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Thierry De Clemensat
Since: 2025 | Position: Contributor | Location: Austin | Page Views: 2,443 
About Me
Amoureux du jazz or jazz lover if you want!
Born in 1960 in Paris, I was captivated from childhood by the images of Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Ray Charles that graced television screens during Christmas Eve broadcasts. Jazz entered my life through the grandest of doors. I pursued formal music studies at the conservatory before embarking on the adventure of France’s first free radio stations. My path then led me to Belgium, where I earned a Master’s degree in media communication. From the free radio movement, I gradually transitioned to national radio, then to the specialized press. Beyond journalism, I have also been a playwright and theater director, deeply passionate about contemporary art and surrounded, since my adolescence, by musicians, poets, and writers. As an independent journalist, I have always sought to preserve my freedom of expression and editorial choices. Twelve years ago, alongside my wife, the singer Ilene Martinez, I founded Bayou Blue Radio, through which we have cultivated a distinctive folk/jazz style. I collaborate with the English magazine *Paris-Move*, the French blues-specialist publication *ABS*, and now have the honor of contributing to *All That Jazz*. Fortunate to work closely with some of the finest European, American, and Canadian record labels, I do not define my boundaries by genre but rather by the pursuit of excellence.
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All About Jazz has long been a source of information for me before I came to the USA, because in Europe we're critically lacking in information about what's going on here, and I like the tone of the articles on the website.SUGGESTION
In my experience as Editor-in-Chief of my radio station, the best way to evolve is to choose passionate collaborators with different cultures.This page was last updated on 2026-09-11.
