Frank Ténot

There's a joke about a guy who explains what he does in life by saying: "I'm a jazz musician but I'm only in it for the money." – For these past few weeks I had no idea that I was living amidst this obscure gem of jazz history: Frank Ténot, the founder of CAMAC, was a French media mogul and jazz impresario, who from 1955-71 broadcast the radio show "Pour Ceux Qui Aiment le Jazz" and later, "Salut les Copains" on Europe n° 1, from this very building in the little town of Marnay-Sur-Seine (where he was also later the mayor). These shows were largely responsible for introducing jazz to Europe. I discovered these magnetic tape archives, covered in dust and cobwebs in the former studio downstairs, and I'm told that greats such as Ray Charles and Duke Ellington performed right here. – This is an article about Tenot buying Jazzman magazine in 2003, one year before he died – http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/23/style/paris-jazz-frank-tenot-expands-his-empire-of-music.html?mcubz=1

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