Michel SMITH

I love jazz because... it's just lively I was first exposed to jazz... 1958 I met [musician name]...Lee Konitz The best show I ever attended was...A few years ago, Archie Shepp in Sète (France) at the Théâtre de la Mer. The first jazz record I bought was... Ray Charles My advice to new listeners...Have a look for the young generation but do not forget the past Or whatever else you have in mind. My basic jazz education starts with musicians such as Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, plus Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Griffin, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Louis Jordan, John Coltrane, Bennie Carter, Gerry Muligan, Billie Holiday, Chris Connor, Shirley Horn, Bernard Peiffer, Bud Powell, Erroll Garner, Dave Brubeck, Martial Solal, Charlie Haden, Bill Evans,Horace Silver, Johnny Hartman, Brad Mehldau, Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day, René Urtrger, Eliane Elias, Stéphane Grappelli, Betty Carter, Lee Konitz, Peter Cincotti, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Hank Jones, Pierre Michelot, Keith Jarrett, Louis Armstrong, Etta James, Coleman Hawkins, CJoe Zawinul, Chet Baker, and dozens more!