Garros

" Mon boulot consiste à accueillir des joueurs de tennis venus de tous les pays, champions en devenir, à l'apogée ou sur le retour, des types formidables ou bien des "baltringues' de toutes espèces. "
À 82 ans et toujours sur la brèche, incollable sur la jeune génération comme sur les champions du passé, c'est comme ça qu'elle s'exprime, Danielle Bombardier – Babie pour les intimes : de sa voix rocailleuse, ensoleillée par son enfance au Maroc, voilée par trop de cigarettes fumées nerveusement, avec des mots crus qu'on lui pardonne. …

La popularité du plus grand tennisman de l'histoire enfin décryptée
En 2011, un sondage réalisé auprès de 50 000 personnes dans 25 pays révélait que Roger Federer était la personne la plus respectée au monde après Nelson Mandela. Comment expliquer une popularité aussi extraordinaire ? Bien sûr, il y a le palmarès incroyable : recordman du nombre de titres du Grand Chelem et du nombre de semaines à la place de numéro 1 mondial, Federer a laissé une trace indélébile sur le tennis. …

Benny Golson - And The Philadelphians (1958) {Blue Note 724349410428 rel 1998}
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Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone

The title of this 1998 CD reissue is a little inaccurate. This set does have a six-song session with the all-Philadelphia crew of tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Ray Bryant, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Philly Joe Jones. But there are also four numbers from a month later in which Golson and pianist Bobby Timmons are joined by a trio of Frenchmen: trumpeter Roger Guerin (who was actually the date's leader), bassist Pierre Michelot and drummer Christian Garros. Ironically, the previous Swing LP had the equally inaccurate title of Benny Golson In Paris; the first date was actually cut in New York. In any case, the music is quite enjoyable, and the two dates match well together.

Pianist/composer Jacques Loussier demonstrated musical ability at an early age, starting to play at the age of ten and entering the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris at 16. Loussier's main professor there was Yves Nat, who in turn was encouraged by Faure, Saint-Saens, and Debussy as a student himself. Loussier continued this distinguished tradition, graduating at the top of his class…

Pianist/composer Jacques Loussier demonstrated musical ability at an early age, starting to play at the age of ten and entering the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris at 16. Loussier's main professor there was Yves Nat, who in turn was encouraged by Faure, Saint-Saens, and Debussy as a student himself. Loussier continued this distinguished tradition, graduating at the top of his class…

Pianist/composer Jacques Loussier demonstrated musical ability at an early age, starting to play at the age of ten and entering the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris at 16. Loussier's main professor there was Yves Nat, who in turn was encouraged by Faure, Saint-Saens, and Debussy as a student himself. Loussier continued this distinguished tradition, graduating at the top of his class…