Gus Viseur ( May 15, 1915 – August 25, 1974) was a Belgian button accordion… Read Full Bio ↴Gus Viseur ( May 15, 1915 – August 25, 1974) was a Belgian button accordionist.
Gustave-Joseph Viseur, born in Lessines, Belgium, was a virtuoso in the musette genre, during the swing era in the 1930s, with Gus Viseur Et Son Orchestre.
He is the only jazz accordionist who is a member of the famous Hot Club de France, conducted by Charles Delaunay. Gus Viseur began his career playing in the streets of Paris. He managed to get a great sound from a chromatic button accordion. It was clear that he was doing something innovative: He helped create the accordion-jazz style known as manouche.
Meeting Django Reinhardt and performing with the legendary Quintet of the Hot Club of France was an important new chapter in his life. Later he even played bebop in the fifties. He was the first to draw a link between Musette and Jazz, but he never forgot Musette. That was his main voice. There is an unbelievable strength in his playing, that gives him the ability to improvise in all those different music genres. In addition to his numerous recordings he also performed in cabarets and nightclubs with musicians including Didi Duprat.
He recorded his first record in 1937 and accompanied Édith Piaf in 1940. He recorded all the genres of the musette repertoire: valse, tango, paso doble,...
He died in Paris, France in 1974.
Representative Recordings
"Flambée montalbanaise"
"Joseph, Joseph"
"Automne"
"Douce joie"
"Josette"
"L'imprévu" (with Joseph Colombo)
"Nuit de Paris" (with Tony Muréna)
"Soir de dispute"
"Souvenir de Bruxelles"
"Swing accordéon"
"Swing-valse" (with Pierre "Baro" Ferret)
"La valse des niglos"
"Le Bal du p'tit jardin"
"Jeannette"
"46ème avenue"
"5 Juin"
"El Victor"
"Lorsque Django jouait"
"De Clichy à Broadway"
Gustave-Joseph Viseur, born in Lessines, Belgium, was a virtuoso in the musette genre, during the swing era in the 1930s, with Gus Viseur Et Son Orchestre.
He is the only jazz accordionist who is a member of the famous Hot Club de France, conducted by Charles Delaunay. Gus Viseur began his career playing in the streets of Paris. He managed to get a great sound from a chromatic button accordion. It was clear that he was doing something innovative: He helped create the accordion-jazz style known as manouche.
Meeting Django Reinhardt and performing with the legendary Quintet of the Hot Club of France was an important new chapter in his life. Later he even played bebop in the fifties. He was the first to draw a link between Musette and Jazz, but he never forgot Musette. That was his main voice. There is an unbelievable strength in his playing, that gives him the ability to improvise in all those different music genres. In addition to his numerous recordings he also performed in cabarets and nightclubs with musicians including Didi Duprat.
He recorded his first record in 1937 and accompanied Édith Piaf in 1940. He recorded all the genres of the musette repertoire: valse, tango, paso doble,...
He died in Paris, France in 1974.
Representative Recordings
"Flambée montalbanaise"
"Joseph, Joseph"
"Automne"
"Douce joie"
"Josette"
"L'imprévu" (with Joseph Colombo)
"Nuit de Paris" (with Tony Muréna)
"Soir de dispute"
"Souvenir de Bruxelles"
"Swing accordéon"
"Swing-valse" (with Pierre "Baro" Ferret)
"La valse des niglos"
"Le Bal du p'tit jardin"
"Jeannette"
"46ème avenue"
"5 Juin"
"El Victor"
"Lorsque Django jouait"
"De Clichy à Broadway"
Swing valse
Gus Viseur Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Gus Viseur:
Begin The Beguine When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound of…
I Can Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid. It's not a…
I Can't Give You Anything But Love Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid. It's not a…
I Can't Give You Anything But Love — 1942 Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid. It's not a…
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Never thought I'd fall, But now I hear love call, I'm gettin…
Lady Be Good Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Oh Lady Be Good Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Saint Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate…
Tiger Rag Where's that tiger! Where's that tiger! Where's that tiger! …
When You're Smiling I saw a blind man, He was a kind man, Helping a…
Whispering Don't worry I'm not looking at you Gorgeous and dressed in…
You Rascal You I saw a blind man, He was a kind man, Helping a…
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@9E24O
Le "Top" de l'expression musicale...! sans parler de la virtuosité parfaite. Que d'émotions il nous laisse...! Grand merci pour cet enregistrement.
@Cleodobrasil
Quelle élégance ! mais quelle élégance ! "Sans rien qui pose ou qui pèse" comme dans l'art poétique de Verlaine..Et quelle nostalgie..aussi..Revenez, musiciens élégants ET populaires ! !revenez..Un Géant dans la galaxie des géants
@davewhitesax
This is the tune that really acquainted me with the wonderful accordion playing of Monsieur Viseur!
@orguedeBarbarieDoudoumariolo
le plus swing manouche des accordéonistes ! un Maître !
@Tyrsus
Gus Viseur, un géant de l'Accordéon... Il y a l'accordéon avant Viseur et aprés... sans doute une révolution dans lòe monde de l'Accordéon français et mondial..
@MrBillotte
J'ai 90 balais et Gus, je l'ai vu à Nogent sur marne alors qu'ado je m'apprenais la danse avec mes p'tites cousines Rien que d'entendre un air de "soufflet", j'ai les poils qui se dressent
@obduliorincon6112
🇧🇷♥️ 🎼🎶🎼🎶🎙
@MDugardin
Je pensais vous avoir remercié pour le son ! je le fais donc.
Why people are talking about genre of music ?? Music is not a question of genre, but the sensations that gives a guy like this who is mastering his instrument, real music is not a fashion thing...
@alexdesslin
génial !!
@louisgalasso3463
le plus grand de tous les temps.