André Ekyan

André Ekyan born André Echkyan October 24 1907 Meudon August 1972 Alicante Spain was a French jazz reedist Ekyan was the leader of a jazz ensemble at the club Le Perroquet in Paris late in the 1920s in the 1930s he played with Jack Hylton Gregor and Tommy Dorsey and recorded with Django Reinhardt for several years Other associations include work with Tommy Benford Jacques Butler Benny Carter Frank Goudie Coleman Hawkins Mezz Mezzrow Bobby Nichols Joe Turner and Ray Ventura Source Article André Ekyan from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30