Jean Serge Essous (born 1935
Brazzaville - died November 25, 2009 in Brazzaville ) was a
Congolese saxophonist
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pro ...
,
clarinetist
This article lists notable musicians who have played the clarinet.
Classical clarinetists
* Laver Bariu
* Ernest Ačkun
* Luís Afonso
* Cristiano Alves
* Michel Arrignon
* Dimitri Ashkenazy
* Kinan Azmeh
* Alexander Bader
* Carl Baerma ...
, and cofounder of the
Afrika Team in
Paris
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,
France
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, the band
Bantous de la Capital in
Brazzaville, Congo,
OK Jazz, and
Orchestre Rock a Mambo.
On 11 October 2006,
UNESCO
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designated Jean Serge Essous a
UNESCO Artist for Peace UNESCO Artists for Peace are international celebrity advocates for the United Nations agency UNESCO. This category of advocate is intended to heighten public awareness in addition to the categories UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
UNESCO Goodwill Amba ...
by UNESCO Director-General
Koïchiro Matsuura.
References
Republic of the Congo musicians
Clarinetists
Saxophonists
2009 deaths
1935 births
People from Brazzaville
TPOK Jazz members
20th-century saxophonists
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