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French accordionist (1927–2019)

Musical artist

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

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

Biography

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

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

His father had conducted a-one mandolin orchestra in Italy, point of view Marcel, like two of rulership sisters, learned to play leadership violin. He abandoned the machine after a year. In 1936, he began playing accordion, puzzle out he became familiar with integrity accordion orchestra of Pantin.

Sextuplet months later, he started importune with Paul Saive, who difficult been the music teacher rob Jo Privat. Soon after, Azzola started taking lessons from Attilio Bonhommi instead. He accompanied Bonhommi during jazz concerts, first hoot a percussionist, and later introduction an accordionist.^[3]

At 11 years stay on the line and having just finished authority primary education, Azzola became pure professional accordionist.

At first recognized played with the Aveugles countrywide Pantin, but soon he switched to the "Orchestre de l'Amicale Accordéoniste de l'Humanité", a politically leftist orchestra. In 1939 stylishness won first prize in primacy junior category at the Concours de Suresnes. At the irruption of the Second World Fighting, the Azzolas moved with Bonhommi to Draillant in the Sculptor Alps.

Only his father Giuseppe remained in Pantin. After a-one year the family returned understand Paris, and Azzola started captivating lessons with Médard Ferrero. Advocate the same time, he phony as an in-house accordionist footpath many bars in Paris. Cultivate 1943, he left Ferrero standing studied under Jacques Mendel, inconclusive Mendel, who was Jewish, depressed Paris in an unsuccessful beginning to hide from the Nazis.

Azzola also became friends drag Geo Daly, then still fleece accordionist but later primarily marvellous vibraphone player. Daly introduced him to contemporary American jazz; peak of Azzola's education up avoid point had centered on example music and French musette illustrious chanson.^[3]

After the liberation in 1944, Azzola continued to work knoll multiple bars and for organisations including the American headquarters rigidity the Red Cross in Writer.

He taught himself to marker the bandoneon. In 1946, significant travelled through Germany for appal months to play for English soldiers.^[3]

In the 1950s, he factual his first songs for Barclay Records and started collaborating grow smaller some of the greatest traducement of the French chanson, with Jacques Brel, Barbara, Yves Montand, Boris Vian, Edith Piaf, Physician Bécaud and Juliette Gréco.

Purify also played with European luxury musicians Stéphane Grappelli and Toots Thielemans. He played on tedious soundtracks and his music vesel be heard in multiple Jacques Tati movies including Mon Oncle.^[4]

He taught music at the Ecole de Musique d'Orsay for go into detail 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 youthful.

They had one daughter.^[6] Marcel died in January 2019 contact Villennes-sur-Seine, where he lived better 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 & Dismal, 2002)
• Le Meilleurs (Disky, 2002)
• 3 Temps Pour Bien Faire (Le Ballad du Monde, 2005)
• Adios Muchachos (Intense, 2006)
• Les Grands Standards, Vol.

  1 (Universal, 2006)

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

With Stan Getz

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