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JEAN MICHEL JARRE

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Jean-Michel AndrÃ© Jarre (born 24 August 1948, Lyon) is a French composer, Performing arts|performer and music producer. He is regarded as a pioneer in the Electronic music|electronic, synthpop and New Age music|New Age genres, as well as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music which feature light show|lights, laser lighting display|laser displays and fireworks including the 1997 New Guinness Book of Records entry for the biggest concert ever with 3.5 million watching at Moscow's 850th anniversary. Jarre has sold an estimated 80 million albums and singles.<ref>[http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/news_article_ns.php?l=0&n=18 Press-release by Dreyfus Records]</ref>

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Musical upbringing
Jarre was born in Lyon on August 24 1948, the son of Maurice Jarre, a composer of film music, and France Pejot, a member of the French resistance during World War II. His grandfather, AndrÃ© Jarre, was one of the inventors of the first audio mixing consoles used by Radio Lyon,<ref>[http://pascalsimeon.free.fr/radioly.htm#RL-Age-Or T.S.F Et Radiodiffusion]</ref> and he was also involved, after World War II, with one of the first portable phonographs (the Tepazz),<ref>[http://www.grammofoon.com/Teppaz/teppaz_4sp.htm http://www.grammofoon.com/Teppaz/teppaz_4sp.htm] ''Grammofoon.com'' </ref> which he ... read all