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Dimitri Vicheney: A Great Light Has Gone Out In Paris

A great light has gone out in Paris. My beloved, remarkable cousin, Dimitri Vicheney has passed away at age 96. I am heartbroken. We spoke

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Bell Labs, GROOVE & Electronic Music Composition: An Interview with Emmanuel Ghent

Today, May 15, 2020, would be the 95th birthday of my father, Emmanuel Ghent. As I was thinking about my father, his music and his

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Marie Cavos – breathing life into a long-lost story

In 2019, an incredible document was sent to me. I had no idea it existed until I opened the pages and began to read, a

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Valerie Ghent Live in Paris

Kicking off 2019 with a special, one-night only concert in the City of Light! Thrilled to return to one of my favorite places on this planet,

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Jacques Demêtre: Hard Time Blues 1927-1960

Today is my cousin Jacques Demêtre's 92nd birthday! Let's celebrate with his new CD, a collection of 48 songs called "Hard Time Blues: 1927-1960". Happy

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Refrain de Mon Enfance lyrics

Here are the lyrics to my newest video, Refrain de Mon Enfance, in both French and English, as requested! Now you can sing along

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NEW VIDEO from Paris! Refrain de Mon Enfance

I'm delighted to announce my newest video, Refrain de Mon Enfance, a classic, beautiful French chanson written by my great-uncle, Eugène Cavos, in 1954 in

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Natasha: Portrait of My Mother

We all know social media has led to incredible stories of people connecting, re-connecting and meeting one another. I am grateful to Twitter and Facebook

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History, Travel

Jacques Demêtre: discovering a blues historian in the family

Jacques Demêtre is one of France's noted historians of American blues and gospel music. For decades he wrote a column for the French magazine, Jazz Hot.

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Emmanuel Ghent & Ornette Coleman: Man on the Moon

The avant-jazz single Man on the Moon by Ornette Coleman, released in 1969 in response to the first moon landing, features my father, Emmanuel Ghent,

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A great light has gone out in Paris. My beloved, r A great light has gone out in Paris. My beloved, remarkable cousin, Dimitri Vicheney has passed away at age 96. I am heartbroken. We spoke last week on the phone & he sang a blues melody, promising next time we spoke I would play piano and he would sing. As memories flood I weep, and at the same time feel immense joy & gratitude for the gift of his presence on earth and in my life. Here we are together when I went to Paris to see him, he came to our concert full of life & joy!

For me Dimitri is, was, a miracle, a living breathing connection to my long-lost family in France, a brilliant, elegant & refined gentleman who remembered my grandmother & my great uncle when everyone else was gone, a passionate musicologist & historian of American blues music. Until 2010 I didn’t even know he existed! Yet once we met, my heart exploded. I had the inexplicable feeling something larger than both of us had brought us together so many years after our families were separated.

Dimitri is the reason I traveled to Paris so often in recent years, to spend time with this miraculous person, literally a walking encyclopedia both of the blues and of our family history. Name any blues song & he would tell you who wrote and recorded it, who was in the band & in what year. Kindred spirits in music, Dimitri introduced me to blues singers and gave me dozens of CDs, pointing me towards women pianist/singers/songwriters he thought would fit my voice. Always asking me when was I going to make a blues album? I took notes as he spoke, trying to keep up with his vast knowledge that spilled out of him so naturally. He couldn’t believe his lifelong love of blues & gospel echoed my own path in music, and each time we were together he mentioned what a remarkable turn of events that we would meet in this lifetime, asking how was it possible we hadn't met sooner?

Dimitri will live on in my heart & in my music for the rest of my life. I love him too much to say goodbye, instead will say au revoir Dimitri, until we see one another again & you can sing while I play the piano. Je t’aime. Toujours. Full tribute: valghent.com #dimitryvicheney #jacquesdemetre #blueshistory #family #life
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