Site Officiel d' EMANUEL PAUL Sax Tenor Jazz New Orleans
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Site Officiel d' EMANUEL PAUL Sax Tenor Jazz New Orleans |
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JP ALESSI & EMANUEL PAUL in Macon 06/24/1983
My
idol,
Emanuel Paul
My
passion,
the New-Orleans Jazz
My
dream,
to make him recognize officially as one of the best
saxophonist in New-Orleans jazz. These musicians are inspire by its musical play : Soren Sorensen , George Berry , Brian Carrick , Sarah Spencer and of course me too but now only Sarah Spencer
and me play really like Manny Paul
I
had the great pleasure of meeting him in Macon, France in 1983 with a
fabulous trumpet player KID THOMAS VALENTINE and this is a marvellous
memory for me.
Following my research with TULANE UNIVERSITY and the information
provided by Mr. RAEBURN I finally could concretized my meeting with the
EMANUEL PAUL's daughter. She's Mrs WILHEMINA
DUPATY-BEAN 80 years old just celebrated on APRIL 6 2004. I finally obtained the
official authorization for the diffusion of the site of his father. WILHEMINA and his husband my nicely accomodated on their premises
during more than 2 hours by showing me family and professional documents of the career of EMANUEL PAUL. I eternally thank them and I
promised to them to remain in contact with them as often as possible. I will hold word. I have
photo and a video of my maintenance passed with WILHEMINA but to its request it does not wish that the
photo appear on the site. Please, if you have other vinyl disc or CD’S or ever old disks (78 tours) I haven’t listed, could you tell it to me and I will be able to complete my list. I am especially grateful to my friend Bill Bissonnette Jazz Crusade, Houcine Harrabi Jazzology Records, Bruce RAEBURN TULANE UNIVERSITY, Bjorn BARNHEIM, Marie Francoise CROUCH, Gérard Guichardon, for their help.
I
will never forget this old small black man who patted my shoulder as I was
playing in front of Emanuel Paul’s tomb an OLD RUGGED CROSS and who
told me:
“ You play the old style New-Orleans jazz like a black man and
if you play for him he must be happy”
They
are the most beautiful compliments I have ever had.
What
else can I say ? Those who know me will confirm it, I like this music, it
is a passion, Emanuel Paul is my only source of inspiration to the
saxophone tenor and I sincerely hope to keep his style and its phrasing.
Contact me : Jean-Pierre ALESSI 76 Avenue de Verdun 69540 IRIGNY France Tel. 33 (0) 478 860 369 Mail : jp-alessi@emanuelpaul.com Site Web : http://www.emanuelpaul.com |
I
especially give my grateful to JACQUES GAUTHE, he was the first to call me
“MANNY PAUL” and