The next World Harmonica Festival 2009 will take place, as usual, in the mythical town of Trossingen (Germany), from the 28th of October to the 1st of November. Organized by the F. Read more ... Published June 28th 2009
All on Stage with "Armos"
Armos group have been highlighting the qualities of the chromatic harmonica since 2004, with a particulary rich repertory from classic music to jazz and variety show, and compositions of their leader , Pierre Rochat (chromatic and violonist player) included. Read more ... Published June 12th 2009
Trip to the Land of the Rising Sun By chance it was in April, the favorite month of japanese people, symbolized by the cherry trees blossoming. A national event called “Sakura” that japanese people venerate.
Here is a summary of my 10 days essential “rendez-vous” that I had the pleasure to live. Read more ... Published May 27th 2009
Players' biographies, technical and historical notes, etc. See all articles...
Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival 2008
This event took place in the city of Hangzhou, China (1.932.600 inhabitants), near Shanghai, from the 1st to the 4th of November. An event succeeding to the preceeding festivals in Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Atsugi (Japan), Hong Kong and Taipei a second time. Read more ... Published November 29th 2008
Web Address Book of Friends' Websites You'll find here a list of friends' web links, all occupations included, that I particularly advise you to consult. Some are official sites of the persons, others are just websites with dedicated and interesting pages. Read more ... Published July 31st 2008
Edito | June 28th 2009
The taste of Others June 21st... That day is a gift ! One more time, I have had the great pleasure to take part in the “Music Fest Day” with the Mirajazz Quintet, in the Paris mythical area of Saint Germain des Prés, in a café just across the legendary cabaret “La rose Rouge” (1946-1974), full of souvenirs, souvenirs...
But the today's world compels us to get back to the current affairs, with the media and the web which are inundating us with millions of pixels, among which sometimes emerge some news concerning our instrument... We shall not complain about it, of course, judging by the number of harmonica websites, of which I have tried hard to make an inventory that you’ll discover, for the most part of it, in my column “Adress Book” : http://www.jeanlabre.com/article.php?id=74.
After the “King” Elvis, Michael Jackson... The King of the Pop Music has gone back to his planet ! That's life. Larry Adler and Claude Garden, that the media have more or less forgotten, had also left, leaving us their inconsolable orphans.
We should put into perspective the dimension that celebrity sometimes reaches. The essential and the priority should lie in our preferences and our feelings.
May the destiny take care of Howard Levy and Toot's Thielemans, our so matchless aliens !
It’s the beginning of the seasonal migration to summer pastures in Var, a department in the south Alps, to which I am deeply attached. Sheperds and flocks heading up the mountain spaces...
Thousand of years old choice of life, a total gap with what we are living today, in our so-called civilized world... which allows us to believe in a better future.
Let’s have the taste of others and of the world around us... If only people would accept to push the door behind which everything becomes possible...
Harmonically
Jean Labre
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July 4th - 10th 2009 Itinerant Festival (as part of the Grenoble Blues Festival), training course directed by Sebastien Charlier, meetings, concerts with Keith B. Brown, Janice de Rosa, etc. Gresivaudan valley, between Grenoble 38100 and Chambéry 73000, France. Info : & http://www.gresiblues.com
July 26th 2009 "2 Blues", blues, swing, jazz, happyness - Beija (harmonica), Marc Loy (guitare, vocal). Cafe restaurant "De l'Autre Côté", 7 rue Leon Jouhaux Paris 75010. 5.30 pm. Info Beija : (33) 6. 87 50 74 62 &
August 11th - 15th 2009 Festival & SPAH Convention, concerts, workshops, open stages, meetings. Sacramento, Radisson Hotel, California USA. Info : & http://www.SPAH.org
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