Charles Delaunay
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Charles Delaunay was a French author, jazz expert, co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot Club de France.
Charles Delaunay on 52nd Street, New York City, October 1946 (photograph by William P. Gottlieb)
Hugues Panassié
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Hugues Panassié was a French critic, record producer, and impresario of traditional jazz.
Charles Delaunay
…Paris, France, the son of painters Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay, Charles Delaunay was one of the founders of the Hot Club de France. Together with Hugues Panassié he initiated the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. He also organised concerts, for example with Benny Carter…
Hugues Panassié, Red Prysock, and Tiny Grimes, New York City, circa 1946–1948 (William P. Gottlieb, photo)