George Girard

George Girard (born 7 October 1930 in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; † January 18, 1957 in New Orleans) was an American trumpeter and singer of the New Orleans Jazz.

Girard's short career began in 1950 when he founded with his friend, the clarinetist Pete Fountain, the " Basin Street Six". Previously, he had in high school music lessons at Johnny Wiggs and was named after his graduation in 1946 a professional musician. Initially, he worked with the bands of Johnny Archer and Phil Zito, until he co-founded The Basin Street Six with Pete Fountain. The band had regular appearances in L' Enfant's restaurant in New Orleans and also television appearances on the station WWL. 1950 made ​​his first recordings for the label Circle Records, but Girard was the development of the band unsatisfied, despite their domestic success and dissolved it in 1954 in order to then form his own group, the " George Girard & the New Orleans Five", in the also the drummer Arthur "Monk" Hazel played. Girard performing with her ​​at the club the Famous Door in the French Quarter and took on record for different labels; week he had a show on CBS. Girard was diagnosed with cancer and had to end his career in 1956. Girard died in early 1957 in New Orleans.

Scott Yanow Girard is one of the best New Orleans trumpeters of the 1950s, who died at the beginning of a promising career. The authors Richard Cook and Brian Morton see Girard stylistically near Red Allen.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Basin Street Six: The Complete Circle Recordings (GHB, 1950)
• Jack Delaney and George Girard in New Orleans ( Southland, 1954)
• George Girard ( Storyville Records, 1954-56 )

Swell

• Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
• Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 6th Edition, London, Penguin, 2002 ISBN 0-14-017949-6.