Mongo Beti was born in Cameroon. Agrégation, he has long taught Rouen. Since 1994, he moved back to Yaounde where he holds the "Library of black people."
political journalist in an African capital, Zam through the hell of life with the elegance of those who abuse alcohol and jazz. It does not bother anyone. So why steal his collection of jazz CD? Mongo Beti
, Too much sun kills love, 1999, Julliard
Notes: "Flight of Cd [...] There were, I quote in bulk, Charlie Christian, From Swing to Bop [...] Armstrong, The Sunny Side of the Street [...] Illinois Jacquet Flying Home [...] Duke, It Do not Mean A Thing with Ivy Anderson [...] Parker, Parker's mood et A Night in tunisia […] le Count, Tickle toe […] Buddy Tate, Mack the knife […] Four Brothers, Early autumn […] John Guarnieri, Autumn leaves […] Lady Day, Traveling all alone […] Clifford Brown, Jordu avec Max Roach […] Sonny Rollins, Saint Thomas […] Ella, Take the A train […] Bessie Smith, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Art Blackey & Messengers […] Surtout King Oliver, Deeper mouth blues […] il y avait même le Prez" (p.8-9) "regarde les Lester Young / Teddy Wilson, il y en a un avec une liste d'enregistrements commençant par All of me, comportant aussi, trois beaches below, Just You, Just Me. I unfortunately forgot the label "(p.10)" It was mouth Deeper blues by Joe King Oliver [...] is virtually the first time we played real jazz. "(P. 13) "It's like the blues, two or three short notes, a glass of gin, and it left I went down to St. James Infirmary [...] Like many homeless young men, African immigrants in Europe at the time Eddie was a time dabbled in jazz music in Saint-Germain-des-Prés [...] He had discovered an idol in the person of tenor saxophonist Eddie Lockjaw Davis of Harlem "(p.42-43) L history as told in the Prez Blue Lester or Shoe Shine Boy, that was exactly mine. The first time I heard These Foolish Things, I thought to die! Have you heard the chorus as Lester puts on a row in Love me or leave me? "(P.44-45)" Miles Davis and Charlie Parker playing together Round Midnight, Miles on trumpet, surprising, but Charlie tenor saxophone, a circumstance almost without precedent "(p.139)" One day, I acquire a CD entitled Lester Young Memorial [...] I am immediately hooked by this man's interpretation of a great theme very well known , Tea for two [...] I am appalled by an improvisation that had not impressed so far [...] it was These Foolish Things "(p.153)" It looks like a blues of Sonny Boy Williamson. Eddie immediately began to sing in the style of the musician (the second name, nickname, not true), but the tune of Back o'town Blues "(p.158)" times punctuated with strong irregular intervals of time very low, barely audible, on a background of scraping, as a solo by Kenny Clarke "(p. 233)" Zam heard almost instantly whiskey gurgle like a boogie-woogie Pine Top Smith "(p. 235).
political journalist in an African capital, Zam through the hell of life with the elegance of those who abuse alcohol and jazz. It does not bother anyone. So why steal his collection of jazz CD? Mongo Beti
, Too much sun kills love, 1999, Julliard
Notes: "Flight of Cd [...] There were, I quote in bulk, Charlie Christian, From Swing to Bop [...] Armstrong, The Sunny Side of the Street [...] Illinois Jacquet Flying Home [...] Duke, It Do not Mean A Thing with Ivy Anderson [...] Parker, Parker's mood et A Night in tunisia […] le Count, Tickle toe […] Buddy Tate, Mack the knife […] Four Brothers, Early autumn […] John Guarnieri, Autumn leaves […] Lady Day, Traveling all alone […] Clifford Brown, Jordu avec Max Roach […] Sonny Rollins, Saint Thomas […] Ella, Take the A train […] Bessie Smith, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Art Blackey & Messengers […] Surtout King Oliver, Deeper mouth blues […] il y avait même le Prez" (p.8-9) "regarde les Lester Young / Teddy Wilson, il y en a un avec une liste d'enregistrements commençant par All of me, comportant aussi, trois beaches below, Just You, Just Me. I unfortunately forgot the label "(p.10)" It was mouth Deeper blues by Joe King Oliver [...] is virtually the first time we played real jazz. "(P. 13) "It's like the blues, two or three short notes, a glass of gin, and it left I went down to St. James Infirmary [...] Like many homeless young men, African immigrants in Europe at the time Eddie was a time dabbled in jazz music in Saint-Germain-des-Prés [...] He had discovered an idol in the person of tenor saxophonist Eddie Lockjaw Davis of Harlem "(p.42-43) L history as told in the Prez Blue Lester or Shoe Shine Boy, that was exactly mine. The first time I heard These Foolish Things, I thought to die! Have you heard the chorus as Lester puts on a row in Love me or leave me? "(P.44-45)" Miles Davis and Charlie Parker playing together Round Midnight, Miles on trumpet, surprising, but Charlie tenor saxophone, a circumstance almost without precedent "(p.139)" One day, I acquire a CD entitled Lester Young Memorial [...] I am immediately hooked by this man's interpretation of a great theme very well known , Tea for two [...] I am appalled by an improvisation that had not impressed so far [...] it was These Foolish Things "(p.153)" It looks like a blues of Sonny Boy Williamson. Eddie immediately began to sing in the style of the musician (the second name, nickname, not true), but the tune of Back o'town Blues "(p.158)" times punctuated with strong irregular intervals of time very low, barely audible, on a background of scraping, as a solo by Kenny Clarke "(p. 233)" Zam heard almost instantly whiskey gurgle like a boogie-woogie Pine Top Smith "(p. 235).