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Disappearance of radio man Claude Carrière

2021-02-20T22:43:26.885Z


The former president of the Académie du Jazz was 81 years old. Claude Carrière, former radio man, producer and great specialist in Duke Ellington, died Saturday in Paris at the age of 81 from a heart attack, François Lacharme, the current president of the Académie du Québec, told AFP. Jazz, which he had also chaired. Journalist for the monthly Jazz Hot from 1969 to 1980, Claude Carrière (born in March 1939) was from Aveyron from Rodez; he moved to Paris at t


Claude Carrière, former radio man, producer and great specialist in Duke Ellington, died Saturday in Paris at the age of 81 from a heart attack, François Lacharme, the current president of the Académie du Québec, told AFP. Jazz, which he had also chaired.

Journalist for the monthly Jazz Hot from 1969 to 1980, Claude Carrière (born in March 1939) was from Aveyron from Rodez;

he moved to Paris at the end of the 1950s, where he spent his entire career and where he resided.

He was also a producer on France Musique from 1975 to 2008.

The most notable shows he had hosted were "Tout Duke", in which he had succeeded in broadcasting all of Duke Ellington's work in 400 broadcasts from 1976 to 1984, and the "Jazz Club" from 1982, co-hosted with Jean Delmas.

He had also produced numerous phonographic reissues and thematic albums, and was president of the Academy of Jazz from 1993 to 2004. As a pianist, this Officer of Arts and Letters had also released two albums.

Recognized in the world of jazz, he had also chaired the Grands Formats associations, which work for the recognition and promotion of big bands in France, and the Maison du Duke.

Source: lefigaro

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