Bernard Zacharias

Bernard Zacharias (born July 16, 1929 in Sables-d'Olonne ) is a French writer who has also emerged as a jazz trombonist and band leader .

Act

Zacharias first studied philosophy (graduated in 1947), then medicine. He also played in Claude Luter's orchestra . In the late 1940s he was a member of the Pierre Braslavsky orchestra in Paris , with whom he appeared at the Festival International 1949 de Jazz with the soloist Sidney Bechet . He worked in the 1950s a. a. with Albert Nicholas , Claude Bolling , Claude Luter, Guy Lafitte and Mustaches Jazz Seven . Under his own name ( Bernard Zacharias et ses solistes ) he recorded several Gershwin titles in the early 1950s such as " I Got Plenty of Nothing ", " It Ain't Necessarily So ", " The Man I Love " and "Somebody Loves Me" which appeared on the LP Gershwin Parade (Club français du disque) in 1954 and were re-released in the EmArcy series Jazz in Paris under the title Modern Jazz at Saint-Germain-Des-Pres . His band included Roger Guérin , Robert Casier (French horn), Michel de Villers (bass clarinet), Jean Claude Fohrenbach , André Persiani , Guy Pedersen and Jacques David (drums); The session was arranged by Buddy Banks . In 1956 he made further recordings under his own name, initially the two numbers " Lullaby of the Leaves " and " Tea for Two ", and finally an LP with Cole-Porter titles. In the 60s he presented the EP Musique ... en coulisses on the Versailles label with Claude Gousset under the pseudonym Bernard Zac . In the field of jazz he was involved in 37 recording sessions between 1949 and 1968. a. also with Raymond Fol , Mezz Mezzrow , Nelson Williams and Maxim Saury .

He has been in advertising since the 1960s. Together with Henri Viard he wrote four detective novels. The first of these novels, Le Roi des Mirmidous , parodies Iliad of Homer . The second novel, L'Embrumé , is based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare , while the third of the novels, Le Mytheux , is based on the material of Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset . The fourth of the novels, L'Aristocloche , adapted Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes . He also wrote scripts for film productions.

Fonts

Novels (with Henri Viard)

• Le Roi des Mirmidous , Série noire n ° 1018, 1966, La Poche noire n ° 107, 1970, Carré noir n ° 426, 1982
• L'Embrumé , Série noire n ° 1075, 1966, La Poche noire n ° 161, 1971, Carré noir n ° 340, 1980
• Le Mytheux , Série noire n ° 1110, 1967, Carré noir n ° 27, 1972
• L'Aristocloche , Série noire n ° 1222, 1968, Carré noir n ° 143, 1973

Filmography

• Le Bourgeois gentil mec by Raoul André (1969)
• Ettore lo fusto ( Les Proxénètes ) by Enzo G. Castellari (1972)
• L'Or et la Fleur , Movie made for TV by Philippe Ducrest (1974)
• Les Millionnaires du jeudi , TV series by Bernard Bouthier , Claude Grinberg and Pierre Sisser (1989)

Discographic notes

• 1954: Bernard Zacharias et ses Solistes - Gershwin Parade

literature

• Claude Mesplède Dictionnaire des littératures policières Nantes: Joseph K 2007, ISBN 978-2-910-68645-1
• Claude Mesplède Les années ›Série noire‹: bibliography critique d'une collection policière. Vol. 3. Amiens: Encrage 1966-1972, ISBN 978-2-906-38953-3

Web links

• bibliography
• Bernard Zacharias in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Bernard Zacharias at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ With Michel de Villers (bar), André Persiani (p), Benoît Quersin (kb), Roger Paraboschi (dr).
2. ↑ Bernard Zacharias et son Orchester, with Bernard Hulin (tp), Bernard Zacharias, Sandy Fall (tb) José Germain , André "Teddy" Hameline (as), Armand Conrad , André Debonneville (ts), Michel de Villers (bar), André Persiani (p), Benoît Quersin (kb) and Roger Paraboschi (dr).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 1, 2016)
4. ↑ Les Années Série noire vol. 3 p.19
5. ↑ Les Années Série noire vol. 3 p.49
6. ↑ Les Années Série noire vol. 3 p.69
7. ↑ Les Années Série noire vol. 3 p.130