Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) Saint-Germain nightclub
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Notes : On arriving in Paris, and without a word of French, Sekoto found work as a pianist in a small bar-restaurant: "My music was mainly Negro spiritual, South African melodies and improvisations of jazz music" (the artist, as quoted in Lindop 1988, p.27). Of a similar work (Ibid. p.237), Sekoto recalls: "I played for a students' café, then various other bars where the clients had more money and where the French and tourists paid more. This is one of the St Germain nightclub cellars. The players are not my pals nor was the picture done on the spot."BIBLIOGRAPHY:B. Lindop, Gerard Sekoto, (Randburg, 1988)
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