Aimé Barelli (1 March 1917

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) was a French

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trumpeter, vocalist, and band leader. At the beginning of the 1940s Barelli moved to Paris, where he worked with Fred Adison, Alix Combelle, André Ekyan, Maceo Jefferson, Raymond Legrand, Hubert Rostaing, and Raymond Wraskoff. He led his own group from 1943, which performed with

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in 1948. He played informally with

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and

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in the late 1940s and with

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in 1952. Starting in 1966, he led his own ensemble in

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. His daughter is singer Minouche Barelli.

References

* Michel Laplace, "Aimé Barelli". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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