Frank Tenot dies

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French jazz critic Frank Tenot died on Thursday in Paris. He was 78.

Tenot and partner Daniel Filipacchi had launched a popular jazz radio show 'Pour Ceux Qui Aiment le Jazz' in 1955 on the Europe 1 radio. Tenot and Filipacchi also became editors of the monthly jazz review Jazz Magazine which was the base of a company that grew when they created the youth-oriented magazine 'Salut les Copains' which became an instant hit in 1962.

They also turned concert producers - often in partnership with Norman Granz. Music from the concerts they produced (by Miles Davis, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson and others) were released several years ago.

Tenot and Filipacchi constantly expended their publishing empire.

Frank Tenot went on to become head of the Europe 1 radio station in 1986.