Spirituals/Jazz/Gospel
Virginia (USA)

Paul BREMBLY - Baritone and leader
Frank DAVIS - 1st Tenor
Michael ROBINSON - 2nd Tenor
Terry FRANÇOIS - Bass

THE GOLDEN GATE QUARTET Band:

Daniel PINES (piano)
Joël ROCHER (bass)
Pascal RIOU (drums)

The Golden Gate Quartet (aka The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet) is an American vocal group. It was formed in 1934 and, with changes in membership, remains active to this day. It is the most successful of all of the African-American gospel music groups who sing in the jubilee quartet style.

They began as a traditional jubilee quartet in Norfolk, Virginia, combining the clever arrangements associated with barbershop quartets with rhythms borrowed from the blues and jazz like scat singing. They developed a broad repertoire of styles - from Owens' mournful, understated approach in songs such as "Anyhow" or "Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name", to the group's highly syncopated arrangements in "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego". Like The Mills Brothers in popular music, they would often include vocal special effects in their songs, imitating train sounds in songs such as "Golden Gate Gospel Train".

In 1937 they moved to station WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina, and soon afterwards won a contract with Bluebird Records. In 1938, they were recruited by John Hammond to appear at the first From Spirituals To Swing concert held at Carnegie Hall in New York City, after which their popularity grew. They stayed in New York and were signed up for a residency at the Cafe Society nightclub.

In 1940 the group signed a new contract with Columbia Records' subsidiary Okeh label, and shortened their name to the Golden Gate Quartet. They soon had a nationwide radio program and the opportunity to sing at Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration in 1941, becoming the first black musical group to sing at Constitution Hall and later performing several times at the White House. They continued to be popular during World War Two, making several appearances in Hollywood films and singing secular music. The group moved first to the main Columbia record label and then, in 1948, to Mercury Records.

The group moved to Paris in 1959 and has continued touring, primarily in Europe, since then. They toured widely in the late 1950s, including US State Department-sponsored tours around the world. In 1959, the group started a two-year residency at the Casino de Paris.

The group made their first tour of Africa in 1962, and during the early 1960s gradually expanded their accompanying band to incorporate guitar, piano, bass and drums.

The Golden Gate Quartet was inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.

NEW ALBUM : " THE GOLDEN GATE QUARTET 80 YEARS » ( Cristal records / Sony Music )

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ggq-stage-plan-2017.pdf
ggq--technical-requirement-sheet-2017.pdf
ggq-bio-courte.pdf
ggq-bio--detaillee.pdf
history-of-the-golden-gate-quartet.pdf
the-golden-gate-quartet.pdf

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