
Born
April 16, 1908
Died
March 29, 1979
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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…

L'assassin connaît la musique
1963

Femmes de Paris
1953

One Hundred Francs Per Second
1953

Monte Carlo Baby
1951

We Will All Go to Paris
1950

Mademoiselle Has Fun
1948

Whirlwind of Paris
1939

Feux de joie
1939

Quadrille
1938

Everything is Going Very Well Madame la Marquise
1936

Adventure in Paris
1936

Le Billet de mille
1935