The French violinist
Warlop had a short but varied career, working with such noted pop singers as
Maurice Chevalier and Germaine Sablon (1934-1935), and with such jazz greats as violinist
Stephane Grappelli and guitarist
Django Reinhardt (1934-1937).
Warlop also worked with the group Jazz du Poste Parisien, accordionist Louis Richardet, and in a group with fellow violinists
Grappelli and
Eddie South (in 1937). He played in a duo with the expatriate American pianist
Garland Wilson (1938), and worked with other American musicians visiting Paris, including most notably tenor saxophonist
Coleman Hawkins.
Warlop played in the orchestra of saxophonist Raymond Lergrand (father of composer
Michel Lergrand) in the early '40s and led a string septet (1941-1943). In 1942 he conducted the Paris Symphony Orchestra in a performance of his composition "Noel du Prisonnier."
Warlop died in 1947 at age 36. ~ Chris Kelsey