A WORLD OF GUITAR
For a quarter of a century this eclectic guitarist has performed on all of the world’s stages, from Carnegie to the Chaikovski Hall in Moscow, from NHK in Tokyo to Cecilia Mereiles in Rio… The Guinness Book of Records credits him with having played in the largest number of countries in the world.Besides music, he has an abiding love of poetry and has turned his hand to journalism (including contributions for Newsweek).
His adventures in 170 countries are related here. A rhapsody of sounds, hilarious episodes and exotic perfumes that will leave you breathless.
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“World record:
Jean-Pierre Jumez performed in 158 countries”
FOREWORD, by Pierre Schaeffer
1/ New York – San Francisco – Vancouver – New York 2/ Venice-Karachi 3/ Kathmandu – Ghurka 4/ Calcutta – Madras – Colombo 5/ Photos 6/ Hong-Kong – Osaka – Tokyo 7/ Manila – Sydney – Brisbane – Melbourne 8/ Wellington – Auckland – Noumea – Port-Vila – Tahiti 9/ Los Angeles – Mexico – Guatemala – Tegucigalpa 10/ Miami – New York 11/ Cape Horn – Valparaiso – Santiago – La Paz 12/ Buenos Aires – Rio – Brasilia – Bogota 13/ Buenos Aires – Dakar 14/ Abidjan – Douala – Brazzaville – Nairobi – Tananarive 15/ Paris 16/ Rome, Sweet Rome 17/Tamanrasset – In Guezzam – Agades – Niamey 18/ Nouakchott – Lagos – Bangui 19/ Bondo – Salisbury – Blantyre – Mbabane 20/ Beira – Karachi – Kaboul – Band I Amir – Tehran 21/ Leningrad – Moscow – Tbilissi 22/ New York 23/ Moscow 24/Erevan – Kemeovo -Kharkov – Riga 25/ Louisville – Denver – Palm Beach – Houston – San Francisco 26/ Los Angeles – Saigon – Phnom Penh – Vientiane – Hanoi 27/ Champs-Elysees 28/ Sofia 29/ Kingston – Fort-De-France – Curacao – Rio – Manaus 30/ Paris 31/ Lagos – Brazzaville – Lumumbashi 32/ Gaborone – Harare – Kigali – Djeddah – Karnak 33/ Beijing – Shansha – Guiling 34/ Bangkok – Celebes – Borneo – Java