Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Jacques Goldman (b. Paris, October 11, 1951) is a French author, composer, and performer.

Artistic career

His parents are Jewish. Her mother, Ruth Ambrunn, born in Munich, Germany, and her father, Alter Mojze Goldman in Lublin, Poland, were heroes of the resistance. They already had two children before Jean-Jacques was born and had a fourth afterwards. One of his brothers is the murdered far-left militant Pierre Goldman, the illegitimate son of his father's previous relationship.

In 2001 his album Chansons pour les pieds was published, in which Celtic rhythms and his origins as a violinist predominate. At the end of said album a song hidden between "hums" which arouses the curiosity of the French press, since it only says 'La vie c'est mieux quand on est amoureux'.

He is the author of "Aïcha" sung by Cheb Khaled and Outlandish and even by the Spanish duo Amistades Peligrosas, the promoter of the artistic career of the most international French-speaking Céline Dion, writes one of Johnny Hallyday's albums. Jean-Jacques Goldman also wrote and composed songs for other performers, such as Joe Cocker, Ray Charles, Yannick Noah, Céline Dion, Patricia Kaas, Johnny Hallyday, Garou, Patrick Fiori, Cheb Khaled, Lorie, Marc Lavoine, Florent Pagny, among others..

Discography

Studio albums

• 1981: Démodé
• 1982: Minoritaire
• 1984: Positif
• 1985: Non homologué
• 1987: Between gray clair et gray foncé
• 1997: En Passant
• 2001: Chansons pour les pieds

With Carole Fredericks and Michaël Jones (The Trio Called Fredericks-Goldman-Jones):

• 1990: Fredericks - Goldman - Jones
• 1993: Rouge

Live recordings

• 1986: En Public (En Público)
• 1989: Traces
• 1999: In Passant Tournée 1998
• 2003: A Tour Ensemble (A Tour Together)

With Carole Fredericks and Michaël Jones:

• 1992: Sur scène
• 1995: Du New morning au Zénith