Jacques Bisceglia
Jacques Bisceglia (born October 21, 1940 in Paris ; † March 1, 2013 ibid) was a French jazz photographer, music producer , author and comic book collector.
Life
Bisceglia began his career as a photographer in the early 1960s after completing his military service in Algeria , when he photographed jazz greats like Rex Stewart in Paris . At the end of that decade he worked on the first issues of Claude Delcloo's music magazine Actuel and then worked with Delcloo for the music label BYG Actuel , for which he photographed. He brought numerous musicians to the label and produced albums for the Art Ensemble of Chicago (A Jackson in Your House) , Don Cherry , Yusef Lateef , Archie Shepp , Alan Silva and Sun Ra . His photographs are on albums and the like. a. by Andrew Cyrille , Claude Delcloo, Steve Kuhn and Kenneth Terroade . A fan of free jazz , he wrote in later years about musicians such as Billy Bang and William Parker .
Bisceglia was also active as a collector of comics and was considered a specialist in this field due to his relevant publications. He was the editor of Papiers Nickelés magazine . Bisceglia, who was a member of the French Académie du Jazz , died on March 1, 2013 of complications from a sclerotic nerve disease.
Publications (selection)
- Trésor du roman policier da la scene fiction et du fantastique. Catalog encyclopedique . Paris, Editions de l'amateur 1981.
- Black & White Fantasy (1984)
- Underground USA: La bande dessinee de la contestation (1986)
Web links
- Bisceglia's website
- Long interview with Bisceglia , by Aymeric Leroy in Citizen Jazz on March 25, 2013 (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Obituary at TSF Jazz ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Obituary at BD Zoom
- ^ Jacques Bisceglia, photographe de Jazz présente "Impressions" at Irma
- ↑ Jacques Bisceglia at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Hommage à Billy Bang, par Jacques Bisceglia et Steve Dalachinsky in Citizen Jazz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bisceglia, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz photographer, music producer, author and comics collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st of March 2013 |
| Place of death | Paris |