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October 2025 “Me & the Man in the Moon” Gregor & his Gregorians. Shellac 78rpm 8“, Edison Bell Radio F414, France, 1929.

Both sides of this record, “Doin' the Racoon” and “Me & the Man in the Moon”, were recorded on May 3, 1929, in Paris.

The orchestra included: Grégor (ldr, voc), Philippe Brun (tp, voc), Georges Samuel (tp), Vladimir (tb), René Cézard (tb, ss, vln), Edmond Cohanier (as, cl), Lucia Veintroub (as, vln), Lucien Conti (ts, cl, voc), Lucien Moraweck (p, arr), Mickel Glod (g, bjo), Nicolas Hershoff (tu), Jo Luicas (drm, voc).

Source: “Sublime Grégor” by Philippe Tijou.

CEMJazz call number: obr-78t-pts-13-15

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L'HAPPY JAZZ

Jam Session@Saint-Maur

Jam Session led by professional musicians, open to all musicians, regardless of their level.

Saturday, November 1st, 9:00 PM, Le Café de Paris, 81 avenue du Bac, 94100 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.

Reservations strongly recommended for dinner: +33 1 48 83 10 63. Free admission, drinks not included.

Jazz à Chevilly

Cabaret evening: tribute to Patrick Marie-Joseph “Jenn Kon Vyé”.

Author, composer, artistic director, sound engineer, Patrick set up his recording studio and label Solibo Music in 2002 in Chevilly-Larue. He recorded more than 800 albums in the world of Martinique and Caribbean music.

Famous names have performed here: Kassav’, Carimi, La Compagnie Créole, Pipo Gertrude, Tony Chasseur, Dédé Saint-Prix, and others. One year after his death, this concert will be a joyful and rhythmic celebration of Patrick's life and his masterpiece “Jenn Kon Vyé”.

Under the artistic direction of Philippe Joseph (pianist with Kassav'), Alex K-By (guitar), Jean-Christophe Raufaste (bass), Bago (percussion), Allan Savarimoutou (drums) will accompany Dédé Saint-Prix (ambassador of traditional music from Martinique), Emmanuel Réveillé (known as Biloute), MariKlod, Nicolas Pelage, and Marie-Céline Chroné (vocals, backing vocals, and flute). A rich and rhythmic repertoire for an exceptional tribute concert!

* Salle Léo Ferré - 65, Av. du Président F. Roosevelt – 94150 Chevilly-Larue.

First concert and membership: €23, subsequent concerts: €13, students and apprentices: €5, minors and job seekers are our guests.

Reservation required by email at jazzachevilly@free.fr

Bar and meals (reservation by email at jazzachevilly@free.fr before the Sunday evening preceding the concert).
Concert at 8:30 p.m., doors open at 7:30 p.m.

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3, rue du Nivernais 94550 Chevilly-Larue contact@cemjazz.org

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Bernard W. Bismuth, photographer.

A photographer's studio collection, hundreds of black-and-white prints on glossy and matte paper, in all formats, cropped, cut out… and above all, superb images. A small preview: a few silver prints on matte paper, 7.5“ x 9.5”, sepia-toned…

Sorting, inventory, indexing… work in progress!

CEMJazz call number: fonds Bernard Bismuth

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In the footsteps of Krikor Kélékian, pioneer of the Great Jazz Orchestras in France

A biography by Philippe Tijou

[…] Longtemps ignoré par la presse et la littérature jazzistique, Grégor méritait d’être enfin réhabilité. C’est l’ambition que s’est fixée l’auteur de cette biographie qui entend lui rendre la place qu’il mérite pour sa contribution au développement du Jazz en France […]

In French, the A4-format book has 408 pages, over 300 illustrations, a discography, a filmography and an index of names mentioned.

Price: 31 € + postage (colissimo France & UE)
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The 11000^ème indexed in the CEMJazz database is a photograph of double bassist Major Holley, taken in the 1970s by Bernard W. Bismuth.

This silver print on a semi-matte card stock, 5“x7”, sepia toned, is part of the Bernard W. Bismuth photography collection (inventory and indexing in progress).

CEMJazz call number: bwb-docp-phot-5-18/2