Doin' the Racoon

Grégor et ses Grégoriens · 1929 · Edison Bell Radio F414, Paris

Context

Grégor, whose real name was Krikor Kélékian, a dancer and singer of Armenian origin, founded the Grégoriens orchestra in Paris in 1928. The track appears on the Edison Bell Radio F414 record made in Paris in 1929. In the early 1930s the orchestra included Alix Combelle, Stéphane Grappelli, André Ekyan and Michel Warlop.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jazz in France (interwar years), Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in France: Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras, Swing, big bands.

Sources

• syncopatedtimes.com
• EN: Gregor (musician)

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