Moustache
Greek-born jazz actor and drummer François Alexandre Galépidès, known as Moustache, was born in Paris on February 14, 1929. In 1948, he joined clarinettist and saxophonist Claude Luter's Les Lorientais orchestra and played in the clubs of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, before accompanying Sidney Bechet on several recordings. He made a name for himself on the silver screen with numerous roles, from Jules Dassin's Du rififi chez les hommes in 1954 to Jean Yanne's Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ in 1982, including Le Grand bluff and Mademoiselle strip-tease, in which he played himself in 1957, Yves Robert's Ni vu ni connu (1958) and Zorro' s Sergent Garcia (1975). In the 1950s, he led his own jazz groups, such as Moustache Jazz Seven, the Dixieland Jazz Band and Moustache et ses Moustachus, before launching into parodies of the burgeoning rock'n'roll scene with the EP Moustache et le Rock'n 'Roll (1956), including "Le Rock de Paris". In 1967, with pianist Jean Constantin, he formed the humoristic group Les Gros Minets, which recorded a handful of singles for CBS, then in 1978 Les Petits Français, with Marcel Zanini, who accompanied Georges Brassens in jazz covers of his own repertoire and also recorded standards of the genre. Between TV and film roles, Moustache ran the club Le Bilboquet, then the Jazz Club Méridien de l'Étoile in the 1970s. In 1983, he recorded an album with his friends Henri Salvador, Lionel Hampton and Clark Terry. Three others followed, Boogie Woogie Piano (1984), Blues for Mama Mous (1985) and Roule Train Blues (1986), before his death in a car accident in Arpajon on March 25, 1987, at the age of 58.
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Jazz & Rock'n'roll in France, 1953-1958
Dixieland - Released by Fremeaux Heritage on 17 Sep 2021
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Moustache Et Ses Moustachus (Album Version)
Pop - Released by Universal Music Division Barclay on 1 Jan 1958
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Un mensonge de trop pour Moustache
Children - Released by Editions Auzou on 5 Apr 2024
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Moustache ne se laisse pas faire
Children - Released by Editions Auzou on 12 Apr 2024
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C'est de la triche, Moustache !
Children - Released by Editions Auzou on 10 Apr 2024
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Moustache, le roi des bêtises
Children - Released by Editions Auzou on 24 Apr 2024
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Moustache a peur du noir
Children - Released by Editions Auzou on 17 Apr 2024
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Reflecting Your Eyes
Electronic - Released by First Impression on 2 Jun 2017
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Bobby Prins & Friends: Romantic Country Songs
Country - Released by Aquarius Music PH NL on 24 Sep 2021
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Mai Te Bapu (feat. Saurav Gurjar)
Soul - Released by Sardhana Brothers on 1 Nov 2023
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Waiting 4 Twenty One (Panico & Folli mix)
Dance - Released by Keep! on 27 Nov 2020
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Joga o Farol
Brazilian Funk - Released by FR Production on 16 Jun 2021
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