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Jean Corti
real name Jean Cortinovis
Jean Corti is credited on 843 releases across 179 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
843
Credits
179
Albums
8
Decades active
21
In collections
Biography
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Jean Corti was born in 1929 in Bergamo, Italy, and has put as accordionist his mark on the musette scene. During his career, he was an accordionist in a military brothel (in the mid-1940s), and later a bass player for Georges Brassens. He worked closely with Jacques Brel as well, composing the music for songs such as ‘Madeleine’ and ‘Les Vieux’. In 2001, he released his first solo album, produced by the band Têtes Raides, on the Mon Slip label.
Passed away november 25, 2015.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
843 releases · 179 albums · active 1959–2025
- Performance · 1,415
- Other credits · 263
- Production · 3
Studios: L'Olympia · Studios Barclay-Hoche Enregistrements · Théâtre De L'Apollo · Studio Blanqui
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Jacques Brel
- Various
- Brel
- Jasperina de Jong
- Têtes Raides
- Paris Musette
- Michał Bajor
- Dino Sarti
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