Jacques Higelin
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (born October 18, 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine , Département Seine-et-Marne , † April 6, 2018 in Paris ) was a French singer, composer, film and theater actor and author. His songs are influenced by chanson , hot jazz , blues , rock 'n' roll , reggae , funk , new wave as well as Arabic music and sometimes have experimental and theatrical aspects. He sang in French and occasionally in English and has worked with Areski Belkacem , Brigitte Fontaine , the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Youssou N'Dour , among others .
Life
His first musical influences were his father's piano playing, popular chansonniers such as Maurice Chevalier and Charles Trenet, and jazz of the post-war period. Even in his youth, Higelin performed with singing in the cinema (as entertainment during breaks), in debut competitions on the radio and in musicals. Henri Crolla taught him the guitar , and Higelin also learned piano and clarinet . In the early 1960s he took lessons at the private drama school Cours Simon .
During his military service he was stationed in the FRG and Algeria in 1961 and met the musician Areski Belkacem. Back in Paris, Higelin was soon working again for film and theater, starting with café-théâtre appearances. At the end of 1964 he appeared with the actors Rufus and Brigitte Fontaine on the show Mélancaustique . He wrote and played the play Maman j'ai peur ou Est-ce que les veaux font des manières? (1967). With Brigitte Fontaine he released two albums with chansons by Boris Vian (1965, 1968). In 1969 he recorded a first album of his own songs with Areski Belkacem. During this time, Higelin also played the play Niok with Areski and Fontaine at the Petit Théâtre du Lucernaire.
In 1971 he released his first solo album Jacques “Crabouif” Higelin - a mixture of experimental chanson, blues and Arabic influences. With BBH 75 he turned more to rock and funk music. The albums Champagne pour tout le monde and Caviar pour les autres (1979), which were influenced by swing , jazz and boogie , he recorded in part in New Orleans .
To celebrate François Mitterrand's election success (1981), Higelin gave a concert with the band Téléphone on the Place de la République in Paris. His show Jacques Joseph Victor there (1982), which consisted of concert and theater elements, he played a. a. For eight weeks at the Cirque d'Hiver and at the Fête de la Musique in Paris. With the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra he recorded Prokofiev's musical fairy tale Peter and the Wolf (Pierre et le loup - Le carnaval des animaux) in 1984 . His album Tombé du ciel (1988) sold over 300,000 copies and won the Grand Prix du Disque de la Chanson Française of the Académie Charles-Cros . In 2005 he released an album with 18 chansons by Charles Trenet . In November 2007 Higelin received the Italian songwriting award Premio Tenco .
Others
Jacques Higelin is the father of actor Kên Higelin, singer and actress Izïa Higelin and singer Arthur H.
Under the title Lettres d'amour d'un soldat de 20 ans , a compilation of love letters was published in 1987, which he wrote to a woman in Paris during his military service in Germany and Algeria.
Discography (selection)
- 1965: Douze Chansons d'avant le deluge (with Brigitte Fontaine)
- 1965: Quinze chansons d'avant le deluge (with Brigitte Fontaine)
- 1969: Higelin et Areski (with Areski Belkacem)
- 1971: Jacques “Crabouif” Higelin (with his son Arthur)
- 1974: BBH 75
- 1975: Irradié
- 1976: Alertez les bébés!
- 1978: No Man's Land
- 1979: Champagne pour tout le monde
- 1979: Caviar pour les autres
- 1980: La Bande du Rex
- 1982: Higelin '82
- 1985: Aï
- 1988: Tombé du ciel
- 1991: Illicite
- 1994: Aux héros de la voltige
- 1998: Paradis païen
- 2006: Amor Doloroso
- 2010: Coup de foudre
- 2013: Beau Repaire
- 2016: Higelin 75
Awards for music sales
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| Country / Region |
 gold |
 platinum
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Sales | swell |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 France (SNEP)
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14 × gold14th
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platinum1
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1,485,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
| All in all |
14 × gold14th
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platinum1
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Filmography (selection)
- 1959: Nathalie plays a secret agent (Nathalie, agent secret) - Director: Henri Decoin
- 1965: On a hot summer morning (Par un beau matin d'été) - directed by Jacques Deray
- 1968: Erotissimo - Director: Gérard Pirès
- 1970: We will not go into the forest anymore (Nous n'irons plus au bois) - Director: Georges Dumoulin
- 1972: The Year Zero One (L'an 01) - Directed by Jacques Doillon , Alain Resnais and Jean Rouch
- 1973: Through Paris with noises (Elle court, elle court la banlieue) - Director: Gérard Pirès
- 1977: Another man, another woman (Un autre homme, une autre chance) - Director: Claude Lelouch
- 1993: A man by the sea (Un homme à la mer) - directed by Jacques Doillon
- 2001: The Secret of the Frogs (La prophétie des grenouilles) - Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
- 2013: Jappeloup - Eine Legende (Jappeloup) - Director: Christian Duguay
Web links
- Jacques Higelin's website (French)
- Jacques Higelin - biography. In: music-story.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014 (French).
- Jacques Higelin: Biography . RFI Music , February 15, 2016, (English)
- Isabelle Giordano: Jacques Higelin. Arte.tv , October 16, 2010, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 (French).
- Jacques Higelin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jacques Higelin . Les Archives du Spectacle, April 6, 2018 (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maman, j'ai peur . In: Les Archives du Spectacle , September 5, 2012, accessed April 9, 2018 (French).
- ^ Jacques Higelin: Biography . RFI Music , February 15, 2016, accessed April 9, 2018.
- ↑ biography. Jacques Higelin's website, archived from the original on July 21, 2011 ; Retrieved April 9, 2018 (French).
- ^ Premio Tenco 2007, primi vincitori: Marianne Faithfull e Jacques Higelin . Rockol.it, October 16, 2007, accessed April 9, 2018 (Italian).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Higelin, Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jacques Igelin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French songwriter, singer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brou-sur-Chantereine |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2018 |
| Place of death | Paris |