‘Hommage a Gus Viseur’ is a concert dedicated to the music and memory of Gus Visuer, held on Friday January 20th, 8.30pm, at Le Petit Duc, rue Emile Tavan, Aix-En-Provence. Christophe Lampidecchia (accordion), Jean-Luc Difraya (percussion), and Lilian Bencini (bass) will perform and improvise Viseur’s compositions.
Gus Viseur (1915-74) became one of France’s leading musette players in the 1930s, and worked as accompanist for Edith Piaf. After meeting Django Reinhardt he became enthused at playing jazz, and was the first musette accordionist to incorporate jazz into his style. He was the only accordionist to play and record with the Hot Club of France. |