Jean Sablon, born March 25, 1906 in Nogent-sur-Marne, is a French jazz singer,
composer and songwriter, one of the first to embrace this musical genre. He is
also known for being the first to use a microphone on stage in France, in 1936,
marking a revolution in stage performance techniques. A student at the Lycée
Charlemagne in Paris, Jean Sablon decided to leave school to devote himself
fully to his passion for music. He was unable to enter the Paris Conservatoire
due to lack of enrolment, so he decided to go straight into show business. At
just 17, he made his operetta debut in...