Barron Coleman

Music, Sports and Theater are my life. All three have taken me around the world multiple times. As a graduate of Southern Methodist University, The Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School, I am well trained in the liberal arts, fine arts and atheletics.

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Lunch with French Sensation Jann Halexander

By Barron Coleman
Published Yesterday
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By Barron Coleman, Music Correspondent

The sky was blue, the air was fresh and there was sweet smell of joie de vivre . Ah, it must be Paris in the springtime. I could see the Notre Dame showing off its spectacular side chapels around the Rive Gauche at the Pont Neuf, and I took note of the garcons making their way home for lunch with their partially eaten baguettes extended from their sacks.

Did I mention that this was Paris during its most notorious season? Just as that passing cool springtime breeze had made its way over the Seine, so did my luncheon companion, singer/actor/producer, Jann Halexander.

Our interview took place in a quaint little café in Saint Germain de Pres--Jann sipping a soft drink, and of course me with something "absolut-ly" stronger. The usual line up of questions and answers ensued, information which one can find easily over the internet. Yes, Jann is twenty-five years old, the son of an African diplomat and a French professor of philosophy who also taught piano.

Although growing up in Gabon and attending private schools, both Jann and his sister, Elvire, spent their adolescence in Ochoa, Canada before relocating with the family to France in a little town just outside of Paris.

One might get the impression that the family is wealthy, but when asked without hesitation the answer was, "No."

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