Jean-Jacques Perrey at David Chazam’s studio, 1996. Photograph by Clayton Burkhart.Jean-Jacques Perrey in his electronic music studio at Carroll Music, New York City, circa 1967. Photo by Martin Cohen.Promotional poster for Jean-Jacques Perrey’s live Ondioline performances, 1950s. Photograph by Marcel Juguet.Jean-Jacques Perrey playing an Ondioline square cabinet model and piano in Pariscope Magazine, 1953.Jean Marcel Leroy at four years old, some years before he took on the moniker Jean-Jacques Perrey. The button accordion was his first instrument.Jean-Jacques Perrey with his Ondioline and a piano on one of his regular transatlantic crossings aboard the S.S. France, 1968.Carroll Bratman, proprietor of Carroll Musical Instrument Service, with his rare percussion instrument collection in New York City, 1960s. Bratman was Jean-Jacques Perrey’s sponsor throughout the 1960s.Jean-Jacques Perrey and Ondioline inventor Georges Jenny aboard the S.S. France on their way to the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) exhibition in Chicago, June 1964.Sheet music folder for Jean-Jacques Perrey’s Ondioline parts in a 1967 musical production of Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine, music composed by Billy Goldenberg.Personal dedication from Ray Bradbury to Jean-Jacques Perrey in Perrey’s personal copy of Dandelion Wine. Perrey played Ondioline in a 1967 musical production of Dandelion Wine.Jean-Jacques Perrey and his Moog modular synthesizer, circa 1968, at his Carroll Music electronic music studio, on the fifth floor at 209 West 48th St, New York.Jean-Jacques Perrey at a Mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ, early 1960s.Jean-Jacques Perrey and his Moog modular synthesizer at his Carroll Music electronic music studio in New York City, late 1960s. Visible in the background are Altec monitors and Ampex 440 tape machine.Perrey & Kingsley perform on the Mike Douglas Show, 1966. Perrey plays a late 1950s classic model Ondioline to his left, and a mid 1960s transistor Ondioline to his right.Jean-Jacques Perrey and Ondioline inventor Georges Jenny, on the S.S. France, June 1964. Perrey plays a transistorized prototype Ondioline Soliste.Letterhead for Jean-Jacques Perrey’s musical sound effects company in New York, late 1960s.Gershon Kingsley and Jean-Jacques Perrey, 1966. Photo edited by Dana Countryman.Jean-Jacques Perrey with his parents Charles Leroy and Gilberte Geoffroy, child unknown, early 1960s.Jean-Jacques Perrey with doves Fifi and Lulu in Rosières, France, 1983.Jean-Jacques Perrey at home in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2015. Photograph by Cybele Malinowski.Bob Moog and Jean-Jacques Perrey, in Scotland for the Tryptich Music Festival, 2002.Jean-Jacques Perrey at the piano in his late teenage years.David Chazam and Jean-Jacques Perrey, circa 1996.Wally De Backer (Gotye) and Jean-Jacques Perrey, in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2015. Photograph by Cybele Malinowski.Jean-Jacques Perrey with cardboard cutout of himself and his Ondioline from 55 years earlier, at home in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2015. Photograph by Cybele Malinowski.Jean-Jacques Perrey and his Ondioline with ballet troupe in France, late 1950s.Jean Marcel Leroy as a teenager, some years before he would take on the moniker Jean-Jacques Perrey.Jean-Jacques Perrey and his Moog modular synthesizer at his Carroll Music electronic music studio in New York City, late 1960s. Other visible equipment includes a Hammond Condor guitar synthesizer and a Conn Strobotuner.Jean-Jacques Perrey and Wally De Backer (Gotye), in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2015. Photograph by Cybele Malinowski.Portrait of Jean-Jacques Perrey in his early twenties.Jean-Jacques Perrey demonstrating the Ondioline in Stockholm, Sweden, 1957.Jean-Jacques Perrey demonstrating the Ondioline, late 1950s.Jean-Jacques Perrey and his Moog modular synthesizer at his Carroll Music electronic music studio in New York City, late 1960s. Other visible equipment includes a Hammond Condor guitar synthesizer and a Conn Strobotuner.Jean Marcel Leroy, accordion student, some years before he would take on the moniker Jean-Jacques Perrey.Jean-Jacques Perrey with Carroll Bratman at Carroll Musical Instrument Service, New York City, 1967. Photo by Martin Cohen.
Jean-Jacques Perrey at the piano in the early 1950s.Jean-Jacques Perrey working on sheet music, circa 1967.Gershon Kingsley and Jean-Jacques Perrey in Perrey’s electronic music studio at Carroll Music, New York City. Photograph by David Gahr, 19 May 1966 for the Vanguard Records album The In Sound From Way Out!Hand-painted poster for Jean-Jacques Perrey’s performances with Piano and Ondioline, 1950s.Jean-Jacques Perrey and Georges Jenny, inventor of the Ondioline, in Jenny’s Ondioline workshop, 1963.Jean-Jacques Perrey at home in Lausanne, November 2015. Photograph by Cybele Malinowski.Georges Jenny and Jean-Jaques Perrey with a classic model Ondioline, on one of Perrey’s annual return trips to France from New York City. From Guy Renard magazine number 128, March 1964.The S.S. France, Jean-Jacques Perrey’s preferred way of traveling between France and New York City in the 1960s.Carroll Bratman and Jean-Jacques Perrey in Perrey’s electronic music studio at Carroll Music, New York City, mid 1960s. Photo by Martin Cohen.Jean-Jacques Perrey’s personal copy of Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine. Perrey played Ondioline in a 1967 musical production of Dandelion Wine.Jean-Jacques Perrey behind an Ondioline in New York, November 15, 1960. Photo by Phil Stanziola.Printed sign for Jean-Jacques Perrey’s late 1960s advertising music company Ondotronics Inc.Carroll Bratman and Jean-Jacques Perrey, in Perrey’s electronic music studio at Carroll Musical Instrument Service, mid to late 1960s. Photo by Martin Cohen.Jean-Jacques Perrey and his Moog modular synthesizer at his Carroll Music electronic music studio in New York City, late 1960s. Also visible are an Echoplex tape echo unit, a Conn Strobotuner and a framed photo of Perrey’s daughter Patricia.Letterhead for Jean-Jacques Perrey’s late 1960s advertising music company Ondotronics Inc.Jean-Jacques Perrey in his Carroll Music electronic music studio in New York City, late 1960s. Equipment visible includes a Scully 1/2” tape machine in the foreground, Altec monitor speakers and Ampex 440 tape machine in back. Photograph by Martin Cohen.Jean-Jacques Perrey waving from the deck of the S.S. France, mid 1960s.Jean-Jacques Perrey behind his Ampex 440 1” eight track tape machine in his electronic music studio at Carroll Music, New York City, late 1960s.David Chazam and Jean-Jacques Perrey with Ondioline, 1996. Jean-Jacques and David’s musical collaboration led to multiple albums and live performances.Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman, in Countryman’s studio, circa 2005.Wally De Backer (Gotye) and Jean-Jacques Perrey, in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2015. Photograph by Cybele Malinowski.Jean Marcel Leroy playing drums at seven years old, some years before he took on the moniker Jean-Jacques Perrey.Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman, in Countryman’s studio, circa 2005.Bob Moog and Jean-Jacques Perrey play a Moog Voyager synthesizer in a lecture they co-presented at the Triptych Music Festival, Scotland, 2002.Jean-Jacques Perrey and his Ondioline in a promo photo, 1952. Photo by Daniel Frasnay.Jean-Jacques Perrey with dove Fifi or Lulu, and Perrey’s daughter Patricia, in Rosières, France, 1983.Jean-Jacques Perrey at the piano in the mid 1960s.Jean Nohain, Jean-Jacques Perrey and Mr. Caplot. Perrey performed with his Ondioline on Jean Nohain’s 36 Chandelles (“36 Candles”) television show throughout the 1950s, and sometimes in circuses, too.Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley before their performance on the Mike Douglas Show, 1966. Perrey plays a classic model Ondioline and Kingsley plays a Hohner Clavinet.Jean Marcel Leroy playing accordion at five years old, some years before he took on the moniker Jean-Jacques Perrey. The button accordion was his first instrument.Portrait of Jean-Jacques Perrey in his mid eighties. Photograph by Cybele Malinowski.Jean-Jacques Perrey with Ondioline and Pianoline, performing for the Cirque Medrano, France, mid 1950s.Promotional letterhead logo for Jean-Jacques Perrey and his Ondioline, 1950s.Jean Marcel Leroy, violin student, some years before he would take on the moniker Jean-Jacques Perrey.Jean-Jacques Perrey with Ondioline and piano, early 1950s.Wally De Backer (Gotye) and Jean-Jacques Perrey, in Perrey’s apartment in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2015. Photograph by Cybele Malinowski.
Portrait of Jean-Jacques Perrey in his mid-eighties, at home in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2015. Photograph by Cybele Malinowski.