People
Ray Ventura
- Name: Ray Ventura
- Birthday: 1908-04-16
- Also known as: Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens,Ray Ventura et son Orchestre,Raymond Ventura,l'Orchestre Ray Ventura
- Place of birth: Paris, France
- Popularity: 0.2546
Biography:
Raymond Ventura (16 April 1908, Paris, France – 29 March 1979, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was a French jazz pianist and bandleader. He helped popularize jazz in France in the 1930s. His nephew was singer Sacha Distel.
Ventura was born to a Jewish family. In 1925 he was the pianist for the Collegiate Five, which recorded as the Collegians for Columbia beginning in 1928 and for Decca in the 1930s. A year later he led the band, and it became a dance orchestra resembling a big band. His sidemen included Alix Combelle, Philippe Brun, and Guy Paquinet. In the early 1940s he led a big band in South America and in France during the rest of the decade.
One of his band's popular songs from 1936... Read More
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| L'assassin connaît la musique as Self (uncredited) | 1963-10-16 |
| Femmes de Paris as Self | 1953-05-17 |
| One Hundred Francs Per Second as Self | 1953-01-09 |
| Monte Carlo Baby as Ray Ventura | 1951-11-22 |
| We Will All Go to Paris as Self | 1950-02-08 |
| Mademoiselle Has Fun as Self | 1948-01-30 |
| Whirlwind of Paris as Self | 1939-12-15 |
| Feux de joie as Self | 1939-02-01 |
| Quadrille as Himself (as Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens) | 1938-01-29 |
| Everything is Going Very Well Madame la Marquise | 1936-12-03 |
| Adventure in Paris | 1936-11-24 |
| Le Billet de mille | 1935-01-11 |
