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ANDRÉ PERSIANY p
real name: André Paul Stephane Persiani
b. Nov. 19, 1927 in Paris/France
d. Jan. 2, 2004 in Angers/France
All Music Guide
| French pianist,
composer and arranger André Persiany passed away from liver cancer
on January 2, 2004. Born in 1927, influenced at the beginning by Fats Waller
or Duke Ellington, he turned to Bebop, among others with Kenny Clarke.
Persiany was a versatile Bebop accompanist, however remained a specialist
in the mainstream style, who led his own groups from 1946 on. Influenced
by Milt Buckner, Persiany played in the pianist/organist's familiar locked-hands
style. He recorded in Paris with American expatriates like Sidney Bechet,
Buck Clayton, Lionel Hampton, Bill Coleman and Mezz Mezzrow until 1956,
when he came to America. Persiany spent most of the 1960´s working
in trumpeter Jonah Jones' Quartet. Persiany's career hit a peak in the
1970´s after he returned to France. His expat collaborations continued
with Milt Buckner, Cat Anderson, Arnett Cobb, Charlie Shavers and Budd
Johnson. He played with Guy Lafitte, Zutty Singleton and Vic Dickenson and
in a trio with Roland Lobligeois and Roger Paraboschi. During nearly 20
years, he was the steady pianist at Furstemberg in Paris. Among Persiany's
own recordings were 'Swinging Here And There' (1958, Pathé), 'The
Real Me' (1970, Black & Blue) and 'Every Night At Furstemberg' (1977,
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Infos about JON PIRIS (b), BERNARD TESSIER (b), HENRI TILCHIT (b), LACO TROPP (dr) and SONNY TROUPÉ (dr), with whom André Condouant played as well, are missing.
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