Lucien Malson

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Lucien Malson

Lucien Malson (born May 14, 1926 in Bordeaux ; † January 27, 2017 ) was a French jazz journalist and author.

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Malson received his doctorate in literary studies , in which he also received his agrégation . He also obtained a diploma (Diplôme d'études supérieures) in philosophy , which he taught for several years as a professor at the Center national de pédagogie de Beaumont (CNEFASES). From 1946 he wrote for the magazines Vent d'Ouest and Jazz Hot , where he was part of the editorial team with André Hodeir , Charles Delaunay and Boris Vian . From 1956 he maintained jazz columns in various magazines such as Radio-Cinéma , Arts , Jazz Magazine and moderated jazz programs on the national radio France IV (today France Musique ). At RTF (now ORTF ) he created the program Le bureau du Jazz and until 1996 he hosted radio programs such as Black and Blue and Jazz d'aujourd'hui at France Culture . He initiated the program Black and Blue , which lasted until 2008, in the early 1970s with the jazz critic and writer Alain Gerber (* 1943).

In 1959 he founded the magazine Les Cahiers du Jazz and was its editor-in-chief until 1971. He was also a music critic for Le Monde . He is the author of several jazz books published in France. He wrote a multi-edition book about wolf children (specifically about Victor von Aveyron ) and was a member of the Charles Cros Academy .

Fonts

  • Les Maîtres du jazz. Buchet Chastel, 10th edition 2006 (first published in Presse Universitaire de France 1952, series “Que sais-je?”)
    • German translation: The masters of jazz. Hoeppner 1980
  • Histoire du jazz et de la musique afro-américaine. Edition Seuil 1976, 1983, 1994
  • History of jazz. Éditions Rencontre 1967 (Illustrated History of Music, Volume 19)
  • Des Musiques de Jazz. Parenthèses 1989
  • L'Histoire du Jazz modern. La Table Ronde 1961
  • with Christian Bellest: Le Jazz. , Presses Universitaires de France, «Que sais-je?» Series, 1992
  • Les Enfants sauvages, mythe et réalité suivi de Mémoire et rapport sur Victor de l'Aveyron. 1964 (reprinted several times, most recently Collection bibliothèques 2011)
    • German translation: The wild children. Suhrkamp Taschenbuch 1972, 2001 (with Jean Itard, Octave Mannoni)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary at TSF Jazz ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on February 5, 2017) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tsfjazz.com
  2. ^ Obituary in Le Monde
personal data
SURNAME Malson, Lucien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 2017