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Charles Delaunay was born on January 18, 1911 in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, Oise, the son of painters Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay. As one of the founders of the Hot Club de France, together with Hugues Panassié, he initiated the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. He also organized concerts, for example with Benny Carter.
In 1935, again with Panassié, he founded Le Jazz Hot, one of the oldest jazz magazines. In 1937, he started Disques Swing, “Swing Records”, the first record label dedicated exclusively to jazz. During World War II Delaunay was a member of the Resistance while continuing to lead the Hot Club. 1948 was when he founded the record label Disques Vogue.
He authored the famous Hot Discography with five editions in England, France and the U.S., the first jazz discography and was also an artist. Author, jazz expert, co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot Club de France, Charles Delaunay passed away in Paris of Parkinson’s disease on February 16, 1988.
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Bobby Gordon was born on June 29, 1941 in Hartford, Connecticut. A student of Joe Marsala and influenced by Pee Wee Russell, in 1962/63 he recorded three albums for the Dot label. At that time he was playing folk music and the music of Acker Bilk .
By the end of the Sixties Max Kaminsky took him to the New York City to the jazz club Jimmy Ryan’s and by the beginning of the 1970s, he was appearing regularly at Eddie Condon’s club. After working with Wild Bill Davison in Chicago, Illinois he moved to San Diego, California and became famous mainly for his recordings for the Jump and Arbors labels and his collaboration with Marty Grosz in the Orphan Newsboys .
Recording as a leader he worked with Keith Ingham, Dan Barrett, Adele Girard, Scott Robinson, Dave McKenna, Tony DeNicola and Bob Wilber. While lived in the San Diego area he accompanied Rebecca Kilgore and occasionally he performed at jazz parties and festivals. Clarinetist Bobby Gordon, who was a proponent of Hot Jazz, passed away on December 31, 2013.
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