Jacques and Marcelle Morgantini

[1][2] He worked as a salesman for an electrical company, and met Marcelle Chailleux at a conference he organised in Pau to discuss blues music.

Some of the musicians, including John Lee Hooker and Memphis Slim, were recorded by the Morgantinis, either in their studio at their home in Gan, or in live performance, and their albums were released by Black & Blue.

With their son Luc, Jacques and Marcelle Morgantini travelled to Chicago in the early 1970s, where they were guided around clubs by Dawkins, Below and Andrew "Big Voice" Odom.

The following year, she recorded Dawkins, Odom, Eddy Clearwater, Magic Slim, John Littlejohn, Hip Linkchain, and Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon.

Her final visit to Chicago clubs in 1977 resulted in recordings by Jimmy Johnson and Robert "Big Mojo" Elem, but in 1978 financial difficulties led to the closure of the MCM label.

He wrote articles on the music, and liner notes, and helped launch the RCA France "Black and White" blues series, many drawing on his own record collection.