Pierre Fargeton

Maitre de conférences

Université Jean-Monnet - Saint-Etienne

FR

Biography

Pierre FARGETON is a lecturer in musicology at the Université Jean-Monnet (Saint-Étienne). A researcher at IHRIM, he has worked on jazz criticism in France (André Hodeir, Hugues Panassié, notably), produced articles and books on musical analysis (on Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, André Hodeir), co-edited several correspondence letters (Hodeir-Panassié, Barraqué-Hodeir) and co-curated several collective works on jazz.

Articles (1)

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Ray Ventura, Jazz and French Chanson: an Ambiguous Americanization

In the 1930s, Ray Ventura and his Collégiens established themselves as a model of French chanson, while the category of “stage jazz”, which they nurtured and perfected, made them a powerful school of Americanization. This article examines what it is in the music itself that feeds this paradox and makes this double entente possible.