Noël Chiboust (October 4, 1909,

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trumpeter and reedist.

Career

Chiboust started out as a violinist, playing in Ray Ventura's orchestra from 1928 to 1931, but settled on trumpet soon after. He did a stint in the

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, then played trumpet in the mid-1930s with

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, and Guy Paquinet. By 1937, he had switched instruments again, this time to tenor saxophone; on this instrument, he worked with Bill Coleman, Joe Keyes, Serge Glykson,

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, and Fred Adison. He founded his own ensemble in 1941, which he led until 1969; he continued playing locally with his own big band even after retiring from active touring.

References

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

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