Aimé Barelli

Aimé Barelli

1917-05-01 – 1995-07-13 (age 78) Lantosque, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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Biography

Aimé Barelli (1 March 1917 Lantosque, France – 13 July 1995 Monaco) was a French jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and band leader.

At the beginning of the 1940s Barelli moved to Paris, where he worked with Fred Adison, Alix Combelle, André Ekyan, Maceo Jefferson, Raymond Legrand, Hubert Rostaing, and Raymond Wraskoff. He led his own group from 1943, which performed with Dizzy Gillespie in 1948. He played informally with Sidney Bechet and Charlie Parker in the late 1940s and with Django Reinhardt in 1952. Starting in 1966, he led his own ensemble in Monte Carlo. His daughter is singer Minouche Barelli.

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Known For

Boom on Paris
Boom on Paris

1954

as lui-même

The Chocolate Girl
The Chocolate Girl

1950

as The leader of the orchestra

The Merry Pilgrims
Fièvres
Fièvres

1942

as (uncredited)

Bearer Check
Bearer Check

1941

as (uncredited)