Gus Viseur

accordion · 1915–1974 · Lessines

Belgian accordionist who settled in Paris in 1920, learned the instrument from his father, and opened up to jazz in the early 1930s. Starting in 1938, with guitarist Baro Ferret, he blended swing into the musette waltz; he can also be heard with Édith Piaf in 1940.

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Styles

• Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz

Landmark tracks

• Swing Valse (Gus Viseur) (1940)

Sources

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