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Jean-Michel André Jarre (born in 24 August 1948, Lyon) is a French composer, performer and music producer, regarded as a pioneer of the electronic music. He is well-known for huge outdoor shows which feature lights, projections, lasers and fireworks.
Some of his best work include albums like Oxygene, Equinoxe, Magnetic Fields, Zoolook, Rendez-Vous, Chronologie, Oxygene 7-13 and Metamorphoses.
Jarre hold four Guiness World Records for biggest concert audience: Place De La Concorde (1979, 1 mil.), Rendez-Vous Houston (1986, 1.5 mil.), Paris La Defense (1990 2 mil.) and Oxygen in Moscow (1997, 3.5 mil.). In 1995 he was awarded Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur from the French Government and since 1993 he’s UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. An asteroid, 4422 Jarre, has been named in his honour. Jarre has sold an estimated 80 million albums and singles.
|Early years|Jean-Michel Jarre is the son of famous French composer Maurice Jarre and France Jarre. His parents separated when he was 5 years old, his father moved to the United States (he will not see him again until 18), and Jarre remained with his mother in the suburbs of Paris. In childhood Jarre studied piano but the experience proved difficult. His more general interest in musical instruments was sparked by the di...
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Top 10 Jean-Michel Jarre Songs
Equinoxe Part 1
Oxygene 8
Equinoxe Part 3
Equinoxe Part 2
Equinoxe Part 7
Orient express
Fourth Rendez-vous
Oxygene 10
Oxygene 7
Oxygene 12
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Equinoxe
Oxygene 7-13
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Zoolook
The Rendez Vous
Chronologie
Oxygene
Revolutions
Magnetic Fields
Aero
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