Jean Corti
Jean Corti (1929 – 25 November 2015) was an Italian-French accordionist and composer. He was the accompanist of Jacques Brel for six years, from 1960 to 1966.
Jean Corti
- Full name
- Gian Samuele Cortinovis.
- Born
- 1929 · Almè.
- Died
- 2015 · Garches.
- Nationality
- Italy · France · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- composer · accordionist
- Languages
- French · Italian
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Corti composed several songs, either alone (Les Bourgeois), with Brel and Gérard Jouannest (Les Vieux, Madeleine, The Toros), or with Gerard Jouannest (Titine). He regularly collaborated with the group Têtes Raides during the mid-1990s, and group members persuaded him to release his own albums, such as Fiorina. In 2000, he played the song Né Dans les Rues with the French reggae singer Pierpoljak.
Albums with Jacques Brel
Albums with Jacques Brel
• Marieke (1961) • Olympia 1961 (1962) • Les Bourgeois (1962) • Olympia 1964 (1964) • Les Bonbons (1966) • Ces gens-là (1966)
Solo songs
Solo songs
• Couka (2001) • Versatile (with Loïc Lantoine) (2007) • Fiorina (with Allain Leprest, Thomas Fersen, and others) (2009)
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Almè.
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Garches.
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- 1.Relevé des fichiers de l'Insee
- 2.Mort de Jean Corti, accordéoniste de Brel aux Têtes Raides. telerama.fr.
- 3.Sur un air de Jean Corti. Nanterre Info. 456. 26. Novembre 2020.
- 4.Résultats de recherche - La Sacem. repertoire.sacem.fr.
- 5.Jean Corti.
- 6.Résultats de recherche - La Sacem. repertoire.sacem.fr.
- 7.Pierpoljak - Je Fais C'Que J' Veux. 2000.
- 8.C'est toujours ça la France. 2018-07-29. 2025-01-27. Disiz - Topic. 3:45.
- 9.Jean Corti, un aîné dans la jeunesse.
- 10.L'accordéoniste : Jean Corti (1929-2015). France Culture. 27 novembre 2015.
- 11.Toi le venin / Hortis ; Goslin. Griserie polka / Hazy Osterwald ; Jean Corti et son ensemble. 1959.
- 12.RAOULI JAVA / E. Prud'Homme ; Sergelys. Paris - Guinguette / E. Prud'Homme ; Sergelys. Tes mensonges / F. Warms ; M. Cayla. EL MORRO / Aimable et J. Corti ; (Jean) Corti et sa formation. 1959.
- 13.Jean Corti (1929-2015). data.bnf.fr.
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