These years were also those of the "saxophone craze" Western countries experienced an unprecedented craze for the instrument. SELMER guitars, produced between 19, remain inseparable from Django and are still mythical instruments highly prized by collectors today. At the same time, Gypsy jazz became popular in France through the music of guitarist Django Reinhardt. He helped popularize the SELMER Centered Tone, his favourite clarinet.
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In the mid-1920s and up to the 1940s, the era of swing and big bands was in full bloom: Benny Goodman, "The King of Swing", was one of its main figures. New Orleans trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong joined the band the following year.Īrmstrong quickly gained international fame and established himself as one of the main jazz ambassadors around the world, taking his "little Selmer trumpet" with him everywhere (Selmer 'Balanced' Trumpet). In 1922, cornetist King Oliver founded the first major jazz band, the 'Creole Jazz Band'. Many musicians then migrated to other cities: Chicago, New York and Kansas City became the new cradles of jazz. At the beginning of the 20 th century, when war broke out, the city became a port of war and the government closed the Storyville neighbourhood. It was in the street bands of New Orleans, and more particularly in the Storyville district, that jazz was born.
SELMER is closely linked to the history of jazz and to the great figures who revolutionized 20 th century music: Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, John Coltrane, Stan Getz…ĭiscover the playlist of the jazz giants who have given us their trust and friendship.
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