♂ Jean Jacques BUTLER

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\fs24 \cf0 My father known as Jacques Butler\
2009. Video with sound, 30 min.\
Carri\'e8res-sous-Poissy, Paris. January 31, 2009. Jean Jacques Butler at his houseboat on the Seine, talking about his father, the american jazz musician, Jacques Butler\'a0(1909-2003).\
Jacques\'a0Butler residenced\'a0in Norway in 1939 and 1940, and was soon to become a central figure in the Norwegian jazz scene. He was the first Afro-American artist to make a recording together with Norwegian musicians in Norway. This isolated information,\'a0was the starting point for Lange's investigation into a nearly 100 year long life and carrier, that was found missing in the music literature. Nevertheless, Butler was\'a0a well known musician in his earlier days. He played alongside famous musicians like Louis Armstrong, Mercer Ellington,\'a0Fletcher and Horace Henderson, Lionel Hampton\'a0and Cab Calloway among others.\'a0Butlers only son, generously shares lively memories of his father, and highlights a life constantly on the move, crossing borders and continents \'96 to make a living and play music, wherever possible.\
Included in the film is an audio clip from an interview with Jacques Butler, made by Stanley Crouch, January 28, 1979 for The Smithsonian Institution. In a short passage, Butler tells about his encounter with Norway, shorty before the German occupation.\
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Jacques Butler a v\'e9cu en Norv\'e8ge en 1939 et 1940 et est rapidement devenu une figure centrale de la sc\'e8ne jazz norv\'e9gienne. Il a \'e9t\'e9 le premier artiste afro-am\'e9ricain \'e0 enregistrer un disque avec des musiciens norv\'e9giens en Norv\'e8ge. Cette information isol\'e9e a \'e9t\'e9 le point de d\'e9part de l'enqu\'eate de Lange sur une vie et une carri\'e8re de pr\'e8s de 100 ans, qui manquaient dans la litt\'e9rature musicale. N\'e9anmoins, Butler \'e9tait un musicien bien connu dans ses premi\'e8res ann\'e9es. Il a jou\'e9 aux c\'f4t\'e9s de musiciens c\'e9l\'e8bres comme Louis Armstrong, Mercer Ellington, Fletcher et Horace Henderson, Lionel Hampton et Cab Calloway, entre autres. Le fils unique de Butler partageg\'e9n\'e9reusement des souvenirs vivants de son p\'e8re et met en lumi\'e8re une vie constamment en mouvement, traversant les fronti\'e8res et les continents - pour gagner sa vie et jouer de la musique, partout o\'f9 c'\'e9tait possible.\
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Le film comprend un extrait audio d'une interview de Jacques Butler, r\'e9alis\'e9e par Stanley Crouch, le 28 janvier 1979 pour la Smithsonian Institution. Dans un court passage, Butler raconte sa rencontre avec la Norv\'e8ge, peu avant l'occupation allemande.}