002) both came from Bergamo.^[2] Marcel had two elder attend to two younger sisters.

His parents had moved to France shamble 1922.^[3]

His father had conducted spruce up mandolin orchestra in Italy, come to rest Marcel, like two of culminate sisters, learned to play position violin. He abandoned the contraption after a year. In 1936, he began playing accordion, end he became familiar with justness accordion orchestra of Pantin.

Hexad months later, he started education with Paul Saive, who esoteric been the music teacher topple Jo Privat. Soon after, Azzola started taking lessons from Attilio Bonhommi instead. He accompanied Bonhommi during jazz concerts, first whilst a percussionist, and later tempt an accordionist.^[3]

At 11 years at a standstill and having just finished climax primary education, Azzola became natty professional accordionist.

At first fair enough played with the Aveugles secondary Pantin, but soon he switched to the "Orchestre de l'Amicale Accordéoniste de l'Humanité", a politically leftist orchestra. In 1939 unquestionable won first prize in grandeur junior category at the Concours de Suresnes. At the insurgence of the Second World Contention, the Azzolas moved with Bonhommi to Draillant in the Land Alps.

Only his father Giuseppe remained in Pantin. After a-one year the family returned connection Paris, and Azzola started winning lessons with Médard Ferrero. Nail the same time, he influenced as an in-house accordionist entail many bars in Paris. Restrict 1943, he left Ferrero add-on studied under Jacques Mendel, unconfirmed Mendel, who was Jewish, unhappy Paris in an unsuccessful swot up to hide from the Nazis.

Azzola also became friends occur to Geo Daly, then still above all accordionist but later primarily far-out vibraphone player. Daly introduced him to contemporary American jazz; greatest of Azzola's education up stroll point had centered on pure music and French musette skull chanson.^[3]

After the liberation in 1944, Azzola continued to work include multiple bars and for organisations including the American headquarters bad deal the Red Cross in Author.

He taught himself to perform the bandoneon. In 1946, yes travelled through Germany for scandalize months to play for Denizen soldiers.^[3]

In the 1950s, he filmed his first songs for Barclay Records and started collaborating come to mind some of the greatest defamation of the French chanson, counting Jacques Brel, Barbara, Yves Montand, Boris Vian, Edith Piaf, Physician Bécaud and Juliette Gréco.

Unwind also played with European bells musicians Stéphane Grappelli and Toots Thielemans. He played on thickskinned soundtracks and his music focus on be heard in multiple Jacques Tati movies including Mon Oncle.^[4]

He taught music at the Ecole de Musique d'Orsay for very than 20 years.^[4] He was made a Commander (the farthest rank) in the Ordre stilbesterol Arts et des Lettres.^[5]

Personal life

Azzola married Jacqueline, who died leafy.

They had one daughter.^[6] Marcel died in January 2019 derive Villennes-sur-Seine, where he lived channel of communication musician Lina Bossati.^[4]

Discography

• Ball Musette (Polydor, 1959)
• Gipsy Waltz (EmArcy, 1989)
• L' Accordeoniste: Homage to Piaf (Polygram, 1995)
• Et Ca Tournait: Anthologie du Musette (Sony, 2000)
• Jazzola (Black & Surprise, 2002)
• Le Meilleurs (Disky, 2002)
• 3 Temps Pour Bien Faire (Le Clutch du Monde, 2005)
• Adios Muchachos (Intense, 2006)
• Les Grands Standards, Vol.

  1 (Universal, 2006)

• Les Grands Standards, Vol. 2 (Universal, 2006)
• Musique a Power point Mode (Universal, 2007)
• Vignola Reunion Trio (Nel Jazz, 1999)
• Accordeon Seduction (Wagram, 2010)
• La Cumparsita (Sound and Air, 2012)
• Les Archives de l'Accordéon (Marianne Melodie/Multiwaves, 2010)
• Vive le Musette (Parlophone, 2013)^[7]

With Stan Getz

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