Gus Viseur

[2] Viseur was given basic instruction in how to play the accordion by his father from the age of eight, and then had lessons from a music professor.

[2] In 1933, he met René "Charley" Bazin, and the two accordionists started improvising, inspired by hearing jazz.

[4] Viseur "was a member of the orchestra led by the pianist Boris Sarbek, then worked in France and Belgium with Philippe Brun, Joseph Reinhardt, and his own quintet".

[1] Together with guitarist Baro Ferret, Viseur added elements of swing to traditional musettes that they played from 1938 and into World War II.

[6] He toured the United States in 1963, then stopped playing and opened a record shop in Le Havre.