on 8/23/02 8:56 AM, Tosh at tosh3@earthlink.net wrote:
It seems that M. Panassie shares the same passion & taste in jazz with Vian and I am presuming that they may have known each other (being a small world in Paris at that time -especially if you were a jazz fan.) Does his name ring any bells to anyone on this list?
Anyway it seems to be a fascinating document on how a Frenchman feels about American jazz - especially during the early 40's. If someone can bring some info on Panassie, I would deeply appreciate it.
Thanks! -- Tosh Berman TamTam Books
Panassie was actually a pretty huge -- and widely-read -- critical force in Europe and a respected member of the French intelligensia, so Vian would certainly have known his work if not the man personally. THE REAL JAZZ is in fact one of the first substantial jazz books. skip h