Jacques Demêtre
Jacques Demêtre | |
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| Born | Dimitri Wyschnegradsky 16 February 1924 blues music |
| Parent | (father) |
Dimitri Vicheney (born Dimitri Wyschnegradsky, 16 February 1924 – 24 June 2020), known professionally as Jacques Demêtre, was a French historian of
Born in
He met Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee in 1958,[3] and in 1959 made his first visit to the United States, with Marcel Chauvard. In the U.S., where blues music was largely overlooked by mainstream culture, he met blues musicians in Chicago, Detroit and New York City. He met, photographed and interviewed Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Tampa Red, Kokomo Arnold, Champion Jack Dupree and many others, and on his return published the results in Jazz Hot. The interviews were republished in book form in 1994 as Voyage au Pays du Blue (Land of the Blues).[4] The trip reportedly inspired English writer Paul Oliver to undertake his own research in the U.S. in 1960.[3]
Demêtre later edited blues and gospel music compilations. He died in 2020 in Paris, aged 96.[5]
References
- ^ Steve Cushing, Pioneers of the Blues Revival, University of Illinois Press, 2014
- ^ Christian Casoni, "Interview: Jacques Demêtre, Le matin Français du blues", BluesAgain, 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2020
- ^ a b Christian Casoni, "Interview: Jacques Demêtre, Le bonheur d'avoir eu raison", BluesAgain, 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2020
- ^ Valerie Ghent, "Jacques Demêtre: discovering a blues historian in the family", ValGhent.com, December 28, 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2020
- ^ "Décès de Jacques Demêtre", SoulBag, 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020
External links
- Jacques Demêtre discography at Discogs
- Jacques Demêtre (1924-2020) at Soulbag.fr