Ray Ventura
Known for Production · 16 credits
- Born
- 1908-04-16
- Died
- 1979-03-29
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens · Ray Ventura et son Orchestre · Raymond Ventura · l'Orchestre Ray Ventura
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 was "Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise" in which the Marquise is told by her servants that everything is fine at home except for a series of escalating calamities. It was seen as a metaphor for France's obliviousness to the approaching war.
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Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (12)
Monte Carlo Baby
1951
as Ray Ventura
Le Billet de mille
1935
Adventure in Paris
1936
Quadrille
1938
as Lui-même (as « Ray Ventura et ses collégiens »)
We Will All Go to Paris
1950
as Self
L'assassin connaît la musique
1963
as Self (uncredited)
Whirlwind of Paris
1939
as Self
Feux de joie
1939
as Self
Mademoiselle Has Fun
1948
as Self
Everything is Going Very Well Madame la Marquise
1936
Femmes de Paris
1953
as Self
One Hundred Francs Per Second
1953
as Self
About Ray Ventura
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 Paquine… With 16 credits spanning from 1935 to 1984, Ray Ventura has appeared in 12 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ray Ventura Movies
- Monte Carlo Baby (1951) — as Ray Ventura
- Le Billet de mille (1935)
- Adventure in Paris (1936)
- Quadrille (1938) — as Lui-même (as « Ray Ventura et ses collégiens »)
- We Will All Go to Paris (1950) — as Self
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