Aimé Barelli

Aimé Barelli (March 1, 1917, Loda - July 13, 1995, Monaco) was a French jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and leader.

Barelli moved to Paris at the beginning of the 1940s, where he worked with Fred Adison, Alix Combelle, André Ekyan, Maceo Jefferson, Raymond Legrand, Hubert Rostaing, and Raymond Wraskoff. He led his own group from 1943, which performed with Dizzy Gillespie in 1948. He played informally with Sidney Bechet and Charlie Parker in the late 1940s, and with Django Reinhart in 1952. Starting in 1966 he led his own ensemble in Monte Carlo. His daughter is singer Minouche Barelli.