04/12/2022
Today dear friend, french pianist Jean-Paul Amouroux left us. He was one of the artists at the first 2002 festival I organised. And came back in 2008.
Merci pour tout ce que tu a fais pour le monde du Boogie Woogie. Tu nous manquera Jean-Paul. J‘éspère qu‘il y a un piano au ciel ou tu joue avec Claude, Lionel, Jay, Memphis, Sammy, etc.
I discovered his music in my early days when travelling to Paris and shopping in the record stores.
His piano style was very much Influenced by the masters like Memphis Slim, who also lived in Paris. He loved vegetarian food, sweet pasteries and the beautiful ladies. He dedicated his entire life to boogie woogie. Merci Jean-Paul pour m‘avoir fait découvrir beaucoup d‘artistes et les heures qu‘on a partagé en parlant de notre style de musique noir américain preferée.
