fingers. There are things you can't do with a pick—you can't strike the treble with two fingers and play something else on the bass string. But I admired him and he was my friend. He was my greatest friend in France. We played together many times, just for ourselves. I used to go to his wagon, where he lived. I've slept and eaten there—and also played! He had three or four guitars. Django never asked anyone to go to his wagon, but he made an exception with me. I appreciated him, and I believe the feeling was mutual." Throughout the 1930s Alemán toured Europe, both as a member of Josephine Bakers' band and independently, playing with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington before forming a nine-piece band which would performed nightly at the Le Chantilly in Paris. During the Nazi invasion of France during World War II Alemán returned to Argentina and lauded as the most prominent Afro Argentine and Argentine jazz musician. He established a residency at the Alvear Palace Hotel, and had a hit with "Rosa Madreselva" ("Honeysuckle Rose"). Aleman also continued to record and perform with a swing quintet and a nine-piece orchestra. He became romantically involved with actress Carmen Vallejo with whom he had a daughter, Selva Alemán. He remained popular into the late 1950s, before the rise of rock n roll and more popular developments in tango. In 1972, he recorded an album and reissued some of his music. He toured and appeared on television. He performed and taught in his native country until his death at the age of 71 in 1980. Alemán usually played with thumb pick and fingers and played the D-hole Selmer Maccaferri, a model used by Django Reinhardt. He also a National Style 1 tri-cone resonator guitar, nylon string guitars, and archtop guitars. Awards and honors Alemán's life is depicted in the documentary Oscar Aleman: Vida Con Swing, directed by Hernan Gaffet and in the graphic novel (in French) Le Roi Invisible by Gani Jakupi. In 2002 an international jazz guitar festival, Festival Oscar Alemán, was created in his honor. Discography Hawaianita (1927–1929), Buenos Aires Ya Lo Sé (1930–1933), Madrid-Paris Fox-musette No. 301 (1933–1935), Paris St. Louis Stomp (1936–1938), Paris Doing the Gorgonzola (1939–1940), Paris Susurrando (1941–1942), Buenos Aires Negra de Cabello Duro (1943–1944), Buenos Aires Haciendo una Nueva Picardía (1945–1949), Buenos Aires Swanee River (1951), Buenos Aires Scartunas (1952), Buenos