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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Filmography
all 45
Movies 41
Producer 25
self 12
TV Shows 4
Writer 2
Night Fun (1991)
La Chance aux chansons (1984)
Numéro un (1975)
Samedi soir (1971)
Our Men in Bagdad (1966)
Et la femme créa l'amour (1966)
A French Honeymoon (1964)
Where Are You From, Johnny? (1963)
L'assassin connaît la musique (1963)
We Will Go to Deauville (1962)
And Satan Calls the Turns (1962)
The Hideout (1962)
Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour! (1961)
Beast at Bay (1959)
Love Is My Profession (1958)
Forgive Our Trespasses (1956)
Plucking the Daisy (1956)
Cinépanorama (1956)
Headlines of Destruction (1955)
Le Crâneur (1955)
Lovers' Net (1955)
Les Compagnes de la nuit (1953)
Passionate Life of Clemenceau (1953)
Femmes de Paris (1953)
Lettre ouverte (1953)
One Hundred Francs Per Second (1953)
Desperate Decision (1952)
French Touch (1952)
Jamais deux sans trois (1951)
Monte Carlo Baby (1951)
Without Leaving an Address (1951)
Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1950)
Le roi Pandore (1950)
The Chocolate Girl (1950)
We Will All Go to Paris (1950)
Une femme par jour (1949)
Mademoiselle Has Fun (1948)
Whirlwind of Paris (1939)
Feux de joie (1939)
Le Prince Bouboule (1939)
Beautiful Star (1938)
Quadrille (1938)
Everything is Going Very Well Madame la Marquise (1936)
Adventure in Paris (1936)
Moutonnet (1936)
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GenderMale
Birthday1908-04-16
Deathday1979-03-30 (70 years old)
Birth NameRaymond Ventura
Birth Place9th arrondissement of Paris, France
RelativesSacha Distel
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsRay Ventura et ses Collégiens, Ray Ventura et son Orchestre, Raymond Ventura, l'Orchestre Ray Ventura
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