Claude Nougaro
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Born | Toulouse, Occitanie, France | 9 September 1929
Died | 4 March 2004 Paris, France | (aged 74)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer, poet, songwriter, painter |
Website | nougaro |
Claude Nougaro (French pronunciation: [klod nuɡaʁo], Occitan: Claudi Nogaròu; 9 September 1929 – 4 March 2004) was a French jazz singer and poet.
Life and career
Claude Nougaro was born on 9 September 1929 in
In 1949, he performed his military service in the Foreign Legion at Rabat, Morocco.
He sent his lyrics to Marguerite Monnot, Édith Piaf's songwriter, who put them to music. ("Méphisto", "Le Sentier de la guerre"). He started to sing for a livelihood in 1959 in a Parisian cabaret in Montmartre, the Lapin Agile.
In 1962, he decided to sing his works himself: "Une petite fille" and "Cécile ma fille" (dedicated to his daughter, born in 1962, and to his wife Sylvie, whom he met at the Lapin Agile). These songs made him immediately known to a larger public, which he had already started to penetrate by participating in the concerts of
His career continued normally, punctuated by success: Le jazz et la java, Tu verras, Île de Ré, Armstrong, Toulouse, Petit taureau. But in 1984, his recording company did not renew his contract. Nougaro left for New York, seeking inspiration, and while there wrote and recorded a self-financed disc, Nougayork, whose resounding success was a surprise. In 1988
His health deteriorated after 1995, when he underwent a heart operation. In 2003, his condition left him unable to appear at the Festival du Verbe at Toulouse. From 1998 to 2004 he devoted himself more to concerts and festivals, apart from an album in aid of children suffering from
Discography
Studio albums
- 1958 : Claude Nougaro (President album)
- 1962 : Claude Nougaro
- 1964 : Claude Nougaro n°2
- 1966 : Bidonville
- 1967 : Petit taureau
- 1971 : Sœur âme
- 1973 : Locomotive d'or
- 1974 : Récréation
- 1975 : Femmes et famines
- 1976 : Plume d'ange
- 1978 : Tu verras
- 1980 : Assez !
- 1981 : Chansons nettes
- 1983 : Ami-chemin
- 1985 : Bleu blanc blues
- 1987 : Nougayork
- 1989 : Pacifique
- 1993 : Chansongs
- 1997 : L'Enfant phare
- 2000 : Embarquement immédiat
Live albums
- 1969 : Une soirée avec Claude Nougaro (L'Olympia, 2LP)
- 1977 : Nougaro 77 (L'Olympia, 2LP)
- 1979 : Nougaro 79
- 1982 : Au New Morning
- 1989 : Zénith made in Nougaro
- 1991 : Une voix dix doigts (2CD)
- 1995 : The best de scène (2CD)
- 1999 : Hombre et lumière (recorded in Toulouse, 2CD)
- 2002 : Au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (2CD)
Posthumous releases
Writings
- L'ivre de mots (2002)
- Fables de ma fontaine (2003)
References
- ^ "Claude Nougaro Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ISBN 9782809809596.
- ^ "Liette Tellini". Geneanet. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
External links
- Media related to Claude Nougaro at Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Nougaro at AllMusic