Posts Tagged ‘Claude Dubois’

A Tribute to Jo Privat

Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
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Balajo

Balajo
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I was recently honored to receive an invitation from author and journalist Claude Dubois to attend a concert at Balajo, a dance hall on rue de Lappe.

Muriel Privat (on left with microphone),  Jo Privat, Junior (on right with accordion)

Muriel Privat (on left with microphone), Jo Privat, Junior (on right with accordion)
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The concert was held in honor of Jo Privat (1919 – 1996), who played the accordion there for some fifty years. When I arrived, Jo Privat, Junior (the son of Jo Privat) and his wife Muriel were on stage with other musicians performing waltz musette to an appreciative audience of mostly old folks, who were turning on the dance floor.

Claude Dubois Talks about Jo Privat

Claude Dubois Talks about Jo Privat
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During the intermission, Mr. Dubois took the stage to recount his memories of Jo Privat, whom he was acquainted with, when, as a young man, he frequented Balajo. Mr. Dubois has written a number of books about the colorful history of the places on rue de Lappe, including a 640 page tome entitled La Bastoch (Paris, Tempus Perrin, 2011).

Antoine and Daniela

Antoine and Daniela
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A number of people were there dressed in clothes that evoked the fashions of the 1930s, including a dapper young couple who posed for a photograph.

Gaston, Claire, and Dominique

Gaston, Claire, and Dominique
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I liked the scarf that Gaston was wearing, so I asked him to pose with his friends.

Claude Dubois et Raoul D'Aubervilliers

Claude Dubois et Raoul D’Aubervilliers
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Mr. Dubois posed with a friend Raoul D’Aubervilliers.

A sample of the music of Jo Privat can be heard on YouTube at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRLvLcYKHyQ.

Claude Dubois’ book on the life of Jo Privat is available on Amazon.fr at the following link: http://amzn.to/1Sb4w6i.

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Will the Last True Parisian to Leave the City Please Turn Out the Lights?

Sunday, January 1st, 2012
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Claude Dubois

Claude Dubois, Journalist
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In this month’s Paris Insights we present Claude Dubois, a French journalist who, for many years, has been chronicling the decline of working-class culture in Paris.

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