Grande rétrospective en trois volets consacrée au grand guitariste bebop Jimmy Gourley — parisien depuis les années 50, ambassadeur du bebop en France après la seconde guerre mondiale et ancien compagnon de route d’Eddy Louiss, Kenny Clarke, Barney Wilen, Stéphane Grappelli, Lester Young, Stan Getz, Clifford Brown, Lee Konitz, et tant d’autres musiciens européens ou américains — à partir d’une interview exclusive réalisée chez lui à Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, quelques mois avant son décès. Ces émissions sont dédiées à sa mémoire, sa musique et sa personne restent dans nos cœurs.
Les podcasts et détails de cette rétrospective:
• Première partie (diffusée le 12/08/08)
• Deuxième partie (diffusée le 19/08/08)
• Troisième partie (diffusée le 26/08/08)
Jimmy Gourley, René Thomas, Sacha Distel et Jimmy Raney à Paris en 1954
Steven
on aoû 10th, 2008 at 7:10 pmTrès bonne idée Félix, Jimmy mérite une série d’émissions !
Tous les guitaristes bop de Paris dans les années 50 ont appris de Jimmy Gourley ; ils ont appris le style de Jimmy Raney par Jimmy Gourley.
J’écouterai ces émissions avec bonheur, merci Jazz & Co !
Jazz & Co
on aoû 13th, 2008 at 12:04 pmDe rien!
Effectivement, Jimmy Gourley mérite même bien plus que trois modestes émissions, mais c’est un début…
Jazz & Co
on déc 9th, 2008 at 12:56 pmBien triste nouvelle:
http://www.radiocampusparis.org/?p=5781
Adams
on déc 9th, 2008 at 8:58 pmI met Jimmy in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria in 1970. He was a partner in a small but hip jazz club not too far from the beach. His guitar, voice and blues-bop rythum really fascinated me. Since i was on leave from Nigeria after the last year of the civil war and a year following in Port Harcourt. Jimmy’s music took me away from the horrors of war and a return to jazz, soul and blues. We became friends and i was lucky to get to know Jimmy, his wife and young son of 8, Sean Gourley. {An accomplished jazz guitarist himself, with a style his own but with many moves learned from his dad.} Later in 1975, when i moved to Paris, we renewed our friendship. During my first few years there, Jimmy showed me many clubs featuring great jazz many where he was playing, others where he was known and played often. Among my favorite was the “Caveau de la Montagne”.
Gosh, Jimmy, from there to the “Upper Room”. Peace.
David Bluhm
on déc 31st, 2008 at 3:56 pmMy father was a dear friend of Jimmy’s from Chicago and encouraged him to go to Paris after the war. They stayed in touch until my father’s death in 1999. We have most of Jimmy’s CDs. I mentioned his name to a friend, John Beach, who has a jazz show, “Miles Ahead”, in Ithaca, New York, USA at what is sort of the quasi Cornell University radio station. John had never heard of Jimmy Gourley and after listening to our CDs he was very excited. Since then he has acquired CDs of all of Jimmy’s music and collaborations. John will be doing a whole hour dedicated to Jimmy Gourley on WVBR at 4-5PM EST on Sunday January 4, 2009. WVBR has live streaming so one can listen to the show on the internet.
WVBR 93.5 FM
http://wvbr.com/milesahead
RIP