Jean-Jacques Goldman

by Grace Sydney, Entertainment Editor

BIOGRAPHY
The quintessential Parisian, singer/songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman paints portraits of emotions using a palette of words and melodies. Born and raised in a quiet suburb of the City of Lights, the melancholy strains of the violin and tinkling of the piano he played as a child could often be heard drifting from the Goldman house out onto the street.

The lure of soul music at age sixteen prompted Jean-Jacques to add a guitar to his menagerie of instruments, and his musical proficiency would prove to serve him well in his career, first with the group Tai Phong, which released two albums before disbanding in 1980, and later as a solo act. His profound lyrics have touched hearts through his own singing as well as through interpretations by such performers as Johnny Hallyday, (who is often referred to as the French Elvis), and Canadian diva Celine Dion.

Although Jean-Jacques Goldman has attained legendary status in his homeland, this reclusive star prefers to let his music speak for him, and to this day leads a quiet life in Paris's residential area, far from the unblinking gaze of the media.

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EN PASSANT

Let Jean-Jacques Goldman be your guide as you travel on a flight of fancy to the City of Lights. The language of love has never sounded more seductive than in such songs as "On Ira" and the sentimental "Quand Tu Danses."

DISCOGRAPHY

Chansons Pour Les Pieds- 2001
En Passant- 1997
Singulier- 1996
Traces- 1989
Entre Gris Clair et Gris Fonce- 1987
En Public- 1986
Non-homologue- 1985
Positif- 1984
Minoritaire- 1982
Demode- 1981

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