Central French jazz journalist. Also musician. Disappeared end of December 2025. Sharing an obituary in Le Monde for which he worked for many decades. Not sure if any ressources in English. https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2025/12/27/la-mort-de-francis-marmande-ancien-journaliste-du-monde-chroniqueur-du-jazz-et-de-la-tauromachie_6659558_3382.html?search-type=classic&ise_click_rank=1   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marmande

Now playing “Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto–Live at the Berlin Jazz Fesitval 1966” The Lost Recordings 2 cd set, disc 1 This edition of the Getz group with Gary Burton swings hard!    

A very good and coherent selection! (Grimal played with and admired this period of Kikuchi) I don't know the first mention though.

I joined in 2015 and have learned and discovered a lot here! I don't post very often for various reasons, some of them due to a job where I cannot really connect to forums and time constraints such as two young kids to raise, others like sometimes not feeling knowledgeable enough. I have met a few members, a while ago at festivals. Good memories! 

Scott McLemore - Remote Location (Sunny Sky)