Robert Pernet

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Robert Pernet , also Johnny Pernet, (born October 15, 1940 in Brussels ; † February 27, 2001 ) was a Belgian modern jazz drummer , jazz historian and discographer. Pernet is best known as a historian of Belgian jazz, about which he published the standard work in 1967 (in French), whose discography (then from around 2000 records) he published separately and updated in 1999.

Live and act

As a jazz drummer he has played since 1960 with the quartet of saxophonist Babs Robert , with pianist Johnny Brouwers and bassist Paul Dubois. He performed with them at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967 and 1969 (there he was awarded the title of best drummer in 1969), as well as later with the trio Three-Logy with Philip Catherine (with whom he also recorded) and Freddie Deronde on bass. He also played with Toots Thielemans , Fats Sadi , Lou Bennett , Rita Reys and Pim Jacobs , Lennart Johnson , Bobby Jaspar , Jacques Pelzer , Tete Montoliu , Tubby Hayes , Attila Zoller , Jack Sels , Nathan Davis , the Lecuano Cuban Boys, Charles Loos , Don Cherry , Stephane Grappelly , Herman Sandy , René Thomas , John Ouwerx and others. For example, he played with Catherine at the Rose Noire in Brussels in 1958 and recorded an EP in 1968 (NMC Records, with Adriano Pateri on piano and Freddie Deronde on bass). In the early 1980s he played with Charles Loos and Jean-Louis Rassinfosse , but did not perform again in the last twenty years of his life. Tom Lord lists eight recordings from 1966 to 1973.

From 1980 he concentrated on his work on the Belgian jazz discography. For his book, Pernet undertook extensive research and searches, for example for ragtime piano roles and recordings from the early days of jazz in Belgium and obscure dance bands from the early 20th century. He worked intensively on his book for six years, interviewing many veterans of the Belgian jazz scene. He never came back to revise the text part of his Belgian jazz history.

He was the author of the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (Macmillan, editor Barry Kernfeld , 1988), where he wrote the biographical articles of 37 Belgian jazz musicians; He also wrote for jazz and specialty magazines such as the Record Memory Club magazine , wrote liner notes and advised radio and television in Belgium on jazz (for example for the Flemish TV program on BRT Jazz in Belgie ).

In a 1967 portrait he named Beiderbecke , Stan Getz , Clifford Brown , Max Roach , Elvin Jones, and outside Piet Mondrian , art around 1900, Blaise Cendrars , Ben Turpin , the Charlie Brown comics and lobster cocktail ( Bisque de Homard ). In addition to jazz, he also collected items from the Minstrel era of the 19th century and editions of Uncle Tom's Cabin .

effect

In 2002 the King Baudouin Foundation (Koning Boudewijnstichting) acquired the estate with its extensive jazz collection (with over 7000 records), which is now in the Musée des Instruments Musique in Brussels. This includes the first jazz record release ( Original Dixieland Jass Band , Victor 1917) and rare Belgian music magazines from the first half of the 20th century. In 2003 the 2-CD box Jazz in Little Belgium was released from the record collection .

In 2001 he was posthumously awarded the special prize at the award ceremonies of the Belgian Django d'Or .

Fonts

  • Jazz in Little Belgium , Brussels, Editions Sigma 1967 (518 pages, many illustrations)
  • Belgian Jazz Discography , Brussels 1999 (840 pages)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Babs Robert, Jazz in Belgium
  2. ↑ In English, it goes from 1897 to 1997 with an appendix for the most recent development.
  3. ↑ Albert concrete Ville, Portrait in Jazz Forum, English edition 1967
  4. ^ Jazz in little Belgium, review at Keep it Swinging
  5. ^ Book list at Jazz in Belgium
personal data
SURNAME Pernet, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pernet, Johnny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian jazz historian and drummer
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2001