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Martin Meissonnier is a French journalist, producer, director and composer. Formerly a journalist for Libération, he has made a specialty of discovering new types of music. ==Biography== In the 1970s brought numerous jazz musicians to France, such as Don Cherry,〔Eliane Azoulay ("Don Cherry & Latif Khan - Music/Sangam" ), Télérama, April 25, 2009〕 the Art Ensemble of Chicago, John Lee Hooker and Dizzy Gillespie.He also promoted concerts for artists like Nass EL Ghiwane, Franco & OK Jazz, Nana Vasconcelos, Turkish band Oriental WInd, Han Bennink & Peter Brötmann, Art Blakey,Sun Ra, Chico & Von Freeman, Albert Collins, Lounge Lizards, Defunkt, Old d& New Dreams, Art Pepper, Moondog, the Slits, Taj Mahal, Pharoah Sanders Gil Evans, Egberto Gismonti... In the early 1980s, he became the producer of Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade,〔Robert Palmer ("Past and present fuse in African pop" ), The New York Times, October 10, 1982〕 in 1984 Ray Lema, the Malopoets from South Africa Manu Dibango in 1986 Papa Wemba, and Wasis Diop. In 1986, he organised the first raï festival in Bobigny. He worked with Khaled,〔Robin Denselow ("Khaled, Liberté" ), The Guardian, May 8, 2009〕 Safy Boutella, Amina, Arthur H, in 1994 Robert Plant & Jimmy Page,〔J.D. Considine ("Page and Plant shake the Led out on their latest tour" ), The Baltimore Sun, March 19, 1995〕 and Alan Stivell. In 1989 to 1994, he directed Megamix for la Sept on France 3 and then Arte, world music magazine which ran for six years on French television and other many countries.〔Serge Bressan ("Martin Meissonnier" ), L'Express, April 7, 1994〕 Since, he directed documentary films for Arte and Canal+, including several programmes about History, the Internet, digital art, rap, and the techno movement. In 2001, his book about depleted uranium entitled ''Uranium appauvri : la guerre invisible'' was published by Robert Laffont.〔Editions Robert Laffont ("Uranium appauvri : la guerre invisible" )〕 Martin Meissonnier's work as a filmmaker has a strong global flavor. His producing and directing credits include major documentaries and documentary series in finance, politics and history. They include, 'Web Site Story', 'McWorld', 'Music Is My Drug', 'On the Trail of the Queen of Sheba', 'The Life of Buddha', 'On God's Right', "Vraie Jeanne, Fausse Jeanne" and 'The Genie of Electricity'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Meissonnier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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